The Posey County News - February 15 2011

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NH school tax rate one of state’s lowest Team to be honored Plans are being finalized to recognize the first Pocket Athletic Conference boys’ basketball champion from North Posey High School. The North Posey 1974 team will be honored on Feb. 18.

Poseyville Legion meets Poseyville American Legion Post 278 will meet Thursday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m.

‘Meet Candidates’ slated The Posey County Democratic Women’s Club will sponsor Meet Your Candidates at Democrat Headquarters on February 24 at 7 p.m.

Everyone is invited to attend and meet local Democrat candidates.

PCCA sponsors tip Posey County Council on Aging is sponsoring a trip to the Metropolis Casino on Monday, February 21. The cost will be $18 including transportation and benefit luncheon.

The bus will deport Poseyville at 7:30 a.m.; New Harmony at 7:45 a.m. and Mount Vernon at 8 a.m. Call 838-4656 by February 10 for conservations.

Orientation night set Orientation for students who will be entering seventh grade in the 2011-2012 school year will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at 6 p.m. at North Posey Junior High.

Current sixth-grade students at North Elementary and South Terrace will receive their orientation packets prior to this evening. St. Wendel students should contact the school about prognosis testing and enrollment prior to orientation. Students should bring their seventh-grade orientation packet, along with the completed information forms, to orientation on March 15, 2011. Please call the school office at 673-6617 if you have any questions.

By Dave Pearce On Thursday evening, residents of New Harmony and the school board were informed that the tax rate for New Harmony has come back and according to School Supt.

Fran Thoele, “it has to be one of the lowest anywhere.”

The proposed rate sent earlier to the state was $.42 but with a slight increase in assessed valuation, the rate came back fixed at $.41. Thoele indicated that since there is no taxation for retirement of debt (the school is paid for), the rate is significantly lower than other places in the state.

The only immediate rate available was the North Posey School District which has been set at $.71, according to information provided

by Thoele.

Members of the New Harmony School Board also took proactive measures this week in two primary areas. The first, in finding a way to secure qualified school bus drivers for non-ECA trips, and the other, to prepare the school for upcoming ISTEP testing.

Learning that the school is having difficulty finding qualified school bus drivers to take day (field) trips, the board decided to take the recommendation of School Supt. Fran Thoele and increase the pay for the trips to $12 per hour.

New Harmony School Supt. Fran Thoele congratulates cafeteria manager Carrie Parmenter at New Harmony’s School Board meeting on Thursday. Parmenter recently helped the school secure a $2,700 grant from the National Football League. Photo by Dave Pearce In addition to the pay increase, the board voted to reimburse a new driver, once the driver has become qualified to drive, $100 for testing cost and up to $65 for the required physical examination, pay for the

criminal background check, and provide a $200 bonus once the driver has successfully driven a minimum of 50 hours for the corporation.

Thoele explained that it is diffi-

cult to obtain the required license.

She is hoping that the incentives will peak interest in the New Har-

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Posey people take care of their own

Make-up days set The make-up days for Mount Vernon Junior High School’s inclement weather days are as follows: Monday, February 21 (for Dec. 16), Monday, April 25 (for Jan. 11), Friday, May 13 (for Jan. 12), Friday, April 22 (for Jan. 20), and Thursday, May 26 (for Jan. 21).

Winter gala set The Mount Vernon High School Winter Gala Formal Dance is to be held Saturday February 26, 2011, at the Posey County Fairgrounds Community Building from 7 until 11 p.m.

This year’s theme is “A Red Carpet Affair,” with new DJ services and a light show. R&W Photography will be offering photo packages for $15/$20, payable that evening with a portion of proceeds to benefit MVMW. Tickets are $13 for a single and $22 per couple.

Girl Scout cookies are in Girl Scouts will deliver cookies to customers who placed orders, beginning on February 14, through March 13. Customers can also purchase Girl Scout Cookies, while extra supplies last, at cookie booth sales which many troops are conducting at locations throughout the council’s eleven-county jurisdiction.

Yoga classes set New Harmony resident Molly Felder is now offering yoga classes at the Barn Abbey in New Harmony. Advanced yoga classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Beginners meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $6 per class, with participants providing their own mats. To join or for more information, contact Molly

Carl Schmitzer, a Posey County dairy farmer at left, and Marvin Redman, another Posey County farmers, serves home-made ice cream made by the Posey County Dairy Farmers to Tim Seifert, center, during the Partners in Food recognition program on Sunday evening at Zion-Lippe United Church of Christ. Story and photo by Dave Pearce Action A ctio ct tio ionn combined comb mbi bined inedd with wit ith a vision ith visi sion ion k a llott off things thii th h ” can make happen,” Salem United Methodist Church’s Rueben Roehr told those in attendance at the Partner in Food Program annual meeting on Sunday evening.

The meeting is held annually at Zion-Lippe United Church of Christ where some six years ago, a few members of the church and the Posey County community in

ggeneral ge nera ne raal began bega be gaan the the program. prog pr ogra ram. m SevSev evh d to t hear h t th erall were on hand the progress of the organization.

All of the news was good as sponsors and partners heard that every dime donated to the program goes directly to help the needy in the Posey County community.

There is no overhead because all the labor is donated by volunteers.

Zion-Lippe Church picks up the cost of overseeing the finances

the program pro rogr gram am m as well well ass paying we payi ying ing of the i ll i miscellaneous expenses associated with the group. Partnerships are $250.

The mission of the program is to assist in the food needs of the Posey County Food Pantries (Mount Vernon, New Harmony, St. Peter’s, Salem Heusler, and United Caring Shelters, Inc. (the

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Fine Arts Academy highlights MV school board meeting

By Pam Robinson The highlight of the Mount Vernon School Board meeting Monday, Feb. 7, was a presentation on the new Fine Arts Academy opening this fall. The complete story of the Academy appeared in the Feb. 1, 2011, edition of the Posey County News.

Mount Vernon High School Principal Steve Riordan and Director of Vocal Music Dana Taylor celebrated the academy, open to students all over the Tri-State, not just those in the Mount Vernon area. Students may enroll part-time and remain in a school outside the Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon, or they may enroll full-time and enjoy their full curricular focus at Mount Vernon High School.

It was emphasized that the academy will operate at no additional cost to the school district,

capitalizing on the talents of teachers already on staff. Areas of emphasis will include instrumental music, technical theatre, vocal music, theatre arts and visual arts, both traditional and digital.

For more information, visit the website at www.mvhsfinearts.com.

In other business: •The board adopted a resolution to use capital project fund emergency funds to repair the Hedges Central library roof in an amount not to exceed $20,000.

•The board adopted a resolution to appoint Jerry Rutledge as director to the Mount Vernon of Posey County Multi-School Building Corporation as a replacement for John Bippus.

•The board adopted the revised alcohol and controlled substance testing policy for commer-

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The numbers were staggering as members of the organization announced that the proceeds from the 2010 season were used to acquire and process 33 heads of beef, 167 hogs, and provided almost eight tons of potatoes. The

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cial driver’s license as required by federal law.

•The board approved the use of the pool on Sunday, Feb. 27, by the Mount Vernon Swim Club for the conference swim championship.

•The board approved the use of facilities for Paul Quinzer’s spring baseball camp, Feb.2124.

•The board recognized the following Mount Vernon Junior High School students for receiving gold ratings at the recent Indiana State School Music Association contest: Austin Colson, snare drum solo and xylophone solo; Patrick Gerton, snare drum solo; Jacob Johnson, trumpet solo; Logan Reeves, trumpet solo; Caleb Rice, drum set solo and snare drum solo.

The Mount Vernon School Board will meet again on Monday, Feb. 21, at 5:45 p.m. in the junior high media center.

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OPINION

Food group finds a way to put legs on their prayers A long time ago, my dad used to tell a story of an old Baptist minister.

It seems that a tavern had been built just down the street from the old preacher’s house. The SunTRUTH... day after it had opened on TRANGER S Saturday night, the minister T HAN came into church looking F ICTION a little rough. It seems that a rough crowd had helped BY DAVE PEARCE open the bar and kept the minister and his family up most of the night.

But, being the godly man that he was, the minister asked the congregation to pray that God would open up a way so the tavern would close.

But Sunday after Sunday, the minister came to church looking rough. Every week was the same excuse. The noise from the patrons of the tavern had kept him up most of the night and it got to the point to where it was beginning to affect his sermons.

Then one Friday night, the television crews showed up near the minister’s home and on Sunday morning, the minister looked

fresh as a daisy. Most in the congregation had heard the news. Someone had set fire to the tavern and it had burned down on Friday night.

When asked by one of the members of the congregation what the minister figured had happened, the minister was quick to make a statement.

“Sometimes, you just have to put legs on your prayers,” the minister said with a smile.

While I doubt that any part of this old story is true, there still is a moral to this story… sometimes you have to put legs on your prayers. I was a witness to some of those legs on prayers when I attended the Partners in Food Program’s annual meeting on Sunday evening at the Zion-Lippe United Church of Christ.

Six years ago, a few men (predominantly farmers) in the area decided to continue a program that had been discontinued by the federal government. The ten men decided that they could do their part in helping pro-

vide food for the needy in Posey County.

The group does this by asking businesses, community service organizations, or individuals to “share” in the burden of the ministry of need to the needy.

The participants provide about $250 a share to farm “partners” who agree to provide the proceeds from one acre planted by the farmer. In exchange for that token, the farmer then donates the proceeds of the acre to the Partners in Food program.

Six years later, in 2010, some 65 shares were sold and that means the organization received the proceeds from some 65 acres.

When all is said and done, the group will have a little over $50,000 to help provide food for the many distribution points in Posey County.

Every penny donated to the group goes directly to the food for those in need. There is no overhead and there are no administration fees. Everything is done on a voluntary basis.

During the meeting, it was announced that “God’s Storehouse,” built at St. Peter’s Church on Highway 66 just east of Blairs-

ville, is almost completely finished and when the building is done, it will be debtfree. Local contractors and workers have provided all the labor. Not one dime of labor charges were paid for the building, with an estimated value of about $60,000.

Members of the organization and representatives of the local food pantry groups that receive help from the program were in attendance at the meeting. It was great to be able to look around and see so many smiles on faces of those you see regularly in the community and know why they are smiling.

Truly, these individuals believe “it is better to give than to receive.”

Near the end of the meeting, one gentleman whose church has been involved with the program for only about 22 months perhaps summed it up best.

“Action combined with a vision can make a lot of things happen.”

And it has.

And like the old Baptist minister said, “Sometimes you have to put legs on your prayers.”

These individuals have done just that!

Friend’s gift supplies endless supply of column topics One of my New Harmony friends, poet Jessica Thompson, gave me one of my most treasured Christmas presents last year. Inside a box titled “Inner Outings” rests a deck FOR THE of 33 diarist’s cards with an RECORD accompanying book of exploration for each card. The BY PAM creation of Charlene Geiss ROBINSON and Claudia Jessup, the box contains pure magic.

Each card presents a topic such as heart songs, friends or prayer. Three times a week, I pull out my cards, shuffle them, fan them in my hand, close my eyes and pick one.

I then turn to the corresponding pages in my book of exploration and decide on one of several prompts to help me explore the topic. I set my kitchen timer and write for 10-15 minutes without lifting my hand from the page and without allowing my writing

critic to block any of my thoughts. Once the time is up, I examine my free writing to see what ideas merit further attention—and write again.

The writing cycle usually lasts 30 minutes to an hour, and I am always delighted with the inner thoughts and feelings that get out on paper.

One of the cards presents the topic “just for fun.” The exploration of this topic proved very practical. The result has provided me with the ABC’s for having fun. They are helping me to get through this year’s long winter.

I realized I need to ACT to have fun. On a typical day, fun isn’t going to find me. I must create it. So I made a list: spend an hour listening to my favorite music, have my daughter Jessica do my makeup, bake

cookies or make dinner with Jessica, play Boggle and Wii with my husband Jim and Jessica, stay up until midnight on a Friday night and play gin rummy with family and friends. Those items were just the beginning of a 25-item list tallied in one sitting. I’ve added to the list whenever ideas came to mind. Some of the action items stood up to repeating. All of them brought me joy.

I’ve discovered I need to BREATHE to have fun. I must be present to the activities and people around me. My mind can’t be dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. I must let go of preoccupations and focus on the here and now. Having fun doesn’t change my past, but surprisingly it helps me to look at it from a fresh, less judgmental perspective. It also gives me hope that joy will enter my future. Life is worth the living—just for fun.

Finally, I’ve promised myself I will CUL-

TIVATE fun. It helps to lighten up, to take my problems and my life far less seriously than I usually do. If I’ve learned anything during my lifetime, I’ve learned everyone has problems. Even more important, if we all took our problems, placed them in a bag, shook them up and poured them out for everyone to see, I feel certain most of us would rush to grab our same problems. We would see our problems often pale in comparison to the hardships our neighbors face.

I’ve promised myself once winter ends, I’ll continue my action list to insure I live just for fun.

As anyone can see, the ABC’s of having fun allow for individual tastes and preferences. It’s up to each person, for example, to decide on building a snowman or making snow cream when it snows. Either way, these simple pleasures teach us life is deelicious!

sions there are “bad apples” within the ranks, but the optimist in me believes that “many or most” are doing their best to bring honor to their profession, in spite of the challenges they, too, are facing. As far as professional educators are concerned, I see hardworking teachers and administrators every day that have genuinely devoted themselves to the kids in their classrooms. I believe if you ask them why they do what they do, the words “love” and “student” would come long before the words “collective bargaining”, “salary”, “benefits”, “working conditions”, etc.

Yet our legislators have painted the picture recently in the media that this is what selfishly drives educators in the state of Indiana ahead of the needs of our students; hence, the poor state of our public schools. This saddens me when I lay this tainted image over the true personalities of so many teachers and administrators I’ve had the privilege to know throughout my life, both as a student and as a fellow colleague.

Of recent weeks, I’ve studied drafts of lengthy proposed evaluation tools for teachers and administrators that the state has issued for review in setting the stage for merit pay. Dr. Bennett has touted that this will be a means of “rewarding” highly effective teachers and sorting out the ineffective ones.

I find it disturbing that a Principal would be rated “ineffective” (the lowest of four rankings) if “many or most” of the teachers in

the building were to be rated as “effective.”

Of course, the yardstick to determine that a teacher is “highly effective” is if the students in the classroom are making “at least one and one-half year’s growth” during the 180-day school year based upon the results of the state’s mandated testing. Utilizing this line of logic, if a child were to have a “highly effective teacher” from kindergarten through sixth grade, he would have mastered the 5th grade standards by the end of 3rd grade and would have mastered half of his sophomore high school curriculum by the end of his 6th grade year. I guess this solves the dilemma of the state’s deficit for funding higher education, because all of our students will have graduated from college before they are out of high school! Again, I must ask: “where’s the common sense in all of this?”

We are currently working on a new statemandated reading plan so that we’re prepared to teach children to learn to read in elementary school (“. . . is this a new idea, I ask?”) We’re genuinely trying to find a “common-sense” way to mesh the components of this with our state-mandated “school-improvement plan.”

Today our Superintendent and I discussed the state-mandated positive discipline plan which has also recently become a legal requirement.

Of course, we want to make sure that all of these “plans” compliment the state-mandated school/community health plan, the disaster preparedness plan . . . the list goes on. We would love to spend more time “doing” but we’re just so very, very busy “planning.”

Again, this begs the question “where’s the common sense?”

Last week, I spent over seven hours working on a “revised” state-mandated report that used to take me approximately ½ hour to

complete. We now do it twice yearly rather than just once as required in past years. At least two others in our corporation have had to spend considerable time on this same report. This week, we’re trying to complete a new state-mandated report that appears it may take even longer IF we ever figure out exactly how to complete the report. What happened to Dr. Bennett’s campaign promise to streamline paperwork so there was more time for what we really needed to be doing in schools? All of this is “necessary” so that the Indiana Department of Education can collect data that will track state test scores back to individual teachers. Let’s not lose sight of the potential learning time that students are spending taking the tests for this purpose. Common sense seems to have gone with the wind as we “Race to the Top” while “Leaving No Child Behind.” I have to chuckle at my warped mental images of these educational movements – they’ve effectively made most of us in education feel like we’re running around in circles. Rest assured we’re diligently trying not to trample on the children as we do so! Common sense would dictate that something needs to give: in light of diminishing public resources, we somehow need to get back to the basics of focusing more of our time and energy on the needs of the children in our own communities (which, by the way, frequently differs from the needs of children across the state or in inner-city schools) and less on the state mandates that, all too frequently, supersede the local priorities that would better serve our students. . . “now where did that common sense get off to?”

Mrs. Cindy Douglass, Principal Caston Elementary School

Guest Editorial As an educator of 25 years, 20 of which have been spent in school administration, I’ve never felt there’s a more urgent need for a good measure of common sense to be applied to our educational system. The demise of local control in our community schools to the strong chokehold of state mandates seems to be forcing most of us to feel we’re in a constant whirlwind of busyness without purpose.

The result of this predicament brings frustration and anxiety to educators who desperately need to be providing stability and assurance to the youngsters we work with daily. Too often these days, I find myself asking the question: “Where’s the common sense in all of this?”

I am not so insulated in our small rural community that I lack awareness of the problems in education. We confront issues daily that are problematic and make the task of properly educating students very challenging. Don’t almost all these problems, however, mirror the very issues that are plaguing our society as a whole; not just the public schools?

Therein lies the frustration when more and more “one-size fits all” mandates packaged as “fixes” rob the time and energy of educators; further tying our hands behind our backs and making an already difficult job more so.

I am thankful that we have talented doctors, lawyers, engineers, ministers, politicians, etc.

All of these respectable professions are critically important to the functioning of our society. I’m confident that in each of these profes-

Gavel Gamut’s “Blame Chaucer” One of the major problems with working with an office full of women on Valentines Day is that you are working with an office full of women. Every year it is the same question, “What are you getting Peg for Valentines Day?” You will note Saint Valentine used to have his own day, Valentine’s Day, but thanks to Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400 A.D.), it has become simply a day for Valentines.

Poor Valentine, history credits at least two martyred Catholic priests for standing up to either Roman emperor Claudius or Aurelian, had his own day to commemorate his staunch faith until Chaucer came along.

While the exact date Chaucer wrote his poem, Parlement of Foules, is in question, I suspect it was written between 1374 and 1378 A.D. That was the four year period during which Chaucer received a gallon of wine every day under a grant from English

King Edward III. I can conceive of no other explanation for an otherwise sane man helping to foist the an-

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BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE nual debauchle, excuse me, debacle, of flowers, candy, cards and insipid sentiments upon his fellow men.

This whole Valentines Day thing can be traced directly back to one short couplet from Chaucer’s poem: “For this was on Seynt Volantynys Day When euery byrd comyth there To chese his make.”

Chaucer wrote in the generally incomprehensible Middle English. If you were, as I was, sentenced to read Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, you will recall the pain of trying to read Mid-

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dle English. The interpretation of the above quote is: “For this was on Saint Valentine’s Day When every bird comes To chose his mate.”

And the title, Parlement of Foules means Parliament, or meeting, of fowls, or birds. Although more than one wag over the last few hundred Valentines Days has said it should be read, “an occasion for fools.”

It is doubtful that Geoffrey anticipated the billions of wasted hours and dollars his little jingle caused.

However, that does not absolve him of responsibility.

In my opinion, he should have guessed the harm such a dangerous idea as an annual celebration of romantic love could bring. After all, he was married twice.

Anyway, why is it the women with whom I work never ask, “What is Peg getting you for Valentines Day?” Hey, I think the gift of a new cordless drill would be a truly romantic gesture.

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OBITUARIES E Martha Lee Tolliver McDougall Martha Lee Tolliver McDougall, 87, passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Warren Barr Pavilion Nursing Facility in Chicago, Illinois, late Sunday afternoon at 4:50 p.m., January 16, 2011.

She had moved there from her home in Midlothian, Illinois after a stroke in 2007. Martha was born in Posey County, Indiana, September Sept 28, 1923, to the late Foster H. Tolliver Sr. and Ophia May Owens. She graduated from Poseyville High School in 1941 after which she completed her nurses training and registration at St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville.

She married Hugh J. O’Kelly of Chicago, Illinois in 1944, who had been a patient of hers at St. Mary’s Hospital, and moved to Chicago where she worked as a nurse.

After the birth of two children, Donald and Kathleen, her first husband, Hugh, died in 1949.

In 1950 she married John W. McDougall, of Midlothian, Illinois, who adopted Donald and Kathleen. To this marriage, three more children, Colleen, Timothy and Mary, were born to John and Martha.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Hugh J. O’Kelly; her second husband, John W. McDougall; and her sister, Bettie Owen Tolliver Appleyard.

She is survived by her brother, Foster H. Tolliver Jr., of the Solarbron Retirement Community in Evansville.

No funeral service was held in Chicago. She was cremated and plans for a memorial service have not yet been made as her children and family are widely separated geographically.

Catherine Reidford

David Lee Ricketts

Catherine Reidford, 81, passed away Monday, February 7, 2011, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.

Catherine was born June 20, 1927, near St. Wendel to Henry and Theresa (Scheller) Reidford.

Catherine is survived by a sister Esther Jenkins of Evansville, a brother Ivan Reidford of Poseyville l ith numerous nieces i along with and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Priscilla Reidford and Anna Lee Becker; brothers Norman and Edward Reidford.

Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the Werry Funeral Home, Poseyville Chapel with a Public Memorial/Prayer service starting at 3 p.m.. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on, Friday, February 11, 2011, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Poseyville with burial in the church cemetery.

Father Ed Schnur officiated.

The Family would like to thank Dr. Burkett, New Harmonie Healthcare and Deaconess Hospital ER and 3900 unit ICU for their wonderful care.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Catholic Church or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

David Lee Ricketts, 76, passed away at his home in Mount Vernon, Ind., on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. He was born August 26, 1934, in Mount Vernon, Ind., the son of Raleigh Ricketts and Martha (McKinney) Wambach.

David was a member of the Teamsters Union Local #513, Owls Nest #30, American Legion Post #5 and he enjoyed playing poker.

He is preceded in death by his mother.

David is survived by his son, David Ricketts and his wife Lynn, of Amarillo, Texas; two stepchildren; and six grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St. in Mount Vernon with private burial at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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Jim Droege and Brett Moye talk at the Partners In Food banquet. Photo by Dave Pearce be debt-free.

“We stepped out on faith,” Schmitz said as his voice cracked. “And now, it is complete all but installation of a hot water heater and a sink. We didn’t have to pay one dime for labor on the building. We started out planning to have used refrigerators and equipment and when we finish it, we will have all new equipment. People in this room helped make it happen.”

Schmitz said that on Monday morning following last year’s meeting, there was a check for $5,000 laying on his desk to go toward the construction of the building.

But the building did not come before it was needed.

The positive part is that someone saw the need and made a plan to procure it.

Last year alone, nearly 9,500 individuals were assisted out of the St. Peter’s Church and God’s Storehouse. That translates into 2,551 families at that site alone, up 35 percent from just a year ago.

“If you want to get a good workout, go out there and help that group from St. Peters,” Roehr continued in his report. “They will work you to death.”

Roeher reported that when their group began about 22

months ago, it appeared that there were going to be very few who were going to use it. Now, the lowest month was 28 and the highest month was 48 users.

“All I can say is ‘Thank God’ people,” speaker Jim Droege said of the organization’s success. “I have a feeling that many of you have been able to make a difference in the life of someone you will never meet. Maybe, after all, that’s what it is all about.”

Mary Ellen Gerard, who helps oversee the Food Pantry in New Harmony reported that in the 19 years of the food pantry in New Harmony, usage is up between 600 and 700 percent. The New Harmony organization also provides help for those in need of help with utility bills.

“I wish every community in the world had an organization like this one,” Gerard told the group. “What a wonderful world that would be.”

Schmitzer also told the crowd that he had learned through information from the National Dairymen’s Association that there are other groups in other parts of the country who are beginning to look to the Posey group

New Harmony School, from Page 1A mony community.

The basic class for the course is a three-day course, eight hours per day, and is generally held in Vincennes.

Once that class is passed, a learner’s permit is issued.

The learner must then spend at least eight hours riding with a qualified driver and then drive another eight hours with a qualified driver before traveling to Vincennes to take the actual test.

“It is almost impossible to find drivers for day trips and field trips,” Thoele told the board.

In another proactive move, the board OK’d a request to have an independent computer system consultant come in a take a look at the school’s computer system and help fine-tune it before ISTEP tests in April.

“We’re trying to prevent a train-wreck,” Principal Doug Mills told the board.

“The state told us some time ago that eventually, ISTEP tests would be administered completely on-line, with no paper tests issued.”

Mills went on to say that he might have “shot himself in the foot” by attempting to get ready for the change. He

Hannah Jolley indicated he thought the state would at least do a trial run or use only certain grades the first time. He indicated that he had attempted to get the computers ready and on-line early in an effort to facilitate the coming mandate.

Unfortunately, the bold move backfired because once the state learned that New Harmony School was connected 100 percent, they will be required for all ISTEP tests, grades three through eight, to take the tests on the computers. A working computer is already available for every student taking the test.

for direction in beginning similar programs in other areas.

“I have been involved with many charities over the years and I can say without hesitation that this is the finest charity I have ever been involved with,” James Dewig told the group. It had been several years since Dewig had been able to attend one of the meetings but he continues to help by doing the meat processing for the organization at a huge discount.

Sponsorship providers for the 2010 program were the Posey County Community Foundation with 15 shares, the Posey County Farm Bureau with 10 shares, CountryMark Co-op with 10 shares, the Robert L. Blaffer Foundation with four shares, the St. Francis Men’s Club with four shares, the Posey County Farm Bureau Co-op and the Mount Vernon Ministerial Association with three shares apiece, the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Mount Vernon with two shares apiece. And the New Harmony Ministerial Association, the Johnson United Methodist Church Men’s Club, Synergy Partners, Inc., and Consolidated Grain and

Barge with a share apiece.

Six individuals provided one share apiece.

Those donating beef included John Arnold, Marvin Redman, Melvin Kron, Dutchman Farms, Koester Dairy Farm, Indian Mound Farm, Harmony Hill Farms, Ron Adler, and Wayne T. Wiggins. Those providing pork include Joe Eisterhold, Isaac Eisterhold, the Posey County 4-H livestock sale, River View Farm, Pro-Ag Farms, and Martin Redman.

Farmers who served as producing partners include Dennis Angel, Russell Benton, Beuligmann Brothers, David Esche, J & B Farms, Kaufman Farms, Inc., Bill Lang, Martin’s Farm Drainage, Tim Muller Farms, Inc., Richard Pfeiffer, Reineke Farms, C.W. Saalweachter & Sons, Frank Schmitt, Seibert Brothers, Inc., U&S Farms, Wiley Brothers Farms, Inc., Ziliak Enterprises, Scott Becker, Tom Benton, Kenneth Burgdorf, Scott Hancock, Jackson Farms, Kern Farms, Gary Lindauer, McGennis Farms, Mumford Farms, Pro-Ag, Inc., Ries Farms, Inc., Jared Schenk, Glenn/Kevin Schmitt, Tim Seifert, VJW Farms, Inc., Andy Winiger Farms, Harold Bender Farms, David Beste Farms, Tim Compton, Hoehn Farms, Inc., Juncker Farms, Tony Kissinger, M&W McFaddin Farms, Bernie/Scott Mueller, North Posey FFA/Mike Wassmer, Marvin/Ruth Redman, Roby Brothers, Schmitt Ag Products, Martin Schroeder, B&R Simpson Farms, Weilbrenner Farms, Steve Wolf, Frank Bender, Paul Beste, Droege Farms, Tim Hoenert, KL Farms, Brent Knight, Martin Farms, Mulkey Farms, Charles Naab, Reeves Grain Farm, LLC, Kim Rodgers, David W. Schmitt, Seib Farms, David P. Sturgell, Wayne T. Wiggins, and Yeida Farms, LLC.

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“”Our system has been piece-mealed together over the years and this is a huge job for Zach (IT Tech Hartmire) to do,” Mills told the board. “At 8 a.m. on April 8, all the computers will have to sign onto the state network at the same time. The state has said that if there were problems, they will handle any technology problems on their end but I am very nervous about this.”

Board president Jim Scarafia asked if the consultation and the work could be completed before the April 8 date. Mills indicated that in an effort to be sure, someone with more knowledge just needs to come in and finetune the system.

In other business, the board: •approved roofing engineer Tony Wilson to oversee the needed repairs in the New Harmony School building. Thoele indicated that there have been problems ever since the school was built with flashing problems where the height of the school changed. However, leaks have been a problem for about five years. Wilson indicated to school officials

that he would be in contact with roofing manufacturer GAF. He would also oversee the entire project and provide information to the school board before action is taken and would oversee the bidding process and the full scope of the project for a sum of $3,000.

•approved a contract for Bill Loveridge to become head New Harmony boys’ junior high school coach for the 2010-2011 season.

Drew Mathews, Jamison Buck, and Larry Padgett were approved as volunteer coaches.

•approved use of the building for All Star Driving School to hold a driver’s education course in the building.

•use of the building for a United Way meeting on May 31, 2011.

•use of the building to provide an ACT test prep class in April.

•recognized Posey County Spelling Bee runner-up Hannah Jolley and cafeteria manager Carrie Parmenter for her role in securing a $2,700 National Football League grant for the school cafeteria.

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By Jesse Butler

To my faithful “Out ‘N About” readers.

Several people have wanted to know when the next issue would be. I haven’t been out hardly at all so news is scarce. I have been under the doctor’s care as well as the weather is bad. We have lost many friends this winter. I won’t try to name them for I would probably miss some, but they have all been good long time friends. I loved them all dearly. We have had a very disagreeable winter as other parts of the country have also had. I think Oklahoma broke a record this winter for snow fall and also for record low temperatures. Spring will be welcomed by all.

Friday, January 14, I went to Bonnie Straw’s for the evening meal. Billy Thompson’s wife, Laura, made me a picture calendar with my picture on the front of it, and all the pictures birthdates of all of the family members. It is so nice.

Monday, January 17, Gloria Sue Cox, from Texas called me. Also Julie, Luke, Makenzie, and Kendyl Brown were here to visit.

Tuesday, January 18, Betty and Jesse were here. Wednesday January 19, Reverend Doris called to check on me and we have a very good prayer on the phone. Friday, January 21, Billy Ray was here. Saturday, January 22 Betty and Jessse Montgomery took Janet Woolsey to meet Tim in Pacific, MO for Tim to take her on back to home to Oklahoma.

Betty and Jesse then went back to St. Louis to spend the night and visit their daughterin-law Amie Montgomery and to celebrate their grandson Corey’s birthday.

I missed church Sunday January 23 and Wayne T brought communion to me. Judy Thompson came and brought me some good apple pie. Wednesday January 26, Janet, Bonnie, Betty, and Judy all called me. I called my sister-in-law Lorena. Thursday, January 27, Steve Yancy was here for a good visit. Sarah Matsel brought me some delicious chocolate cake and Betty and Jesse were here for supper. Friday, January 28, Bill and Judy were here with apple pie

again. Saturday, January 29, Johnny Matsel brought my breakfast from church. Frankie and Sue Mauck from Florida called me.

Sunday, January 30 Reverend Doris brought me communion. This was also the birthday of my daughter Bonnie Straw. We wish her a very happy birthday and many more blessed years. Monday, January 31, Carolyn and Marion Warpenburg called me to see how I was doing. February 1, Peggy Powasnick called me from Florida and told me she was getting her first chemo today. I also talked to Frankie and Lorena on this day. February 2, Betty and Jesse were here with fried chicken. Thursday, February 3, Gloria Sue Cox called and also Judy Thompson was here. Friday, February 4 Marion Warpenburgh was at the hospital with kidney problems. Saturday, February 5 Brett, Haley, and Isaac were here to visit. I also went to Mt. Vernon on this day to celebrate little Abram Thomas’s 5th birthday at his grandparent’s home Bill and Judy Thompson. It was a very nice time with family, a wonderful meal, and a good time was had by all. February 7, I understand that Beverly Ellis who is visiting in Florida had to have a pace maker put in and is now on her way home from Florida with Mary Jane Rumble. February 11, Betty and Jesse Montgomery were here with pizza for supper. Saturday, February 12, Johnny Matsel was here to visit. Janet and Jaley also called me on this day. Billy Ray was here to visit. Sunday February 13, Janet called and Judy was here. Jim Ellis brought communion from the church for me today as I had missed church. Johnny and Sharron Matsel were here to visit. Carolyn and Marion Warpenburg called and said they would be with Sue Grigsby in Peoria next Sunday.

Betty and Jesse spent the weekend in St. Louis babysitting their grandson Cayden and daughter-in-law Amie. They had an enjoyable visit. It is always good to spend time with the ones that you love.

Be in the church of your choice next Sunday.

Senior Spring Carnival vendors needed Plans are currently un- through Cloverleaf Re- booth proceeds and/or doderway to organize the 9th Annual Senior Spring Carnival for Posey County and we want you to attend!

This event will provide an informational and funfilled day for our Seniors throughout Posey County and is being organized

tirement Center and New Harmonie Healthcare Center. Our goal is to provide games and/or informational booths from organizations such as yours. Lunch will be served free of charge for all Seniors who attend, compliments of vendor

Featured Animal of The Posey County Humane Society

Pages of the Past compiled by Tammy Bergstrom 10 YEARS AGO, February 13, 2001

25 YEARS AGO, February 12, 1986

50 YEARS AGO, FEBRUARY 17, 1961

Mount Vernon businessman and civic leader, William “Bill” Keck passed away this week after a recent stroke and a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 81.

Tom and Pat Fisher of Poseyville were recently presented with Kentucky Colonel certificates because of their participation with the Cobbs Kentucky Artillery.

Lisa Kay Bryant of Wadesville and Brian Glaser of Haubstadt would like to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

Judith and Robert Glines of Evansville are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Amber to Chadwick Decker.

Students at Farmersville School recently participated in a penny drive to help d=benefit cancer research through the Relay for Life. A total of 100,000 pennies were collected.

Elisabeth Gatewood has been selected as the new Director of Nursing for the Charles ford Memorial Home.

Residents of the Poseyville community are mourning the passing of “Doc Paul” Boren, lifelong resident and town physician of Poseyville who passed away this week.

Area Cub Scouts competed in the annual Pinewood Derby. Paul Cavins finished in first place while Mike Shanks and Marty Fisher took second and third spots, respectively.

The Gibson Southern Lady Titans defeated the North Posey Lady Vikings, 51-45 to win the girls basketball sectional Saturday night.

Five girls were selected for the Posey County News AllSectional Team-Tracy Hyatt and Audrey Martin from Gibson Southern and Kelli Nix, Kristie Talley, and Dawn Warren from North Posey.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Williams of Poseyville who are celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary.

The Mount Vernon Barge Service is currently building a new 150x150 square foot warehouse on a site at the Southwind Maritime Centre.

The boys’ high school basketball sectional pairings have been announced.

The North Posey Vikings will play New Harmony on opening night of the sectionals while the Mount Vernon Wildcats will take on Rex Mundi Thursday night.

Local farmers have organized a Posey County chapter of the National Farmers Organization (NFO). Ervin Naab has been selected as chairman of the group with Lester Pfeiffer serving as vice president, Bernard Schmitt, secretary, and Martin Byrd, treasurer.

The C.& E.I. Railroad station in Poseyville got a fresh coat of paint this week and looks quite natty now.

A surprise birthday celebration was recently held in honor of Mrs. Fred Schmitt’s 26th birthday. The guest enjoyed some delicious refreshments and fun games.

Mr. and Mrs. John Webb and son, Dennis left last Saturday for Dallas, Texas.

John will be attending the N ational Convention of Rural Electric Cooperatives.

Happy Birthday Announcements February 15 - Charleen Layer, Suzanne Kohlmeyer, Donnie Mathews, Brent Knight, Greg Cox, Kyah Chaney, Rylee J. Sapp, Quentin Rutledge and Sean Weldon February 16 - Haley Fick, Greg Jones, Christine Laughbaum and Journey Logan February 17 - Mary Cox, Lisa Smith, Jamie Peterson, Tori Sue Powers, Megan Rene Munsterman, Marionette Blood, Wilma Joyce

Bailey and Susie Dougan February 18 - Erika Middendorf, Scott Moye, Madeline Pfister, Beverly Johnson, Carl D. Lindell, Aaron P. Wilson, Joyce Robb and Dylan Harmes February 19 - R. Brian Patterson, Emily Fortune and Benton Frisse February 20 - Andrew Ramirez, Phil Moss, Johnny Marchino, Joshua Stallings and Tim Woolsey February 21 - Elizabeth Koester, Keith Rob-

Honey is a tan female shepherd mix. She is almost a year old. Honey loves to play with chew toys. She came in pregnant and her litter of puppies is currently in foster care.

USI students offer free tax assistance Feb. 2 through April 13 For more information on Honey or any of other animals Through the Volunteer tion, photo identification of your 2009 tax returns if available at the shelter or to make a donation, please visit www.poseyhumane.org or call 812-838-3211. The shelter Income Tax Assistance Pro- cards, and Social Security they are available. Paper gram (VITA), USI student cards for themselves and returns will be prepared for is located at 6500 Leonard Rd in Mt.Vernon, IN volunteers will provide free their dependents. The IRS those taxpayers who do not tax assistance on Wednes- encourages electronic filing qualify for electronic filing. days, February 2 through and returns will be filed elecTo make an appointment, April 13. tronically for those who are call the College of Business Selection by Zach Straw “This is a good opportu- eligible. Please bring copies at 812-464-1718. nity for people who have reasonably simple income tax returns and want to avoid having to pay for professional tax preparation services,” said Brett Long, associate professor of accounting and business law. “It is also a great experience for our accounting students.”

In VITA programs, the Internal Revenue Service partners with national and local organizations to provide tax services to individuals with low to moderate income at no cost to the taxpayer. Accounting students will interview and prepare the taxes of other students and relatively low-income taxpayers who make an appointment INGREDIENTS for this service. This site • Tortilla chips - extra thick - 1 14-oz bag will not prepare Schedule C • Refried beans - 2-3 cups business forms or Schedule • Cheddar Cheese - 1/2 lb, grated, about 3 cups E rental forms. Your federal • Pickled jalapeno peppers - 4 peppers, sliced and state tax returns are pre• Salsa pared while you wait and all • Guacamole taxpayers must be available • Sour cream to sign their returns. Prepa• Cilantro, chopped ration of returns typically takes up to two hours to DIRECTIONS complete.

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Arrange a layer of tortilla chips The sessions will be along the bottom of a wide, shallow baking pan. It will held by appointment only make things easier if this baking pan also can be used as in Room 1004 of the new a serving pan, such as the ceramic platter shown in the Business and Engineering photo above. The layer of tortilla chips can be a couple Center on the following chips thick. Spread the refried beans over the chips (this is Wednesdays: February 2, 9, why you need extra thick chips, so they don’t break when 16, 23 March 2, 16, 23, 30 encountering the beans). Sprinkle the grated cheese over and April 6 and 13. Appointthe top of chips and beans. Sprinkle slices of jalapeño pep- ments will be available at 5 pers over the cheese. Bake in oven for 10 minutes, or until p.m. and 6:45 p.m. on these Wednesdays. cheese is melted. 5 minutes in a convection oven.

Individuals will be re2. Serve with dollops of salsa, sour cream and guacamole, quired to bring tax informawith chopped cilantro sprinkled on top.

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inson, Raymond Patterson, Janet Slifer Hotz and Tom Rutledge, Moriah Seifert, Zander Husley, Myron Westfall and Lawrence Gosh If you have a name to be included in the birthday calendar, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631 or email: news1@poseycountynews.com JUST ASK US, WE MIGHT HAVE IT.

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nations from your organization.

The cost to attend: $35 for profit organizations/ $25 non-for-profit organizations. We are asking participants to provide table/chair for your booth, a door prize and any informational brochures or handouts that you wish. If you choose, you may want to have a game geared towards Seniors.

Please make checks payable to McKim’s IGA (for food expense). Any remaining food items will be donated to the food pantry.

The deadline to register is April 7 , 2011. I look forward to your participation and I’m sure the day will be a huge success! Please mail your registration form to: Monica Evans, New Harmonie Healthcare, 251 Hwy 66, New Harmony, Ind. 47631 For any additional information I may be contacted at 812-682-4104. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Forrest Gottman earns a Boy Scout badge by attending the Mount Vernon Board of Works meeting on Thursday. Here he is recognized by Mayor John Tucker. He chose a good meeting as routine matters were handled in a near-record 11 minutes. Photo by Dave Pearce

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COM COMMUNITY MM MUNITY Tales and Scales to host New Orleans Jazz Brunch On Sunday, February 20, jump start your Mardi Gras season by joining us at an authentic New Orleans style Jazz Brunch to help support the ongoing activities of our tri-state’s own Tales & Scales. Old National Bank Atrium, located at 1 Main Street in Evansville, will heat up from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. with the cool jazz sounds of Tales & Scales musictellers Monte Skelton, Zach Guenzel, Chris Martin, and Ashley Frary, who will provide live jazz music throughout the event. Activities for children in attendance will include pre- and post-music interaction with the musictellers and opportunities for hands on activities during

the event. Through the culinary wizardry of Chef Josh Armstrong (Riverview by Firefly), enjoy this taste of the Big Easy without ever leaving River City. Tickets are available online at www.talesandscales.org or by calling 812-425-8741.

Prices: $40, $50, $75; Sponsor tables also available.

Now in its 25th year, Tales & Scales continues to ignite the imaginations of young people through innovative and compelling interdisciplinary performing arts educational experiences. Founded in 1986, Evansville’s own Tales & Scales is an innovative ensemble that seeks to ignite, nurture, and fully engage

the imaginations of young people through musictelling – a unique blend of music, story, theater, and creative movement. Tales & Scales annually reaches over 25,000 young people, touring original musictelling productions with companion workshops specifically designed for the young people in schools throughout southwestern Indiana and across the nation.

Don't miss this opportunity for great music, great food and fun while supporting one of the Tri-State's premier multi-talented performing groups committed to bringing quality, skillbuilding programs to our area's young people.

Upcoming Exhibition at Evansville Museum Drawings by Marjorie Williams-Smith and Aj Smith are the focus of the Evansville Museum’s 2011 celebration of Black History Month. The February 27 - May 15 Main Gallery exhibition Two Artists / Two Visions presented in partnership with the William C. H. Grimm Jr. and Phyllis R. Grimm Charitable Trust,, showcases the work of artists who are not only professional colleagues on the art faculty of the University of Arkansas Little Rock, but have a successful 31 year marriage.

Each has an accomplished

career as educator and exhibiting artist.

Williams-Smith creates works of ethereal beauty using metalpoint, a slow, unforgiving drawing technique that flourished during the Renaissance. Her delicate renderings of roses, daffodils and carnations are drawn with silver, copper, and gold styluses on gesso-coated paper, a medium that she says “adds to the peaceful and reflective qualities I try to present in my work.” Her work is included in private and public collections, and, in 1999, she cre-

ated artwork for the United States Mint, which served as the design for the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to the "Little Rock Nine."

Smith’s large-scale portraits done in graphite pencil reveal the individual’s true inner self. “I feel that through my drawings I am able to show the personal side of my subjects,” he writes. “This is most effective in the drawings of children and older adults. The accepting face of the young child and the aged often reminds us of our own innocence and humanity.”

APL book sale set to betgin on April 9 The Friends of the Alexandrian Public Library spring book sale will be held Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Preceding the public sale, a Friends-only special preview sale will be held

Friday, April 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.

In addition to showing your support by purchasing books, you still have time to donate your gently used books to the library to be used in the book sale - the deadline for all donations is

5 p.m. April 6. Simply box your materials and bring them to the library, it's that easy! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, so you may deduct the value of your donation on your income tax if you itemize deductions.

Arts Council seeks nominations for awards The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana is issuing a call for nominations for the 2011 Arts Awards, including the prestigious Mayor’s Arts Award. The other categories eligible for awards include Artist of the Year, Young Artist of theYear, Arts Educator, Arts Advocate, and the Corporate Arts Award, as well as the seven county awards representing the region served by the Arts Council of SW Indiana: Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Warrick and Vanderburgh.

The award winners will be

selected in June and the Arts Award Banquet will be held on September 1, 2011.

The Arts Council's annual Arts Awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations who have made a significant contributions to the arts. Dating back to 1981, the Mayor’s Arts Award has recognized residents of Vanderburgh County and Evansville whose contributions to the arts have had an exceptional impact on the community. Consideration for this award is given to individuals who have exhib-

ited long-standing support and life-long interest in the arts.

You can download the 2011 nomination form and guidelines by clicking on the link on our website: www.artswin.evansville. net Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery business hours, M – F, 9 a.m.

– 5 p.m. Call the ACSWI office at 812-422-2111 to receive a form in the mail or if you have any questions about the nomination process. The deadline for the nominations is Thursday, May 19 by 5 p.m.

Isaac Eisterhold and Celeste Wade look over the list of donors at the Partners in Food banquet held on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce

4-H News The Hoosier Boosters 4-H Club will be meeting on Wednesday, February 16 in the NPHS Ag Room from 7-8:30 p.m. We will be doing Officer Elections at this meeting. If you would like to be a club officer you must

WMI News It’s all about the kids today. From beginning readers to high school students, the WMI has exciting new books for entertainment and education.

For the younger children, there are both fiction and non-fiction covering topics that children enjoy. For example, Leo the Snow Leopard ; the True Story of an Amazing Rescue and Where in the Wild : Camouflaged Creatures Concealed … and Revealed. In total there are 17 new titles to choose from.

For the older kids we have several offerings by Rick Riordan writer of the Percy Jackson series, two selections from the Dork Diaries and two new books by the ever-popular author, Gary Paulson. In all, there are 22 new books.

While these books are for young adults, older readers should not simply pass them by. Many books in this genre make excellent reads for adults. The librar-

be present at this meeting to be considered for an office. All officers will be required to go to Officer's Training in March at the fairgrounds. If you have any questions feel free to call Chris, Laura or Tom.

By Sherry Graves ian’s choice among these new books is Count Down

by Deborah Wiles.

Countdown is a novel about a teenage girl trying to find here way in the maze of ordinary teenage problems as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

It is a captivating story interspersed with footage from 1962. The vintage ads and pictures throughout the story, propel the young reader into past in a way the story alone could not. For the older readers who re-

member the event, they are a stark reminder of the permeating fear of the time.

Finally, we did not leave adult readers completely out. In the WMI’s quest to help all individuals in the community to lead healthier lives, three new Johns Hopkins White Papers are available: Nutrition and Weight Control, Hypertension and Stroke, and Diabetes. These easy-to-read selections answer basic questions to help all live happier and healthier lives.

Stop by the library and check out what’s new.

New Harmony Theatre holds auditions for summer shows Elliot Wasserman, the new producing artistic director for New Harmony Theatre, will hold local auditions for the 2011 summer shows by appointment from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, February 20, 2011, in the Mallette

APL News Adult Winter Reading Program “Reading and Feed!”

If winter is your favorite time to curl up with a good book, then you’re the kind of adult we had in mind for our Winter Reading Program! You may choose any books you wish from the Alexandrian Public Library collection. All you need do is READ. Each book you complete earns you a chance to enter for one of our fabulous prizes. If you’d like to participate, you can sign up at any point during the program.

Teddy Bear Book Club This February, cuddle up with your little one and join our winter read-to-me program. This program challenges you to read 100 picture books or board books to your preschool child (ages birth to 5 years). That’s about 3.5 books a day! Register at the youth desk or bookmobile. Children who attend storytime at APL may count the books they listen to at the program.

The Laughs and Crafts Club February 17 at 3:45 p.m.

This week Chocolate is our theme, so dress for a mess.

There will be pudding painting, candy bar tasting, Oreos stacking and a candy bar story. This is a special club

Studio Theatre (LA 0105) on the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center on the University of Southern Indiana campus. Summer shows include Lost in Yonkers, running June 17-26, The 39 Steps, running July 8-July 17, and

the a capella musical Avenue X, running July 22August 7.

Males who look 12 to 17 years of age are needed for roles in Lost in Yonkers.

Actors should prepare a one-minute monologue.

Actors auditioning for

Avenue X are expected to sing a capella. Character breakdowns can be found on the New Harmony Theatre website at http:// www.usi.edu/nht/employ. asp. Call 812/465-1635 to arrange an appointment time.

tivities and a craft will be included. No registration is needed to attend this program.

Sew Happy February 24 at 10 a.m.

“Sew Happy” is a gathering of crafters - we will meet at 10 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!

Teen Time February 28 at 3:30 p.m.

Mardi Gras Mask! Get ready for Mardi Gras by decorating a cool mask. Drop in for Teen Time every other Monday after school. For those in grades 6- 12!

Posey County Photographers The Alexandrian Public Library will be holding a photography exhibit in recognition of Posey County Photographers. The exhibit will be held on March 30 and 31, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on April 1 and April 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Submissions from photographers will be accepted beginning on March 10 at 9 a.m. and will continue up to March 28 at 8 p.m. or until exhibit area is determined full. Space is limited so when this area is full no additional submissions will be

accepted.

Spring Book Sale The Friends of the Alexandrian Public Library spring book sale will be held Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Preceding the public sale, a Friends-only special preview sale will be held Friday, April 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.

In addition to showing your support by purchasing books, you still have time to donate your gently used books to the library to be used in the book sale - the deadline for all do-nations is 5 p.m. April 6. Simply box your materials and bring them to the library, it's that easy! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, so you may deduct the value of your donation on your income tax if you itemize deductions.

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

By Stanley Campbell featuring interactive stories, games, and crafts for kids who are in kin-dergarten through fifth grade. Registration required.

Babies/Toddlers Storytimes February 21 and 22 at 9:30 a.m. This program is for children birth - 36 months and their caregivers. Program will include rhymes, fingerplays, music, and stories. Reg-istration required.

Preschool Storytimes February 21 and 22 at 10:30 a.m. Stories, music, activities, and crafts for children ages 3 through 5.

Parents are welcome to either participate with their child, or can use the time to browse the Library for their own interests. Registration required.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting February 21 at 3:30 p.m.

The best way for you to find fun things to do at the library is to help make them happen. We meet every other Monday from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. For those in grades 6-12.

Family Storytime February 22 at 6 p.m. Our special storytime guest will be Ruby Ostermann and her pup, Willie. She will share a story she wrote about her dog’s adventures. Other ac-

Alexandrian Public Library Youth Services Assistant Liz Robinson is preparing a Chocolate experience for members of the Laughs & Crafts Club this February 17 at 3:45 p.m. There will be a story about chocolate, candy bar tasting, an Oreos stacking game and an opportunity to paint with pudding. The program is for school age children. To register call the Youth Services desk at 8383286.

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SOCIAL CI L Meet Your Legislator set State Sen. Jim Tomes (R-Wadesville) will participate in a traveling ‘Meet Your Legislators’ event next month in Posey County.

The forums will take place on Saturday, Feb. 26, including three one- to two-hour stops at popular venues: •8:30 a.m.: Alexandrian Public Library, 115 W. Fifth St., in Mount Vernon; •11 a.m.: Thrall’s Opera House, 612 E. Church St., New Harmony; and •2 p.m.: Poseyville Community Center, 25 W. Fletchall St. “I’m excited about this unique effort to meet with the residents of my home county,” Tomes said. “These forums give me the opportunity to hear their thoughts and help ensure I’m representing our area accurately at the Statehouse.”

Tomes said he also has other town hall meetings approaching. All will be conducted in the Browning Meeting Rooms at the Evansville Central Library, located at 200 SE Martin Luther King Blvd.: •Saturday, February 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

•Saturday, March 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

•Saturday, April 16: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

For more information or to share opinions on legislation, Tomes said constituents may contact him via email at Senator.

Tomes@iga.in.gov or by phone at 317-232-9489.

Brandon Poag and Carrie Rudolph Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rudolph of Wadesville are pleased to anounce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter Carrie Rudolph to Brandon Poag, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Poag of Evansville.

Carrie is a 2004 graduate of North Posey High School and graduated from USI in 2010 with a Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy. She is employed at Easter Seals Crossroads in Indianapolis. Brandon is a 2001 graduate of Reitz Memorial in Evansville and is attending IVY Tech in pursuit of a Business Administration Degree.

The couple will be married on on April 9, 2011 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Evansville with a reception following at Knights of St. John in Wadesville. Formal invitations have been sent.

Mount Vernon School make-up days set The make-up days for Mount Vernon Junior High School’s inclement weather days are as follows: Monday, February 21 (for Dec. 16), Monday, April 25 (for Jan. 11), Friday, May 13 (for Jan. 12), Friday, April 22 (for Jan. 20), and Thursday, May 26 (for Jan. 21).

Indoor Rummage Sale set at 4-H Center There will be an indoor rummage sale held at the Posey County Community Center on the Posey County Fairgrounds, March 5 from 8 am to noon. There is still vendor booth space available for $20 for two, eight foot tables. For more info or to sign up as a vendor, contact the Posey County Community Center at: 682-3716 or by e-mail at: poseyccc@gmail.com.

Humane Society rummage, bake sale set for February 19 Mount Vernon General Baptist to host The "Have A Heart for Animals" Rummage and Bake Sale will take place on Saturday, February 19 from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Mount Vernon General Baptist Church, 1717 North Main Street. The event will be in the Family Life Center.

All proceeds will be used for the care of animals currently at the shelter.

Anyone wishing to donate goods for the sale can call Janeane Vickers at 453-1451, or donations can be taken to the office of Dr. Sarah Appel in Mt. Vernon or to the residence of Kelly Kissel at 8601 Old Blairsville Road, Wadesville for the northern part of the county. Pick-up services can be arranged for

Holiday world donates to amphitheatre With Abraham Lincoln’s birthday just around the corner, Holiday World’s Koch family today issues a $25,000 challenge gift to Lincoln Amphitheatre in memory of Will Koch.

“My oldest son was such an admirer of our sixteenth president,” says Holiday World matriarch Pat Koch.

“Part of Will’s legacy is his dedication to seeing the story of Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana roots shared in Lincoln Amphitheatre.”

Abraham Lincoln grew up what is now Lincoln City, Indiana, from the time he was seven until he was 21.

Lincoln City is located four miles west of the town of Santa Claus.

The Koch family and Holiday World are encouraging others to donate to Lincoln

Amphitheatre in memory of Will Koch, who passed away last June at the age of 48. Thousands of friends and admirers from around the world who sent their condolences remembered him for his vision, integrity, and sense of humor. Will Koch was president of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari for more than 20 years and also served as president of the Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association. His widow, Lori, now serves on the association’s board.

“We hope our gift will inspire others to make a donation as well,” says Pat Koch.

“Our goal is to see today’s contribution double, helping to jump-start the amphitheatre’s upcoming fund drive so that they may continue telling the story of Lincoln’s

Indiana years for many seasons to come.”

Lincoln Amphitheatre staff recently announced a planned “re-tooling” of the Lincoln: Upon the Altar of Freedom play, which is expected to return as a more familyfriendly musical in 2012.

Meanwhile, the amphitheatre will host a variety of outdoor films and theatrical presentations this summer, including a collaborative production of The Wizard of Oz with the Evansville Civic Theatre.

Donations may be made through Lincoln Amphitheatre’s website at LincolnAmphitheatre.com by clicking on the “Donate and Support” button. Lincoln Amphitheatre is located in Lincoln State Park and is operated by the non-profit Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association.

larger items.

Currently, the PHS shelter is at capacity for both dogs and cats. We regret that we are unable to accept any more animals at this time until space becomes available. Shelter hours have been adjusted. The facility will be open for the general public on Fridays, 12 -6 p.m. and Saturdays10 a.m.

-6 p.m. Other times to view pets may be arranged by appointment only.

In an effort to get more space, PHS is having a Passion for Pets sale through the month of February. Kittens up to a year old will be available for $50; cats 1 year and older for $35. Puppies up to a year old will be $85 and dogs older than 1 year will be $50. Adoption fees always include all age-appropriate vaccines including rabies, spay and neutering, and heartworm and FIV/Feline Leukemia testing.

ans of many athletic events in this gym, will conduct a traditional live auction beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be a variety of items that are sure to appeal to all ages.

The Ribeyre Gymnasium project is established with a nine year history that includes national recognition as the recipient of the National Rural Education Association’s 2009 C.A.R.E.S. Award for outstanding efforts to build strong ties between rural school districts and the communities they serve. It has also been showcased as an exemplary Vista

community project by the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration and Historic Landmark Foundation of Indiana 2004 Servaas Award. The RGRG began as a collaborative learning project by the students of New Harmony School and is still under the direction and leadership of the NHS students in cooperation with community volunteers. To date the RGRG has raised over $600,000 for the restoration and renovation of this historic building in downtown New Harmony.

The Committee members encourage all to attend this

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Under the Beams announces concert schedule Under the Beams is pleased to announce a concert featuring the exciting Canadian foursome, Le Vent du Nord,one of the big names in the traditional folk music revival movement.

This first performance was held Sat., Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Rapp-Owen Granary in New Harmony.

Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed rocketing success. They have received several prestigious awards, including a Juno. The band is now one of the most

Ribeyre Dinner and Auction set for February 26 The 8th annual benefit dinner will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2011 as the Ribeyre Gym Restoration Group (RGRG) presents the 2011 “Ribeyes for Ribeyre” Dinner and Auction. This benefit event will be held at Ribeyre Gymnasium in Historic New Harmony and boasts an interest for the entire family.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Ribeye steaks will be cooked on-site and served with our famous salad, baked potato and dessert; hamburgers and hotdogs will also be available. The men of Wilson Auction-Reality, all veter-

Malcolm and Helen Kessler Malcolm “Mac” and Helen (Guth) Kessler will be celebrating their 65th Wedding Anniversary. The couple was married on February 16, 1946 in Henderson, Ky., with attendants Ed and Valerie Strupp (sister of bride).

The Kessler’s have four children: Donna (L. David) Allyn, Mount Vernon, Rick (Marcia) Kessler, Mount Vernon, Rhonda (Ronald) Sammet, Mount Vernon and Mark (Nona) Kessler, Stewartsville; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

A private family celebration has been planned to celebrate the day.

fun event and help support one of New Harmony’s oldest landmarks. Tickets are available at the door: $15 for steak dinner, $8 for hamburger/hot dog dinner. Serving time is 5-7:30 p.m.

This would be a great way to spend an evening with friends and neighbors, and view New Harmony’s latest restoration project. The Ribeyre Gymnasium is located on the corner of South Main and Tavern Streets in Historic New Harmony.

For more information or to donate an auction item contact Rick Johnson or Brenda Butman.

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loved Quebec folk outfits throughout the world. The group’s current line-up consists of singers and multiinstrumentalists Nicolas Boulerice, Simon Beaudry, Olivier Demers, and Réjean Brunet. Some of their songs come from traditional folk repertoire, while others are original compositions. On stage, these four friends achieve peaks of happiness they eagerly share with all audiences. Le Vent du Nord knows how to deliver music that will move any crowd - to their feet and in their hearts. This is undoubtedly music of the here and now.

This is the second concert of the season. Coming on March 12 is Quartetto Gelato, a new classical quartet.

The series will conclude on April 16 with a not-to-

be-missed performance by Catherine Russell featuring jazz and blues from New York City.

Under the Beams continues a tradition of bringing world-class musicians and incredible music to the intimate and unique setting of the Rapp-Owen Granary in historic New Harmony, where every seat is a good seat. All concerts are held in New Harmony’s RappOwen Granary on Saturday evenings beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available by calling 812-682-3128 or purchasing tickets at Events of Harmony, 527 Church Street, New Harmony. Individual tickets are $28 and students are $15. For more information, please visitwww.underthebeams.org.

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CHURC CHURCH HUR H Trinity to dedica dedicate new elevator Trinity T i it United U it d Ch Churchh off Christ would like to invite the community to celebrate the dedication of a new elevator in their church. The elevator will give members and guests access between the sanctuary

andd fellowship f ll hi hhalls ll areas.

The dedication service will be held on Sunday, February 20 at the 10:10 a.m. worshipp time. A reception will follow the service in the fellowship hall.

Ministerial Association seeks interest

One year ago, the Adult Bible Study Group of St. Matthew Church was inspired by a lesson in their study guide to see what they could accomplish by working together as a group. Since that time, each member of the study group has donated $1 a week and through their combined effort have collected $160 for the At The Cross Mission. The Rev. Myers Hyman met with the study group this week and the money presented to him. Pictured (left to right) are Elaine Miller, Leah Epley, the Rev. Myers Hyman, Martha Phillips, Carl Breeze, Irene Evans, and Jeanette Hartmann.

The study group has learned that even in small numbers all of us can work together to achieve great things. They hope their act of kindness can be an inspiration to other groups. By working together, we can make our community stronger. Photo by Tammy Bergstrom

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 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, 838-2473 or at firstpresmtv@sbcglobal. net

Sermon of the Week: Stuff... foolish worthless stuff By: Pastor Tanya Schmitz, Salem United Church of Christ Ps. 32, 2 Cor. 5: 16-21 I once heard a story about two brothers who worked together on the family farm.

One was married and had a large family. The other was single. At the day's end, the brothers shared everything equally, produce and profit, all their stuff split down the middle.

Then one day the single brother said to himself, "It's not right that we should share equally the produce and the profit. I'm alone and my needs are simple, I don’t need half as much stuff as my brother does."

So each night he took a sack of grain from his bin and crept across the field between their houses, dumping it into his brother's bin.

Meanwhile, the married brother said to himself, "It’s not right that we should share the produce and the profit equally. After all, I'm married and I have my wife and my children to look after me in years to come.

My brother has no one, and no one to take care of his future." So each night, he took a sack of grain and

dumped it into his single brother's bin.

Both men were puzzled for years because their supply of grain never dwindled. Then one dark night the two brothers bumped into each other.

Slowly it dawned on them what was happening.

They dropped their sacks and embraced one another.

The two brothers had good inward character and quality stuff.

Ever wondered what the definition for the word “Stuff” is? While it has several different meanings: Material, property, food, drink, medicine, your inward character & qualities, feelings, or worthless things or foolish ideas all these things mean the same thing. How can one word sum-up so much? Express such emotion?

In Psalms 32 we see that David expresses his delight in how wonderful our God’s grace and forgiveness can be such a Joy. When we allow God to carry the burden of our stuff we then can be free to enjoy all the other things life has to offer.

1Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you for-

give and wipe away.

2You bless them by saying, "You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you."

WOW! How wonderful!

We can rejoice in God’s forgiveness of our sins, we can let go of some of that emotional Stuff we have been carrying around? We can take the worthless foolish stuff and just throw it away because our God has forgiven us. Now if we could only forgive ourselves, just think of the joyfulness we could be experiencing.

Some time ago, a friend of mine punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty.

He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present,

there's supposed to be something inside of it?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed.

He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her forgiveness. My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years.

Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

Worthless foolish emotional stuff can keep us from growing spiritually, if we let it. It can cause pain for not just us, but for our loved ones too.

King David was a man who had some knowledge of worthless foolish emotional stuff. As a young man he was called to lead the Israelites because King Saul had lost God’s favor due to his sinning. David was then taken from his family to fulfill God’s wishes.

Later he is called upon to sleigh Goliath a giant Philistine, which he does. Due to his success the people

start writing songs about him, which leads to King Saul becoming jealous and wanting David killed, so David is sent into exile for a few years. He later becomes King only to let the power go to his head and he commits adultery, has his oldest son turn against him, then his son is killed; then later David losses God’s favor because of his sins, and is not allowed to build a temple for God. Instead that rite is given to another son of David’s.

However, David always sees the wonderful precious stuff of having God on his side. He lets us see and hear it: 8You said to me, "I will point out the road that you should follow. I will be your teacher and watch over you. “ God is here, surrounding us with his love ready to guide us, be our teacher all we have to do is let loose of all our emotional worthless foolish stuff and open our hearts, minds and soul to him. If we want to make a difference in our lives, the lives of our loved ones, then we need to forgive ourselves, or we can be-

come “…stupid like horses and mules that must be led with ropes to make them obey."

We were made in God’s own image. He wants us to try and be more like him and his son Jesus Christ, but he also knows that we need his guidance and his Word to help us. David’s last verse says it all: 10All kinds of troubles will strike the wicked, but your kindness shields those who trust you, LORD. 11And so your good people should celebrate and shout.

Let’s lighten up- relax and recall the joy of the Lord. Celebrate God's presence and goodness in the midst of your life. Most importantly we get rid of all your emotional worthless foolish stuff, so you become better people.

If King David had decided to keep all of his stuff looked up inside of himself and not share it with God, where do think he would of end up at? Probably not the great man that he turned out to be, even though, he had a few detours on the way, David knew the road to happiness, was to confide and trust God! AMEN

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SCHOOL Sen. Jim Tomes welcomes local students as pages

Serving as a Senate page, Mt. Vernon Junior High School student Denise King (r) meets with State Sen. Jim Tomes (l) after session on Monday, Jan. 24. During her time at the Statehouse, King toured historic offices; worked with Tomes (R-Wadesville) and his staff; and observed bills being introduced on the Senate floor and assigned to committees.

State Sen. Jim Tomes (R-Wadesville) recently welcomed the following area students as legislative pages: •Virginia Deig, a daughter Evansville resident Cynthia Deig and student at Evansville Lutheran School; •Amanda Herrmann, a daughter of Evansville residents Mike and Jane Herrmann and student at Corpus Christi Catholic School; •Megan Pritchett, a

daughter of Evansville residents Raymond and Nancy Pritchett and student at Corpus Christi Catholic School; and •Eva Traylor, a daughter of Evansville residents Brad and Susie Traylor and student at Corpus Christi Catholic School.

•Denise King, a daughter of Mt. Vernon residents John and Birgitt King and student at Mt. Vernon Junior High School; and •Gwen Raibley, a daugh-

ter of Mt. Vernon resident Susan Bincsik and student at Mt. Vernon Junior High School.

During the legislative session, pages spend one day at the Statehouse working with their senator and Senate staff.

Tomes said student pages start the day in orientation before touring the historic Statehouse. Throughout the day, pages spend time in the Senate Chamber observing the introduction of bills, lis-

tening to debates and delivering important messages among senators and staff.

Students in grades six through 12 are invited to serve as pages on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout session, Tomes said.

Although many slots are filled for the remainder of the 2011 session, Tomes said those interested in additional information for this year’s session may call 1-800-382-9467.

North and South Terrace schools Round up Kindergarteners North Elementary and South Terrace Schools are now enrolling students for next year’s Kindergarten classes. Children that will be 5 years of age by August 1, 2011 are eligible. Parents or guardians should call the school as soon as possible to sign up and get registration information.

Each school will hold a Kindergarten “Round Up” at their school to allow parents to fill out paperwork, get necessary information, meet the staff and view the school. North Ele-

mentary’s will be Thursday, April 7 at 9 a.m. South Terrace will have their “Round Up” on Tuesday, April 6 at 6 p.m.

Parents of new students for 2011-2012 at any grade level should also call the school for enrollment information as soon as possible. Students outside the North Posey district may also be eligible to enroll tuition free. Please call the schools for more information. North Elementary (874-2710) & South Terrace (985-3180).

Immunization clinics announced for Posey County Serving as a Senate page, Mt. Vernon Junior High School student Gwen Raibley (r) meets with State Sen. Jim Tomes (l) after session on Monday, Jan. 24. During her time at the Statehouse, Raibley toured historic offices; worked with Tomes (R-Wadesville) and his staff; and observed bills being introduced on the Senate floor and assigned to committees.

Peter Fink receives West Point appointment Mount Vernon High School senior Peter Fink has received word that he is the recipient of a Congressional appointment to enter the United States Military Academy effective the 2011-2012 academic year. Peter, the eighteen year old son of Thomas and Nina Fink of Mount Vernon, is currently tied for the number one academic ranking in the 2011 senior class of two hundred seven students at Mount Vernon High School.

During his four year high school career, Fink has also been a member of both the baseball and cross country teams and is an active participant in the high school Student Council, Key Club, and Spanish Club.

NPHS welcomes student teacher The Purdue University Agricultural Education program has placed a student teacher, Tricia Ritter, with the Agricultural Science and Business Instructor, Mike Wassmer, at North Posey High School.

From February 8 through May 7, Tricia Ritter will be teaching classes including; animal science, horticulture, fundamentals, and ag mechanization. The student teaching experience will also include advising FFA activities such as career development events and lead-

ership conferences.

Dr. B. Allen Talbert, coordinator of the student teaching experience in Agricultural Education at Purdue University says, “Student teaching is a capstone experience in the undergraduate education process, and the local area agricultural science and business instructor, Mike Wassmer, becomes a real extension of Purdue’s Agricultural Education Program.” Tricia Ritter will be supervised on site by Dale Butcher from Purdue University.

NORTH POSEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE MONTH AMANDA BENDER Date Of Birth: 10/4/1992 Grade: Senior – 12th Grade Parent/Guardian(s): Danny and Sandy Bender Hobbies / Community Involvement: 4-H, FFA, National Honor Society, Student Council

Teen Sing set for February 17 Come hear the musical talents of the various Heritage Hills High School Chorus groups on Thursday, February 17, from 6-8 p.m.

CST at Lincoln Heritage Public Library in Dale. Directed by Laura Staffold, choir members will sing in

chorus, duets and solo performances throughout the evening.

Everyone is invited and welcome to attend. There is no admission charged. Flavored coffees, teas and desserts will be available for a minimal donation.

Wildcats of the Month

The following ten students were selected by the faculty of Mount Vernon High School as “Wildcat of the Month” for January 2011. Students are selected based on criteria which include academics, citizenship, effort and attendance. Student honorees receive movie passes, food certificates and an MVHS T-shirt for being selected.

January honorees are: (Back row) Seth Reeves, Sam Johnson, Matt Roth, Edward Schenk. (Front Row) Jenna Rueger, Camry Costello, Faith Alldredge, Emily Searcy. Not pictured are Rachael LaMar and Konstantin Kuksenko. Photo submitted

The Posey County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Coliseum in Mount Vernon from 2-6 p.m. and on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at North Elementary School in Poseyville from 3-5 p.m. An appointment is not needed for these clinics.

Required immunization additions for the 2010-2011

school year are as follows: All Kindergarten students will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine, given on or after the first birthday and separated by 3 months, or a history of chickenpox disease documented by a physician.

All Kindergarten students will be required to have one of the required doses of polio vaccine given on or after the fourth birthday, and

at least 6 months after the previous dose.

All sixth through twelfth grade students will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine, given on or after the first birthday, and separated by age appropriate intervals as defined by the CDC, or a history of chickenpox disease documented by the parent/ guardian.

All sixth through twelfth

grade students will be required to have 1 dose of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) given on or after the tenth birthday.

All sixth through twelfth grade students will be required to have 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4).

Please bring shot records for each child receiving immunizations.

Sheriff’s Association to award scholarships Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth announced today that the Indiana Sheriffs’ association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or current college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. There are approximately forty $500 scholarships available for qualifying students throughout the state.

The Indiana Sheriffs’ As-

sociation Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of receiving, investing and dispensing funds to provide college scholarships to qualified students who are committed to pursuing an education and career in the law enforcement field.

To qualify, the applicant must be an Indiana resident, be a current member of the association or a dependent child or grandchild of a current member of the

association, attend an Indiana college or university, major in a law enforcement field, and be enrolled as a full-time student taking a minimum of 12 hours of study.

Scholarship applications are available from the high

school counselor, the Posey County Sheriff’s Office, or by contacting the Indiana Sheriff’s Association at 1-800-622-4779. Completed applications must be received by the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association on or before April 1, 2011.

St. Wendel Star Readers The first grade class at St. Wendel School is proud to announce their reading accomplishments!

As of October 2010 all of the first graders at St. Wendel began reading with the Accelerated Reader program.

Every day the children work extremely hard to read new books and take quizzes over them. This helps to improve their comprehension skills and reading fluency. Each child has a goal to make each quarter. “I made my

goal!” said Audrey Hirsch, a first grade student at St. Wendel School. “I did really good on this book!” said Will Weatherholt another first grader at St. Wendel School.

When the goal is reached they can visit our AR store which is ran by Gayla Schapker, our Librarian.

They children get so excited when they make their goal.

We are so proud of their accomplishments. They are truly reading for the future.

Monday, February 7,2011 was New Harmony School’s Science Fair Family night. The highlight of the evening was a presentation by the Discover Science team of SABIC Innovative Plastics. In addition to the show, the junior high students were recognized for their individual projects, and the elementary classes had displays of some of their classroom science investigations. The elementary students earned a science prize by having their “science passports” punched by each of ten exhibit representatives. Photo submitted

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Seven Bamberger attorneys recognized in 2011 super lawyers Seven attorneys from Evansville’s Michigan Law School in n 1971. He joined the National Elder Law Foundation. He ger in 1974 and maintained his own law Bamberger, Foreman, Bamberger tice areas include office in Poseyville, InOswald & Hahn, LLP his practice l i d di fiffteen years were honored in the estate planning, trust and diana ffor fi 2011 edition of Super estate administration, busi- before merging his pracLawyers for their outness law, real estate law tice with Bamberger in standing work in the and general corporate legal December, 1999. legal industry. representation.

Michele S. Bryant has Honored in this Thomas Bodkin is a de- gained extensive experiyear’s edition are fense trial attorney with ence in the defense and “2011 Super Lawyers” concentrated experience in trial of medical malpracRobert M. Becker, R. the defense of claims for tice claims, representing Thomas Bodkin, John medical malpractice, con- both the individual health P. Broadhead, Michele demnation, commercial, care providers and hospiS. Bryant, Catherine A. civil rights and employ- tals. Michele maintains Nestrick and Bruce A. ment law, and municipal an active practice deSmith and “2011 Rislaw issues. He served as fending individuals and ing Stars” D. Andrew a Law Clerk in the United businesses involved in Cathy Nestrick Andrew Nestrick.

States District Court for the litigation regarding emSuper Lawyers is an annual publication Southern District of Indiployment matters, conthat lists the top lawyers from more than ana before joining Bamtracts, business disputes, 70 practice areas across the United States. berger in 1975. Tom is a and insurance coverage Nominated by their peers, the attorneys Fellow of the American issues. listed are honored for their high degree College of Trial Lawyers Cathy Nestrick helps of professional achievement. More than and a Diplomat of the construction companies, 13,000 attorneys in the state of Indiana Defense Trial Counsel of financial institutions and were asked to vote for the best lawyers America. other businesses manthey had personally observed in action – John P. Broadhead age and handle disputes. whether as opposing counsel, as co-coun- practices primarily in the She assists these busisel or from first-person observation in the areas of estate planning nesses by giving busicourtroom. The final list of Super Law- and administration, elness advice, negotiating yers represents less than five percent of the der law, agriculture, and contracts, mediating dislawyers licensed to practice in Indiana. counseling of familyputes and trying cases in Robert M. Becker is an Evansville na- owned businesses. John state and federal court. tive who graduated from the University of is certified as an Elder She is licensed in both Law AtIndiana and Kentucky, John Broadhead torney by and regularly handles

Posey County Soil and Water District meeting set for March 1

The Annual Meeting of the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Tuesday, March 1 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Holy Angels Catholic Center in New Harmony. Hans Kok will be the guest speaker. The evening consists of an awards presentation, brief business meeting, supervisor election and dinner. Tickets are $10. E-mail to jeri.ziliak@in.nacdnet.net or call the office at 812-838-4191, ext. 3 for more information.

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matters in Illinois with permission of the Illinois courts. She is also a registered Indiana Ci il M di Civil Mediator.

Bruce A. Smith is board certified in business bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and currently lives in Evansville, Indiana. In addition to estate and trust planning, Bruce’s practice focuses on banking law, primarily in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and general Nestrick litigation.

D. Andrew Nestrick concentrates his practice on estate planning, small business and family business law, Medicaid planning, elder law, probate estate administration, and real estate law.

Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP was organized in 1959, and is the largest law firm in Southwest Indiana. For the past 50 years, the firm has incorporated cutting edge technology and education to represent the legal practice areas of business law, banking and financial institution law, healthcare law, litigation, private client services, family law, employment law and real estate and land use law. Bamberger has offices in Evansville, Indianapolis and throughout southwestern Indiana.

Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation establishes website Trustees of the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation recently established a website at www.robertleeblafferfoundation.org. According to board president, James Sanders of New Harmony and Evansville, the website will provide broad access to more in-depth information about the Foundation’s purpose and objectives.

Created in the 1950s by the late Jane Blaffer Owen of New Harmony, Indiana, the Foundation was established to honor the memory of Mrs. Owen’s father, Rob-

ert Lee Blaffer, a Texas oilman. From its beginning, the organization’s mission has been to preserve, promote and support, financially and otherwise, the various historic and educational attributes of New Harmony and the part of Posey County that is immediately adjacent to and historically or culturally related to the town.

The Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational purposes, and during 2010, awarded a total of twenty

(20) grants to Tri-State notfor-profit organizations, making more than $100,000 available in funds and inkind services.

A list of funded projects is available on the website.

Governed by a board of trustees, the Foundation owns and manages several New Harmony properties, including the Cathedral Labyrinth, the Roofless Church, Carol’s Garden, the Community House, the Sarah Blaffer Campbell Potter’s House, the Mark Hampton Garden, the Gate

House (the first building built by the Harmonists in 1814), the Paul Tillich Park, and the MacLeod Barn Abbey, all located on North Street. Other properties are the Poet’s House and the Mother Superior House on Granary Street; and the St. Francis Chapel on the lake behind New Harmony Inn and Conference Center.

For more information about the use of Foundation facilities or to review grant proposal guidelines, visit the website at www.robertleeblafferfoundation.org.

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On Thursday T evening Februar 24 at 6 p.m. the February Posey County Co-op invites all members to its AnSt nual Stockholder’s Meeting at the Posey County Community Center on the 4-H Fairgrounds. The purpose of the meeting is to report the sales and earnings of another successful year as well as giving a rep on SynEnergy the new port

petroleum propane partnership and outline plans for the future.

This year’s meeting will feature the Purdue University Purduettes an all women ensemble that will regale the group with a variety of musical entertainment. For the past two years we’ve enjoyed hosting the men’s Glee Club.

This year we look forward

to having the ladies at our meeting. Come early to get a good seat.

The North Posey Relay for Life team will prepare and serve a sumptuous meal with a fill your plate buffet including mouthwatering desert. The evening will be adjourned with a nice gift for all families in attendance. To get free tickets, call or stop

by any branch in Evansville, Grayville, Griffin, Haubstadt, Mount Vernon, Poseyville, or St. Wendel.

The association also operates under the trade names of Tri State Vet & Pet Supply, R & C Farm Supplies, and its petroleum / propane partnership SynEnergy The Board and Employees look forward to hosting this great event.

Farm Credit Scholarship deadline nears A February 28 deadline is fast approaching for applications for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America (FCS) member-customer scholarship program.

FCS, a $17.5 billion agricultural lending cooperative serving farmers, agribusinesses and rural residents in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee, is offering scholarships to college students enrolled in agricultural and business programs. Thirtysix scholarships – ranging in

value from $1,000 to $1,500 – will be awarded.

“Scholarships are a great way to invest in our community’s future,” said Ed Yanos, chair of the FCS board. “Our scholarships provide support for those pursuing careers in agriculture. As agriculture continues to grow and evolve, we want students to be at the forefront of the industry, and grow with it.”

The scholarships are available to members, their dependents and spouses of the ag lending cooperative. Scholarships will be awarded in April based on academic record, leadership qualities, and community involvement. To apply, go online to www.e-farmcredit. com and select Community, then Scholarships. Or call 1-800-444-3276 to talk the

closest office about obtaining an application.

Farm Credit also awards over $60,000 in scholarships to students attending universities with ag colleges as well as the 4-H and FFA. Information on those scholarships can also be found on the organization’s website or by calling the universities or the state offices of the 4-H and FFA.

United Way provides funding for many local agencies in 2011 Jon Neufelder, President of the United Way of Posey County, announced that 20 local agencies that provide services to the people of Posey County will receive funding from the United Way of Posey County this year. Agencies included are: Albion Fellows Bacon Center American Red Cross – Posey County Chapter Boy Scouts of America – Buffalo Trace Council Catholic Charities Children’s Learning Center of Posey County (for Day Care Scholarships) Christian Church Day Care Center (for Day Care Scholarships) 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 WNIN Radio Reading Program Willow Tree of Posey County

$ 12,600.00 58,000.00 8,000.00 8,000.00 24,000.00 27,300.00 26,250.00 7,875.00 15,750.00 17,850.00 9,975.00 8,925.00 5,775.00 49,350.00 67,200.00 10,500.00 3,675.00 18,900.00 840.00 9,450.00

Jon Neufelder said that funding to local agencies was increased by 5% in addition to the contributions of $114,216.82 specifically designated by contributors. The United Way of Posey County also offers Information and Referral Assistance, runs a local Gifts In Kind program, and funds 2-1-1 for Posey County. 2-1-1 is the easy-to-remember telephone number to call for information on programs and referrals for assistance in Posey County. Neufelder said, “Through our United Way, we are all helping to make sure that these programs and the services of these agencies to the people of Posey County are there when needed, to help ensure a strong community. Thank you to all the people, businesses, and industry of Posey County, whose continued support and generosity make this possible.”

You can contact the United Way of Posey County at 838-3637 or uwposey@sbcglobal.net for more information or to get involved.

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North Posey students launch new Onyx Clothing line

By Dave Pearce A pair of North Posey High School students are entering the business world before they graduate from high school, hoping that the line of clothing they have created will help them become successful business people at an early age.

North Posey senior Brandon Spahn and junior Nathan Phipps went on-line with the first of their t-shirt designs on Thursday of this week, after spending nearly two months preparing the website for what the Internet-based business could experience.

“One of our first customers was a guy from California,” Spahn said of the Onyx Clothing line, designed and now being marketed by the two high school students.

Both the students are good at design but Phipps did most of the design work on the first shirt available for sale. It features the design trademark in teal and white on a black shirt. Spahn said several students at the school have seen the design and are preparing to order them over the next few days.

“We had a guy in our school about two years ago named Alex Mitchell,” Spahn

explained the idea. “He has been very successful and is now getting orders from all over the world.”

To see the design and/or to order online, please go to www.onyx-clothing.com.

The pair is starting small, using the knowledge they have acquired from business classes and design classes to build their business. They have 50 shirts of this first design made and as soon as the initial investment is made back, they will print either more of the first design or create a new design.

“We print on American Apparel. People have to realize that these are a very high quality shirt,” Spahn explained. “And for the first ones, the cost will be only $20 each. Down the road, I’m sure the price will have to go up but for right now, we are just trying to get off to a good start.”

The pair has spent a lot of time together over the years, including playing on the same baseball team since junior high school. They both know their roles in the company’s early-going.

Both students live within a mile of Poseyville.

Cats have fun in tune-up meet

By Steve Joos With the girls heading for Indianapolis and their own Sectional still a week away, the Mount Vernon boys’ swim team had a little tune-up Thursday night at the Mount Vernon Junior high pool.

The Wet Wildcats won both of their dual meets, beating Mater Dei 127-58 and Tecumseh 151-20.

“We mixed things up quite a lot,” coach Larry Zoller explained. “We knew that neither one of these teams (Mater Dei and Tecumseh) was very strong and we wanted to give the kids a chance to swim different events. In some cases, they swam events they haven’t swum in all year, so it was good in some cases we gave the kids a chance to prove themselves in different events.”

Nicholas Loehr was one of those cases.

The junior wanted to see how he would do in the 500-yard freestyle, got his chance and won the race with a time of 5:11.44, his second best time ever.

“We had some good times,” Zoller said.

“There were no real surprises, but I was pleased with the performances.”

The Mobleys each won an event, with Reid Mobley taking the 100-freestyle (:50.83) and the 200-freestyle (1:51.18), while Wade took the 50-freestyle (:23.95).

Zoller was also pleased with the efforts of Zach Hellenberg (5:38.40) and Layton Hopper (5:41.19), each of whom turned in personal best times while going 2-3 in the 500-freestyle behind Loehr. Jake Pool had his best time in the 200-individual medley, while diver Kyle Smith attempted some more difficult dives, performing a reverse one and one-half somersault en route to a first-place finish in that event.

Maintaining the momentum from the

girls’ strong performances in the postseason and staying sharp for their own Sectional were the primary objectives Thursday night, the coach said.

“We’re in the process of tapering (resting) right now,” Zoller said. “Really, it comes down to Thursday and Saturday (the Sectional). The girls gave us a lot of momentum. The girls had a phenomenal meet and the boys did the same thing, so they have a lot of confidence.”

Add a little tune up and things should be even better.

Mount Vernon triangularly boys’ met: 50-freestyle: W. Mobley (first) :23.95, Loehr (third) :25.73, Sage Irons (fifth) :26.23; 100-freestyle: R. Mobley (first) :50.83, Danen Turpen (third) :56.24, Aaron Duckworth (fifth) :59.61; 200-freestyle: R. Mobley (first) 1:51.18, A. Duckworth (second) 2:07.42, Kevin Moore (fourth) 2;15.21; 500-freestyle: Loehr (first) 5: 11.44, Hellenberg (second) 5:38.40, Hopper (third) 5:41.19; 100-backstroke: Poole (first) 1:01.97, Clint Weimer (third) 1:06.84, A. Duckworth (sixth) 1:19.80; 100-breaststroke: Moore (second) 1:15.80, Turpen (third) 1:17.84, Irons (fifth) 1:19.85; 100butterflly: Weimer (second) 1:05.23, Hopper (third) 1:06.68, Kyle Duckworth (fourth) 1:23.49; 200-IM: Jordan Wooten (first) 2:09.59, Poole (second) 2:10.55, Hellenberg (third) 2:42.15; Diving: Smith (first) 157.55, Michael Cannato (third) 131.15, Jake Whaley (fifth) 128.40; 200-freestyle relay: 1) Mount Vernon (Turpin, Irons, Weimer, W. Mobley) 1:41.05; 200-medlety relay: 2) Mount Vernon (Irons, Hopper, Loehr, W. Mobley) 1:58.28; 400-freestyle relay: 1) Mount Vernon (W. Mobley, A Duckworth, Loehr, Wooten) 3:39.12.

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Lady Wildcats make early exit

By Steve Joos The Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team had a good season in 2010-11, but it didn’t end very well.

The Lady Wildcats were outscored 24-8 in the second half Tuesday night and dropped a 31-23 decision to Gibson Southern in the first game of the Calss 3A Boonville Sctional.

“If you can’t shoot the ball, you’re not going to beat anybody,” coach Steve Mitchell said. “Three for 19 in the second half? You’re not going to beat anybody that way.”

Erratic shooting has been a problem for the Lady Cats all season, Mitchell said, adding that the coaches have talked to the players about working on their shooting over the past three seasons and they just have to do it.

He didn’t think that the Lady Titans didn’t do anything different, especially in the second half, that this team just didn’t shoot the ball well.

“How many power shots did we miss inside there tonight? How many layups? Airballs?

We have open shots and you’re shooting airballs? That’s what I’m disappointed about. I wasn’t disappointed with the effort, defense was good for the most part, but we had some letdowns here and there. If you hold somebody to 33 points, by should be able to win the ball game.”

Occasionally, the Lady Wildcats were trapped by the Gibson Southern defense, but that wasn’t the team’s main trouble, according to the coach. Even Jacey Ritzert, who seemed to carry the Lady Cats in the early going, started throwing the ball up in the second half.

A team that gives up just 33 points should be able to pull out the game, especially after holding the other team to nine in the first half.

That’s what Mont Vernon did, limiting the Lady Titans to a Tessa Angermeier threepointer for their lone points of the second quarter. Most of the time, it was Ritzert doing the honors as she pumped in the team’s first nine points, putting the Lady Cats in front 9-6 and then stretching it to 15-9 in the second chapter. Ritzert came out and gave Mount Vernon an eight-point advantage to open the third quarter, but then catastrophe struck.

The Lady Titans scored eight unanswered points and tied the game at 17-17 on a threepointer by Angermeier. Lauren Stemple hit one of two free throws to briefly restore the Mount Vernon advantage, but Hayley Taylor dropped in a turnaround jumper with 51.2 tick left on the clock to put Gibson Southern in front a the break 19-18.

It was still a game early in the fourth quarter, as Ritzert scored to give Mount Vernon a Mount Vernon senior Jordan Wooten takes an early lead during the 200-yard indi- 20-19 lead, Angermeier scored to put Gibson vidual medley race at Thursday nights swim meet with Tecumseh and Mater Dei. Photo Southern back in front and then Carynn Koch

by Dave Koch scored to put Mount Vernon on top for the

last time.

The Lady Titans outscored the Lady Wildcats 11-1 over the last 5:29 and put things away.

“We had some good shots in the first half, but I think we had some good shots in the second half as well,” Mitchell said. “I didn’t see us taking too many bad shots in second half, but we just have to commit to shooting the basketball. We just have to.”

Ritzert paced Mount Vernon with 13 points, but there wasn’t much of a supporting cast for the sophomore forward. Caryn Koch added four tallies, Megan Randall three, Jenny Koch two and Stemple one.

Angermeier led Gibson Southern with 12 points.

The loss ended Mount Vernon’s season at 15-6. It was a good season with a lot of positives, Mitchell said.

Which made losing a game like Tuesday’s hurt even more, since it was a game the Lady Wildcats could have won.

“We played a good first half and then we came out and shot three-for-19 in the second half,” Mitchell said. “It’s still a good season, we did a lot of good things, but still we ended on a sour note. This was a game we could have won.”

And not the way to end a good season.

Mount Vernon seniors played the last game of their high school career Tuesday night at the Boonville sectionals. Carynn Koch goes a little higher to gain control of the opening tip-off. Photo by Terri Koch

Pair of 60-year couples knows what it takes to succeed

By Pam Robinson This month, the Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will be selecting a Valentine’s Day king and queen from among three resident couples. Two of those couples, Bill and Joan Moll and Cal and Norma Bodkins, are each celebrating over 60 years of marriage.

Mount Vernon native Bill Moll met his wife, a Tennyson, Ind., native, at a dance for nurses held at St. Mary’s Hospital. A year later, Bill proposed. The couple married on June 22, 1946, in Mount Vernon.

Joan worked at St. Mary’s Hospital until she and Bill started a family. He ran a

Joan and Bill Moll

wholesale grocery in Mount Vernon with his brother and dad.

Bill says the highlight of their 64-year marriage was the couple’s honeymoon in the Wisconsin Dells. Over the years, the couple continued to enjoy travel with their four children. They vacationed in Florida every year, going as far south as Key West one year.

The Molls share a love for golf, and Bill boasts that Joan was club champion for 15 years running. He also recalls hitting the longest drive at Helfrich golf course in Evansville—all the way down to the river.

So, he says, it couldn’t count.

In addition to their four children, the Molls are proud of their nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Just down the hall from Bill and Joan live Cal and Norma Bodkins. Wed on August 21, 1949, at the Fort Branch Baptist Church, they celebrated 61 years of marriage this past year.

They lived primarily in Gibson and Vanderburgh counties, moving to Posey County just a couple of months ago. Their oldest child, daughter Teresa Blackburn, lives nearby with her husband Alan, who serves on the Posey County Council. Their son Steven Roy and his wife Patti live in Houston while their baby Angela Draper lives in Montgomery, Ill, with her husband Howard.

Cal retired after 41 years of employment with Whirlpool. Norma has worked as an operating room technician for Gibson General as well as for Deaconess Hospital and as a medical assistant in a family doctor’s office. She went back to school and completed a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana when she was in her 40s.

Cal has belonged to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and has served in all offices at Mount Vernon Post 1717. He is past president of the Indiana Eagles. Norma is proud of forming the charter for the River City Eagles in Evansville as well as the Oakland City Eagles.

Now in their 80s, the couple remembers fondly their Spokane train trip, which included a ride through the Grand Canyon.

They also had a passion for dancing and were well-known in dancing circles.

Cal says he and Norma “have never thought of divorce.” Instead, they walked away during disagreements until they could cool off, meet again and talk through their difficulties. “We didn’t lose our tempers,” Norma adds.

In addition to their three children, Cal and Norma count six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, one great-great grandson and another great-great granddaughter on the way.

Both the Molls and the Bodkinses can celebrate on Valentine’s Day, no matter who is crowned king and queen. Both couples are royalty, rich in love and good memories.

Cal And Norma Bodkins

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Higgins keeps service legacy alive Long-time Mayor of Mount of 32 years. His proudest ac- varsity football and basketball captain. He remains active in Vernon Jackson Higgins complishments are obtaining games. During high school, American Legion, Elks and doesn’t let retirement slow the funding for the construc- he worked as the student man- Eagles. He’s a 54-year memhim down. “I only thought tion of Cloverleaf Apartments ager for the football team and ber of Kiwanis, in which he Sunday, lettered February 13, 2011 & he Pressand| The Gleaner I’dEvansville have a lot ofCourier free time,” converting the |Kiwanis in track.

Needless to has held the office of presijokes. The Posey County na- Park shelter house into a se- say, he has remained an en- dent. tive wears a contagious smile nior center. thusiastic supporter of Mount Members of First United akin to the one he passed out Prior to holding the office Vernon schools, especially Methodist Church in Mount on over 3,000 “Mount Ver- of mayor, he served seven anything involving athletics. Vernon, Higgins and his wife non Smile City” buttons to years on Mount Vernon City He’s dedicated to the M Club, Barbara have celebrated 54 children while he served as Council and one year as Black the honorary high school ath- years of marriage. They are mayor.

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Lady Wildcats put face with Wildcat name in Indy

By Steve Joos If high school swimming were in divisions or classes, the Mount Vernon Lady Wet Wildcats would have dominated the small-school division of the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s state girls’ meet over the weekend in Indianapolis.

As it stands, however, swimming is not in divisions, so the Lady Wet Wildcats will have to settle for 16th in the state with 34 points.

Led by Erica McCormick’s third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, the Lady Wet Cats scored 34 points and broke the top 20 at the Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis Natatorium, sandwiched between Lawrence North (35) and Concord (32).

“I was very proud of the way the girls swam,” coach Larry Zoller said. “We would have liked to have finished higher, but we had a good meet. Erica McCormick was third in the 100-breaststroke and Mary Klueh had her personal best split in the 200-yard medley relay. She also finished 16th in the 100backstroke.”

McCormick was second in the preliminaries on Friday night, but found herself too far behind Homestead senior Tori Bagan to catch up despite a frantic finish. She finished with a

time of 1:03.02 and was able to take her place on the medal stand.

Mount Vernon’s other high finishes were in the consolation rounds, including 12th in the 200-medley relay, and 15th in the 200freestyle relay. McCormick was 14th in the 200-individual medley (2:09.03).

“We were definitely the best small school up there,” Zoller said. “Only the big schools out of Indianapolis and the rest of the state beat us.”

The post-season has also been good for the Lady Wet Wildcats’ overall swimming fortunes, as two more girls qualified for the Grand Prix races with their performances at Indianapolis and Castle. Klueh qualified for the Austin Grand Prix with her times at the state meet, while Kelsey Turner qualified at the Sectional.

As far as the team standings were concerned, everybody was earthling Carmel’s bubbles. The Lady Greyhounds scored 382 points to capture their 25th state title, beating Homestead (230) by a considerable margin.

Mount Vernon also had the best finish for Southwestern Indiana, coming in ahead of Vincennes Rivet (20), which came in 20th and Castle (14) which tied Lake Central for 29th.

Mount Vernon High School sophomore Erica McCormick makes waves, even at the national level, with her times recently. She finished third at the state meet, helping her team to a top 20 finish. The team finished 16th.

Two Wildcat wrestlers punch tickets to state finals

By Steve Joos Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and the state meet.

It’s the dream of every high school wrestler in Indiana.

That dream came true for two Mount Vernon wrestlers Saturday.

Jon Hoehn finished third at 130 pounds in Saturday’s Evansville Semistate meet, while Byron Konrath was fourth in the 135-pound class at Roberts Stadium, as two of the three Mount Vernon grapplers advanced to this weekend’s state finals at Indianapolis.

“We watched two kids’ dreams come true again,” Mount Vernon coach Todd Gilpin said. “We get to wrestle another weekend.

That’s what we’ve worked all week for.”

Gilpin was hoping the two middleweights could win their respective weight classes, which would make things a little less difficult when they went to Conseco Fieldhouse, but both Hoehn and Konrath ran into some very tough customers and were forced into the consolation matches.

Hoehn posted a 7-0 decision over Tyler Hupp of Indian Creek for third place at 130 after losing to undefeated Neal Molloy of Danville in the semifinals, while Konrath lost to both Indian Creek’s Ethan Raley (earlier dispatched Michael Frymire of North Posey earlier in the day) and Steven Bieker of Columbus East, who pinned Konrath in 4:19 for third place at 135.

Hoehn reached the finals by pinning Caleb Chambers of Jasper with three seconds

left in the second period of their match after first posting an 11-3 decision over Scottsburg’s Gage Kelly in the opening round. “Jon caught (Chambers) with a nice cradle locked up,” Gilpin explained. “He’s just so long that if you put you knee to you head, he’ll pull the two together and he did a great job of fighting for it. Basically he had to flip a kid over to get him in that position. I’ve never seen a kid as non-stop as Jon. He won’t stop until he gets what he wants.”

Hoehn was worried during practice about facing Chambers, who the Wildcat senior had already beaten twice this season. The pressure had been weighing on Hoehn throughout the week.

Konrath parlayed a pair of takedowns into a 4-0 second-round win over Jordan Gerst of Jennings County in a scrappy battle that started out like a playground brawl. Earlier in the day, Konrath dispatched Dalton Wheeler of Center Grove 13-4 for his first win of the day.

It wasn’t that good of a day for the third Mount Vern Semistate qualifier, heavyweight Teddy O’Connell. It started out well, with a pin of Northview’s Beau Judd in 1:12, but ended with a second-round loss to eventual champion Kaden Suler of Martinsville.

The dreams came to an unfortunate end for the three North Posey Vikings at Roberts Stadium, as all three came up short in their bids to advance.

Tyler Stock made it to the second round, where he ran into the number-two 103-

pounder in the state, Bloomington South’s undefeated Jacob Boosma.

Vikings’ coach Chad Hoehn said that Stock would have needed “a miracle” to beat Boomsma, but that didn’t come, as the North Posey lightweight fell 16-0 in a match that was stopped in the third period.

The other two Viking losses weren’t unexpected either, according to Hoehn.

Frymire (135) was eliminated by Raley on a technical fall, while heavyweight Austin Little dropped a 7-0 major decision to Mark Collett of Jennings County.

Five of the six Posey County grapplers were knocked out of the championship round by eventual champions (Boomsma, Malloy, Raley and Suler), with Raley eliminating two of them.

Mount Vernon junior Jon Hoehn rolls his Jasper opponent to his shoulders during first round action at the semi-state wrestling meet on Saturday. Hoehn, along with teammate Andrew Konrath, advances to the state meet next weekend with his performance this weekend. Below, North Posey junior Tyler Stock wraps up his first round opponent to advance to the second round of the semi-state wrestling meet at Roberts Stadium on Saturday. Photos by Dave Koch

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Vikings have little trouble with Memorial, Commodores

By Dave Pearce The North Posey Vikings ran their season record to 14-3 over the weekend with wins over Evansville Memorial and Perry Central.

In a rare Thursday evening game (because of the girls’ sectional basketball tournament), the Vikings celebrated senior night with a lop-sided win over Memorial and former North Posey Viking basketball head coach Rick Wilgus.

The Tigers opened in a hands-on energyfilled defense that gave the Vikings trouble, especially in the early going. As a matter of fact, right out of the gate, Memorial opened up a 7-2 lead as they forced the Vikings into some early turnovers.

However, Jourdan Cox nailed a 3-pointer and Cooper Martin tied the game at seven before a basket inside by Cameron Calvert gave the Vikings their first lead of the night at 9-7.

But the remainder of the quarter, both teams took turns with runs as Memorial was able to open up a 17-13 lead with about 1:30 to go in the opener before Nick Scheller scored on a drive and following a Memorial turnover, a 3-pointer as the quarter sounded ending the first quarter. The Vikings held a narrow 18-17 lead at the break.

But after Memorial opened the second quarter with 3-pointer to take a 20-18 lead, Cox answered with a three and Dillon Davenport hit a pair of free throws and the game began to open up. Scheller found Calvert open inside and a rebound bucket by Eric Wargel, followed by a Cox 2-pointer off a drive opened up a 29-20 lead for the Vikings.

Memorial finally responded with a 3-pointer only to have Davenport hit another pair of free throws and Wargel score off a Davenport feed. Scheller hit one of two free throws and Wes Harness got open inside for a bucket before Memorial closed out the half on two free throws and trailed 36-25.

“I think the key to the first half was our balance that allowed us to get a lead on them,” North Posey Coach Matt Wadsworth said.

“That allowed us to dictate the game.”

But Memorial’s defense again gave the Vikings trouble early in the second period as Calvert picked up his third foul at the 5 minute mark of the third quarter. Henderson, Ky., resident Alphonso Baity, who would end up leading the team with 18 points, stepped to the line and converted to pull the Tigers back to within eight at 42-34.

The Tigers came back with a press but Wargel found Calvert with no one near him under his own basket for an easy bucket.

“It wasn’t our set plays that scored for us tonight,” Wadsworth said following the game. “It was that extra pass or that extra cut

that got the lay-up for us. That is something that over the last two or three weeks we have worked very hard at. And those are things that you can’t coach. The players have to take the initiative and make those things happen.”

However, on the ensuing inbounds play, Calvert picked up his third foul and Baity then went inside to pull Memorial to within 44-36.

The teams basically traded buckets throughout the remainder of the third quarter and Memorial trailed 50-41 heading into the final stanza.

Points were hard to come by early in the final period as neither team got on the scoreboard before Calvert picked up his fourth foul. Davenport found Martin open inside to finally get on the scoreboard, but again, Baity answered.

“We had 14 turnovers tonight and typically, we are down around eight or 10 turnovers so we did turn it over more than we usually do but at the same time, in an up-and-down game like this, you are going to have some more turnovers.”

For the remainder of the contest, the Tigers could do little but foul and the Vikings hit their free throws down the stretch and played solid defense. The Vikings hit 10-of-12 free throws down the stretch to expand the lead to its largest of the night, the final score, 67-51.

For the Vikings, Scheller led the team with 19 points while senior classmates Davenport and Calvert had 10 apiece. Senior Cooper Martin and junior Jourdan Cox had eight apiece and Wargel had four. Nick Neidig had three while Harness and Colton Motz had two apiece.

“It is always tough to play only one or two minutes but within the two minutes that Colton (Motz) played tonight, he got three rebounds and every time anyone subbed in and out, he was on his feet,” Wadsworth observed. “You can’t put a price on the value of having good teammates.”

On Saturday, the Vikings opened the contest against Perry Central with a 15-5 quarter and never looked back as everyone on the varsity team saw some playing time in the 58-39 win.

Calvert finished with 19 and Davenport 11 to pace the Vikings. The loss dropped the Commodores to 8-9 on the year.

Memorial 17 8 16 10 51 North Posey 18 18 14 17 67 Memorial Dassel 2, 0-0, 5 Lueken 3, 2-3, 8 Stipple 3, 1-2, 10 Baity 5, 6-6, 18 Holtz 0, 2-2, 2 Ahlers 2, 0-0, 5 Auker 1, 0-0, 3 Long 0, 0-1, 0 TOTALS FG - 16, 11-14FT 51 pts 3pt FG ( Dassel 1, Stippler 3, Baity 2, Ahl-

North Posey sophomore nick Neidig finds himself surrounded by the enemy on the baseline during Friday’s win over Evasnville Memorial. Photo by Dave Peaerce ers 1, Auker 1) Total Fouls 20 North Posey Davenport 1, 9-10, 11, Scheller, 6, 5-6, 19, Calvert 5, 0-0, 10 Harness 1, 0-0, 2 Wargel 2, 0-0, 4, Neidig 0, 3-4, 3, Cox 3, 0-1, 8 Martin 4, 0-0, 8, Motz 1, 0-0, 2 Reserves - Memorial 41 – 31 PERRY CENTRAL 5 12 12 10 NORTH POSEY 12 19 8 19

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Wildcats gain split in Big 8 games with Jasper, Mt. Carmel

By Steve Joos Mount Carmel and Jasper each have long, illustrious traditions in football.

That means when the

Aces and Jasper Wildcats hit the basketball court, they can be pretty physical.

Mount Vernon learned that last week, with mixed

Wildcat senior Jason Stemple goes up for two points over his Jasper defender, during Saturday’s home conference game. Photo by Chris Koch

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The Wildcats traveled to Mount Carmel on Thursday and came away with a 77-64 win. They hosted Jasper on Saturday and got out-physicaled en route to a 65-44 loss.

Jasper broke Saturday’s game open in the second quarter, outscoring Mount Vernon 19-2 and turning a 10-10 first quarter tie into a 29-12 halftime lead.

“Jasper was a lot more physical than we were,” coach Gary Wilsey said.

“I don’t know if there was anything strategic about that. I didn’t expect that (the Cats went nine and one-half minutes without a field goal in the first half).

We came out and had some balance in the first quarter, but you have to go hard for 32 minutes and when you go up against a team like Jasper, that has that football mentality, they were more physical than we were. Whenever there was a loose ball, they seemed to have it.”

Wilsey said that his team was out hustled often during the game, estimating 10 loose balls in the contest, nine of which were controlled by Jasper.

Then there was the second quarter.

Jasper took the lead with less than a minute gone in the second chapter and never looked back, scoring nine unanswered points before Jacob Steinhart hit one of two free throws with 4:47 left in the quarter. Jason Stemple added another charity toss with 4:06 to play and that was it for Mount Vernon until Craig Dick connected from

17 feet out to open the third quarter.

Jasper had built a 29-12 halftime bulge by then and Mount Vernon could never get closer than 31-21 as they went on an 11-2 run to lead off the third chapter.

Mount Vernon also had something of a bounce at the start of the third quarter, cutting the lead to 10 points before Jasper stretched it back to 45-28 entering the fourth quarter.

That bounce was missing after that.

“In the first and third quarters, that’s the start of the half,” Wilsey said. “We have to learn to sustain that kind o f energy. A lot of times, I’m just scrambling to find five guys who can do that.”

And did we mention Steinhart’s off-night?

The senior swingman was limited to 13 points Saturday, still a team-high, but not the kind of output he had been providing. Unfortunately for the Cats, not

many other people filled in.

Brian Koch was next on the team with seven points, while Aaron Straub and River VanZant only put in five points each. Dick and Sam Johnson each chipped in four points, while Stemple and Austin Geobel each added three.

Three Jasper players hit double figures, led by Adam Sander’s game-high 22 points. Caleb Begel added 14 tallies and Sam Rumbach put in 10.

Jasper’s reserves nosed out Mount Vernon 41-38 in the preliminary.

On Thursday, the Wildcats played another tough football-minded school, this time across the Wabash River at Mount Carmel.

And this time, the cats came out on top 77-64.

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“That’s exactly what we expected,” Wilsey said.

“We had beaten them by a large margin over in Carmi.

You go up there to Mount Carmel, and I’ve had some experience going up there (in the North Egypt Conference) where we have to punch somebody in the mouth first, figuratively speaking. We have to come out and be the aggressor.”

Steinhart led the Cats with 29 points, but it was the big guys who stepped up for Mount Vernon, as Koch and Troy Paris each scored 12 points and Straub added 11. Goebel added five points and Johnson four, while Andy Henshaw and Stemple each put in two.

Beau Grant paced the Aces with 24 points to pace three Mount Carmel players in double figures. Alex Hale added 17 points and Shawn Bippus 11.

The reserve game went to Mount Vernon 51-45.

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SPORTS P RT USI track and field teams set highest marks Shoals Rox New Harmony Rappites The University of Southern Indiana men’s and women’s indoor track and

field teams recorded three NCAA II provisional qualifying times this weekend

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Posey Lanes Recap League: Expressway Ford High Game High Series 1. Ginny Murphy 201 1. Pete Rohlman 536 2. Sherry Underwood 196 2. Helena Linck 524 3. Pete Rohlman 194 3. Sherry Underwood 515 4. Marge Cordle 191 4. Kathy Rudley 504 5. Helena Linck 187 5. Ginny Murphy 503 League: Access Storage High Game High Series 1. Gaylynn Reese 195 1. Gaylynn Reese 521 2. Pam Hickey 191 2. Marcia Lange 523 3. Donna Anderson 188 3. Donna Anderson 489 4. Marcia Lange 185 4. Pam Hickey 484 5. Sandy WIlson 171 5. Sandy Wilson 477 League: Men’s Major High Game High Series 1. Dile Wilson 234 1. Dennis Marshall 698 2. Dennis Marshall 234 2. Dile Wilson 633 3. Bob Henderson 231 3. John Hast 631 4. John Hast 227 4. Cory Kohlmeyer 618 5. Jim Gruber 223 5. Jim Gruber 615 League: First Bank 1. Pete Rohlman 204 1. Pete Rohlman 505 2. Shirley Cordle 180 2. Teresa Weir 492 3. Martha Phillips 177 3. Marge Cordle 489 4. Teresa Weir 170 4. Debbie Boarman 489 5. Naomi Overton 479 League: Men’s Commercial 1. Jim Key 267 1. Jim Key 673 2. Dile Wilson 257 2. Dile Wilson 669 3. Pat Riordan 256 3. Brian Schnarr 654 4. Tom Entel 248 4. Pat Riordan 646 5. Joe Anderson 193 5. Tom Entel 636 League: Jr.-Sr. High League: Elementary 1. Dane Wilson 238 1. Jack Valier 175 2. John Gruber 236 2. Gary Griffin 170 3. Myles Utley 215 3. Ben Valier 140 4. Logan Cox 209 4. Triston Boerner 139 5. D.A. Wilson 204 5. Mathew Crafton 137 League: Bumpers High Game 1. Luke Holder 121 2. Austin Oeth 100 3. Lauren Carr 103

at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet.

Junior Dustin Emerick (Elmwood, Illinois) was fifth in the men’s 5,000 meters Friday night with a provisional qualifying time of 14 minutes, 23.61 seconds, while junior Jackie Henderson (Schererville, Indiana) was 15th in the women’s 5,000 meters with a provisional qualifying time of 17 minutes, 25.69 seconds.

Henderson also helped the women’s distance medley relay team to an eighth-place finish and a provisional qualifying time of 12 minutes, 19.40 seconds on Saturday.

USI’s men’s distance medley relay team was fifth overall and just missed a provisional qualifying time by 0.04 seconds. The Screaming Eagles crossed the finish line in 10 minutes, 10.24 seconds.

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By Steve Joos It was a rocky trip to Shoals for the New Harmony boys’ basketball team Saturday, as Garrett Bateman poured in 23 points to lead the Jug Rox past the Rappites 58-40.

“Something about Shoals brings out the worst in us,” coach Jim Little said. “One good thing is that this is the last time we have to face Garrett Bateman.”

Little wasn’t pleased with the way the Rappites played on either end of the floor.

“When we are not hitting our shots, we seem to be making mistakes in other parts of our game,” the coach explained. “We start

letting the calls that don’t go our way bug us and quickly things go bad,” The Rappites will have to shake that with a pair of tough games coming up this week at North Posey and Red Hill.

The Jug Rox took a 12-6 lead after the opening chapter. New Harmony was able to keep the deficit at six points through the intermission, trialing 21-15 at the half, but Shoals went on another run in the third quarter and stretched the lead to 39-26 after three quarters.

Michael Shartzer scored 13 to give the Jug Rox two players in double figures, the same as New Harmony, but the Shoals supporting

cast was much more prolific.

Blayne Worman hit three of New Harmony’s five three-pointers en route to a team-high 18 points, while Andrew McDaniel dropped in 15, but the rest of the team only scored a total of seven points, as many as the Jug Rox’ Tyler Price—and there were four other players besides him in the scoring column for Shoals.

Kyle Whitmore added three points for New Harmony, while Levi Hoehn and Kris Scarfia each chipped in two. The Rappites hit just nine of 20 free throws in the loss, which dropped them to 10-8 on the season.

Members of the North Elementary basketball team are, in front, (left to right): Emily Willis, Kamryn Brandenstein, Kelsie Wright, And Arial Wilson. In the back row are (left to right) Coach: Lisa Brandenstein, Hannah Voegel, Emma Woods, Ally Brandenstein, Payton Latham, Amanda Marshall, Cidney Colbert, and Coach Kristie Wright.

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Children 8 years old and younger can go to www. leaguelineup.com/mvyb for information on how to contact the Park and Recreation Department for those ages.

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Tuesday, Feb. 15 BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Harrison at Mount Vernon.

Thursday, Feb. 17 SWIMMING: Mount Vernon at the Castle Sectional boys meet; JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING: Mount Vernon at Castle South, Southridge at North Posey.

Friday, Feb. 18 BOYS’ BASKETBALL: New Harmony at North Posey, Reitz at Mont Vernon; WRESTLING: Mount Vernon in the IHSAA state meet at Indianapolis.

Saturday, Feb. 19 BOYS’ BASKETBALL: New Harmony at Red Hill, North Posey at Tell City; WRESTLING: Mount Vernon in the IHSAA state meet at Indianapolis; SWIMMING: Mount Vernon at the Castle Sectional boys’ meet.

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SPORTS

Lady Rappites enjoy progress but fall in sectional opener

By Steve Joos The New Harmony girls’ basketball team got to within two points of Tecumseh in the first quarter of their Sectional game Friday night at Wood Memorial and that was as close at it would girt.

The Lady Rappites didn’t score for the next six minutes and really never got going offensively at all Friday, as they were eliminated by the Tecumseh Lady Braves 55-24 in the first game of the Class 1A Sectional at Oakland City. The Lady Braves eventually won the sectional.

“They were pressing,” Lady Rappites coach Jennifer Toopes said. “We choked. We couldn’t get the ball down the floor. They also were very aggressive. I would say we got about 10 shots off in the first half.”

The Lady Braves’ press shook the team’s confidence and led to the ball getting into the wrong hands, the coach said.

On the other hand, Toopes thought that her team played good defense and had a good defensive strategy which held the Lady Braves to almost 20 points less than the team’s regular season meeting on Feb. 1 (the final score there was 72-43 and Tecumseh scored 55 points Friday).

The Lady Braves ran two out-of-bounds plays in the regular season contest where they inbounded the ball right to the inside for easy baskets. The Lady Rappites covered the inbounds with four people low and one high and as a result, Tecumseh didn’t score off any out of bounds plays.

New Harmony also played tighter defense on the low post and took away Tecumseh’s skip pass, which led to a number of three-pointers in the first meeting.

That might be something of a minor consolation for a young New Harmony squad that didn’t get a lot of breaks in the Sectional.

Aurial Trible hit one of two free throws, then Haley Shawan and Emily Tuley put in buckets at Tecumseh jumped out to a 5-0 lead before Toopes called a time out with 5:15 to go in the first quarter.

Morgan Matthews drained a three-pointer out of a time out, cutting the lead to 5-3, but that was as close as New Harmony was going to get. Tecumseh scored 13 unanswered points and closed out the chapter with a an 18-3 lead.

Matthews broke the New Harmony dry spell with a 15footer less than a minute into the second quarter, but Tecumseh reeled off another five straight tallies to take a 23-5 lead with 5:07 to go, when Holly Walden knocked one down.

Tecumseh took a 34-9 lead into the locker room at halftime and stretched it to 46-15 after three quarters.

Matthews did almost all of the damage offensively for the Lady Rappites, scoring a game-high (that’s right, a gamehigh) 15 points.

“Morgan had a great game, both offensively and defensively,” Toopes said. “She had 15 points with three field goals and three three-pointers. She’s been struggling with her shot this season, but towards the end, she showed lots of leadership tonight.”

Madison Worman added five points, while Walden and Winter Nelson each put in two.

That couldn’t match the three Lady Braces who hit double figures, led by Shawano’s 12 points. Trible and Tuley each added 11 tallies.

The Lady Rappites closed out their season with a 5-15 record in Toopes first season after replacing the retired Larry Kahle.

“I’ve said all year that we’re very young,” Toopes said.

“We start three freshmen and two sophomores. We actually played a lot better tonight than I thought that we might and this should help over the next two years.”

The Lady Rappites visited Harrison last week for what was

going to be more of a pre-Sectional scrimmage, according to Toopes.

The Lady Warriors did not press in the game, Toopes said, and neither team planned to use some of their more complex offensive and defensive alignments. The Lady Warriors were forced to up what was suppose to be mostly an extended scrimmage with New Harmony into something a little stronger before winning 53-29.

Harrison scored the first 12 points of the game, but New Harmony came back to put in the next 10 before Harrison went on another rampage to put the game out of reach.

“We started very slow,” Toopes said. “Then we went into a half court press that we had been working on, a diamond and one half-court press, and we had them back to a four-point ball game.”

It was 12-8 and 14-10 for a while, until Harrison went back into the press and that resulted in 14 unanswered points to close out the first half with the Lady Warriors in front 28-10.

The Lady Rappites put up more of a fight offensively in the third chapter, but still trailed 41-22 entering the final eight minutes.

Part of the of the format for last week’s game called for both teams to work on their half-court games, both offensively and defensively, and for Harrison to avoid the press since it wasn’t going to be necessary for the Lady Warriors to work on that.

“But I think we played a little bit better than what he’d (Harrison coach Tom Balmeyer) been expecting,” Toopes said. “So he had to start pressing.”

Some turnovers off the press enabled New Harmony to get some good shots and cash in on them, Toopes explained.

The Lady Rappites were competitive in the third quarter even though Harrison kept their starters in, but the second chapter was the toughest for New Harmony, as Harrison started pressing and the Lady Rappites had trouble handling it.

Toopes also felt that her team had good position on the inside, but didn’t push back.

“I’m proud of the girls,” she said. “Before the game, coach Ballmer said that they had over 1,400 students in the school we only have 56 and we’re the smallest class 1A School, so just for the girls to be playing here in the big gym, is huge for the girls.”

Matthews scored the Lady Rappites’ first bucket of the game and finished the night with eight points. Kendall Morris paced the team with nine tallies, while Kelsey Owen and Kaila Wineberger each put in four. Scherzinger chipped in two points.

Elayna Dorsey led the Lady Warriors with 10 points.

None of the last games of the regular season were pretty for the Lady Rappites, as they lost to South Spencer 57-26 and to Tecumseh 72-43.

Illness partially took its toll on New Harmony against the Lady Rebels, according to the coach.

“We had a lot of sickness and flu,” Toopes said. “We couldn’t get any movement out of the offense.”

New Harmony seniors Brianna Suttles, Summer Nelson and Winter Nelson were honored before the game on senior night, but it was the underclassmen who provided the firepower for the Lady Rappites.

Worman led the team with 13 points, while Matthews added six tallies and Owen four. Kendall Morris chipped in three tallies.

Caitlyn Phillips pumped in 19 points to pace the Lady Rebels, while Samantha Beatty added 11.

The two teams did have enough players for a reserve game, won by South Spencer 38-19.

Morris and Worman each scored six points in the pre-

liminary, while Owen put in five points and Matthews added two.

In some ways the Lady Rappites made a good showing despite a 72-43 loss at the hands of visiting Tecumseh.

“I think that they played very good,” Toopes said. “They were intimidated at first because Tecumseh’s done so well this season, but after the first quarter we realized we could play with them.”

The Lady Rappites showed some signs of life over the last three quarters of the game, but that 21-7 hole they fell into after the opening chapter was just too much for New Harmony to overcome.

Worman became the latest Lady Rappite to lead the team in scoring, as she shook off a recent shooting slump to pour in a game-high 17 points. Matthews added 11 and Owen 10 to give New Harmony three players in double figures, but they didn’t have much in the way of a supporting cast.

Defensively the Lady Rappites hung around in the second quarter, but still trialed 31-15 at halftime, but then the Lady Braves went on another rampage in the third chapter, outscoring New Harmony 25-12 to take 56-27 lead into the fourth period.

“The first quarter was very dead,” Toopes explained. “They (Tecumseh) hit five of five three-pointers. They were pressing in the first half, in the second quarter, we were able to get into their press. In the second quarter, we were able to score by getting into their press.”

After the top three, there wasn’t much else in the way of offense for New Harmony, as Suttles and Alyssa Scherzinger each put in two points, while Morris added one.

Worman connected on five of six three-point tries. Matthews cleared seven rebounds, while Owen grabbed five.

Hailey Menke scored 15 points to pace the Lady Braves, while Shawan added 14.

Owen and Matthews each scored 16 points in the Lady Rappites’ 54-18 romp over Agape Christian recently.

Worman added eight points and Morris six, while Scherzinger and Suttles each put in four.

“This was a fun game for us,” Toopes said. “Everybody got to play and be a part of the win.”

The Lady Rappites pulled off the press and didn’t fast break or guard the ball as the game progressed and was well in hand.

New Harmony was also able to work on some plays of their own after the issue was settled. New Harmony led 19-2 after the first quarter, 29-6 at halftime and 38-13 after three quarters.

Matthews pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds and was one of three Lady Rappites who pulled off three steals. Owen cleared nine rebounds and pulled off another three steals, while Worman grabbed eight boards and dished out four assists. Sandra Hall also had three steals to go along with four caroms, while Scherzinger handed out three assists and stole the ball twice.

Matthews cleared eight rebounds in New Harmony’s 53-28 loss at Tell City, while Owen grabbed six. Owen scored 12 points, Worman 10 and Matthews six as the Lady Rappites hit 11 of 17 from the free throws line.

If that wasn’t enough, the trip home took three hours through a snow storm The Lady Rappite reserves also lost their game 47-28. Matthews put in 12 points to lead the reserves, while Worman added seven and Suttles four. Morris and Owen each scored two points and Scherzinger one.

Owen cleared 11 rebounds, while Matthews pulled down four. Worman paced the team with four steals, while Morris pulled off three.

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SPORTS PO P ORT

Lady Vikings peak one game early, make early exit

By Dave Pearce When high school basketball began for the North Posey High School girls back in November, North Posey Coach Tracy Stroud hoped to have his team playing their best basketball come tournament time in February.

Stroud may have been just one game ahead of schedule as the Lady Vikings played arguably their best game of the season in the season finale in an overtime win over Harrison.

But on Tuesday at Forest Park, the Lady Rangers must have learned what they did wrong in a six-point loss to the North Posey Lady Vikings just two weeks ago as they righted the ship and routed the Vikings in first round action.

But the Vikings certainly have nothing to be ashamed of. They overcame a 1-6 start when just about everyone but themselves had given up on them and learned one of life’s most important lessons, how to overcome adversity.

That was probably little consolation to Stroud at the end of Tuesday’s one-sided loss but when the week was over, the Lady Vikings learned they were not alone in the dramatic improvement Forest Park showed in the sectional.

The Lady Rangers ran the table on North Posey, Perry Central, and finally Mater Dei. All three wins were double-digit wins as the young Lady Rangers came of-age in the tournament and will take a 17-7 record into next week’s regional.

According to North Posey’s senior leading scorer Nichole Perry, the team just simply could not find the basket in the early-going while the Lady Rangers were hitting nine of their first 11 shots. They moved out to a 14-5 lead after one period and took advantage of North Posey’s off shooting night to outscore the Vikings 18-3 in the second period to lead 32-8 at the half.

At that point, the season was essentially North Posey senior Kendyl Ahrens puts over for the Lady Vikings. All they could do in the second half of the contest was play for up a shot. Photo by Dave Pearce

pride.

With the game already on ice, the Lady Rangers slowed the pace dramatically in the third quarter and outscored the Lady Vikings only 9-8 in the period to take a 41-16 lead into the final period.

But the Lady Vikings, albeit too late, finally found the range and outscored Forest Park 24-22 in the final period.

The Rangers shot over 60 percent from the field against a reasonably solid Viking defense. The Vikings managed only 27 percent from the field. The Lady Rangers had a huge advantage at the free throw line, as well, as they were able to take 29 free throws (and hit 20) while the Vikings shot only 13 and hit six.

Perry, as she has in every game this season, led the team in scoring with 19 points (also a game-high figure) and Morgan Stierley, who raised the level of her game in the final week of the season, finished with 10 points, hitting three 3-point baskets. Kendyl Ahrens added six points while Katelyn Esche added three points and Caitlin Herrmann finished with two.

The loss marked the end of high school basketball careers for four of this season’s starters. Perry, Ahrens, Esche, and Lisa Garris will say farewell to North Posey High School when they graduate in May. FOREST PARK 63, NORTH POSEY 40 FOREST PARK: Uebelhor 1 0-0 2, Freyberger 1 2-4 5, Jordan Theising 5 4-5 18,Vonderheide 4 0-0 8, Smith 0 4-6 4, Sarah Hopf 5 5-8 15, Blessinger 1 2-2 4, Sami Hopf 2 3-4 7. Totals: 19 20-29 63.

NORTH POSEY: Esche 1 0-0 3, Nichole Perry 5 5-10 19,Ahrens 2 0-0 6, Morgan Stierley 3 1-3 10, Herrmann 1 0-0 2.Totals: 12 6-13 40.

Forest Park 14 18 9 22—63 North Posey 5 3 8 24—40 3-Point Goals—Forest Park 5 (Theising 4, Freyberger 1), North Posey 10 (Perry 4, Stierley 3,Ahrens 2, Esche 1).

Viking Coach Tracy Stroud shots instructions to his team.

Viking senior Nichole Perry goes up from the corner.

First Valhalla 5K run is set for North Posey on April 30

By Valerie Werkmeister Looking for a way to keep your New Year’s resolution to get in shape on track?

Participating in the first annual Valhalla 5K on April 30, just might be the incentive some need to make fitness a priority. At least, that’s what North Posey High School history teacher, Brandon Barrett hopes. He is the organizer of the race he hopes will become an institution here. For those not well-versed in translating kilometers to miles, a 5k is 3.1 miles. There will also be a two mile walk.

“My wife, Jill, and I have been doing 5K’s for five years,” Barrett said. They started by running in them, but after the birth of their children, they still participate by walking.

After their last race in Evansville, he decided that Posey County needed a 5K. “I wanted to promote health and fitness and bring this to Poseyville,” he said. “All of the proceeds will go to the high school athletic department,” Barrett added.

He brought the idea to school officials

and with the blessing of the school board, he began organizing the event last Fall.

“It’s amazing all of the things that go into planning a 5k. I had to get official time keepers, create the entry form and obtain sponsors,” Barrett said.

He chose the name, ‘Valhalla’ as the meaning relates to the Vikings in Norse myth. It means: a hall in which the souls of Viking heroes slain in battle were received

by Odin or more commonly known as Viking heaven.

He consulted Lee Rudisill on various facets of the race and bounced ideas off of wife, Jill. He was also encouraged by how receptive the community was as he continued to present his idea to others.

He was able to secure the April 30, date with the Greater Evansville Runners/Walkers Club for the official time keepers. Barrett was careful to choose a date in which no other races are scheduled in the Evansville area.

As he continued with preparations for the event, he really wasn’t sure how well the idea of a 5k would be received. He was pleasantly surprised by the support.

“I really didn’t know what to expect. I have been very pleased with the local businesses in the Poseyville and Wadesville area.

I’ve even had a few businesses contact me asking if they could make donations,” Barrett said.

He created four levels for sponsorships with platinum ranking the highest for sponsors donating $200 or more, gold sponsors donated $150-$200; silver sponsors donated $100-$150 and bronze sponsors donated under $100. He has also had a number of businesses donate items for door prizes.

The overall male and female winners for the run and walk will each receive a trophy and $50. Awards will also be given to the top two runners and the top five walkers in each age group. Age groups are divided as follows: 13 and under; 14-19; 20-29; 30-39;

40-49; 50-59; 60 and above.

Entry fees for the event are $18 if registered before April 16. After that, the registration fee increases to $22. Individuals who register prior to April 16 will also be guaranteed a shirt. Registration on the day of the event will be permitted, but participants won’t be guaranteed a shirt.

Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. on race day at North Posey Junior/Senior High School.

The race will be held rain or shine. The walk start time will begin at 9 a.m. while the race start time begins at 9 a.m. The race will begin in front of the school, continue down High School Road, turning onto Hunter Road and will end back at the junior high.

A registration form can be obtained by going online to the Facebook page searching for the name: Valhalla 5k, or watching for the form in future issues of the Posey County News.

Further questions may be directed to Brandon Barrett at valhalla5k@hotmail.com.

Mount Vernon swimmers take advantage of ‘golden’ opportunity

By Steve Joos Erica McCormick has had a very successful year as a member of the Mount Vernon High School girls’ swim team, winning two events at the recent Castle Sectional meet in record-setting fashion.

But she and incoming freshman Clara Baggett may have had an even bigger thrill during a week when the Lady Wet Wildcats weren’t in action.

McCormick and Baggett recently participated in the Austin Grand Prix meet in Austin, Texas, which they attended along with their families and Mount Vernon swim coach Larry Zoller.

“We got to swim with Olympic swimmers,” McCormick explained, listing such names as Michael Phelps (winner of a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing games), Katie Hoff, Brandon Hansen and Ryan Loftie. “It was a really good experience because sometimes, I get nervous at the big meets and being with all them makes me calm myself down and really focus on my events, so I’m ready for the state meet this year.”

McCormick reached her best times in the 100-meter breaststroke and the 200meter breaststroke. She also felt that just having the experience of participating in a major meet was a good reason for participating.

McCormick and Baggett both collected Phelps’ autograph had their picture taken with the gold medalist. They were also able to talk with him about life in general and what it takes to be a good swimmer.

This the second year for the meet, and both swimmers had to reach certain qualifying times for the

meet. McCormick qualified in the breaststroke events as well as the 200-individual medley. Since it was a long course event, McCormick’s 100-breaststroke time was 1:13 and 200-IM mark was 2:35.

An eighth-grader at Mount Vernon Junior High, Baggett is a multiple state age-group champion as part of the MTV swim team. The trip to Austin was her first taste of national competition and Zoller said she was ready for it.

“It was a good experience for me,” Baggett said.

“It was kind of intimidating at first, but I kind of got the feel for it and it was just good experience.”

It was harder than most meets, Baggett said, adding that she didn’t place as well as usual, because she was in with a group of swimmers who were among the best in the country.

Baggett swam in the 50freestyle and the 100-freestyle, placing 32nd in the shorter race with a time of: 27.94, while finishing with a time of 1:02.34 in the 100freestyle.

Baggett saw that she will have to work on her endurance after swimming at Austin. She will be competing in the freestyle and backstroke at the state age group meets, while she is trying to meet qualifying times in the butterfly.

Going to Austin and meeting some of the country’s top swimmers, including the Olympians was a lot of fun and a thrill for the Mount Vernon eighth-grader.

“It was really fun,” she said. “I really didn’t get to talk to them, but it was fun to meet them.”

Getting her picture taken with Phelps and getting his

autograph was a highlight of the trip (as well as a goal going in). She knows she has to work hard in order to reach that level.

This was the first time any McCormick or Baggett had attended the Grand Prix meet (since this was the second year for the event) and feels that making the trip helped her get ready for the Sectional and state meets.

One reason for attending the meet was to give McCormick and Baggett an opportunity to swim in a metered-time event, Zoller said, adding that McCormick missed out on attending a prestigious camp in Phoenix, Ariz., last summer which draws some of the nation’s best swimmers in her age group because she did not have a metered time.

“The Grand Prix meets just started a couple of years ago,” Zoller said. “We’ve always felt that this is something that we might want to do during the high school season and the reason is that during the high school season, we only swim short course yard. But now, all national competitions are done in long course meters.”

Swimming in the Grand Prix meets gives Mount Vernon’s swimmers a chance to swim long course meets when hey are training at their best and gives them a chance to swim at Olympic trial cuts, which are only done in long course meters.

McCormick is just one of a number of Wet Wildcats who missed opportunities due to a lack of long course times, Zoller said, adding that McCormick could have qualified for the Phoenix camp when her short course times were converted to meters, but the only long course times were taken.

McCormick and Baggett are also among what Zoller called a large group of Mount Vernon swimmers whose talents are beyond the state and local arenas.

“They are some of the best swimmers in the state and quite honestly, coming up in the nation,” he said. “Erica is 22nd in the nation in the breaststroke.

And that was last year as a sophomore. Clara is one of the fastest 11-12 swimmers in the history of the United States. So we figure we’ve got to up the ante here. We have kids who are that good and we need to challenge them at the level they need to be challenged at.”

The meet also fell on a week when there was no high school meet, Zoller added. The competition was good and it gave McCormick and Baggett a chance to swim at a facility like the University of Texas pool and it gave the Mount Vernon coaches a chance to hang out with the swimmers while visiting some of the sights around Austin.

Did swimming in Texas help get the swimmers ready to step up in state competition, something which has hampered the Wet Cats in recent years?

Yes, the coach said, but that’s not the main reason for going.

“We have swimmers who are beyond high school swimmers,” Zoller explained. “We have kids who are literally national level swimmers. It seems hard to believe that here we are in Mount Vernon, Ind., but we don’t have just Clara and Erica, but we also have about five or six kids who are that good.”

That group includes a set of 11-12-year-old girls who

were third in the nation in their age group and slaughtered a national record in the 200-medley relay by a second and a half. The coaches want them to broaden their scope to the national and even the international level.

The challenge of racing in the Grand Prix meet paid dividends for McCormick in that she faced elite competi-

tion and showed her how to race against tougher competition.

And it helped in the Lady Wet Cats’ trips to Paradise and Indianapolis, as well.

McCormick set a personal best time in the 100freestyle. But for both swimmers, that may be just a small portion of the payoff of getting to swim with the

Humane Society to host rummage sale On Feb. 19 the Humane Society is going to have a huge rummage sale and bake sale at The Mount Vernon General Baptist Family Life Center, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

If anyone has any items they would like to donate, they can be brought to the office of Sarah Appel. Please help the Humane Society spread the word to friends and family as well.

I’m using it as a great excuse to clean closets, cabinets and drawers like a mad woman. :) If anyone would like to contribute to the bake sale, let me know that too and we’ll make arrangements.

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Part 1-Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, Cash Balance and Investment Balances (Coty/Town Governmental) for the Year Ending 2010 Beginning Cash Fund Balances 01/01/2010 $39,717.79 General Fund 43,041.16 Local Road and Street 53,233.90 Motor Vehicle Highway 25,405.99 Rainy Day/Home Grant Fun 38,703.66 Cumulative Capital Development 33,188.94 Cumulative Capl Imprv Cigarette Tax 2,154.87 Payroll

2010 Receipts $153,341.88 2,892.38 31,067.54 0.00 5,418.09 2,029.08 91,572.02

2010 Disbursements $92,347.60 1,531.03 12,182.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 102,873.49

Ending Cash Fund Balances 12/31/2010 $100,712.07 44,402.51 72,119.19 25,405.99 44,121.75 35,218.02 -9,146.60

Investments at 12/31/2010 $0.00 0.00 2,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Cash and Investments at 12/31/2010 $100,712.07 44,402.51 74,119.19 25,405.99 44,121.75 32,218.02 -9146.60

$235,446.31

$286,320.99

$208,934.37

$312,832.93

$2,000.00

$314,832.93

Beginning Cash Fund Balances 01/01/2010 $104,725.06 41,472.56

2010 Receipts $152,286.40 110,109.36

2010 Disbursements $126,414.73 81,695.01

Ending Cash Fund Balances 12/31/2010 $130,596.73 69,866.91

Investments at 12/31/2010 $6,615.10 10,000.00

$146,197.62

$262,395.76

$208,109.74

$200,483.64

$16,615.10

Subtotal All Funds: Funds

Wastewater Utility - Operating Water Utility - Operating Subtotals All Funds:

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF LAND OCCUPIERS TO BE HELD FOR THE POSEY COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT To all occupiers of lands lying within the boundaries of the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District, notice is hereby given that on the 1 day of March 2011, beginning at 6:00 p.m., an annual meeting will be held for the purpose of making a full and due report of their activities and financial affairs since the last annual meeting and to elect a supervisor for the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District of the State of Indiana.

All land occupiers and other interested parties are entitled to attend.

TOWN OF NEW HARMONY ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010

Part 1-Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, Cash Balance and Investment Balances for the Year Ending 2010

General Fund Cemetery-Improvement Fund Posey Co. Community Founda Cemetery Operating Cemetery-Perpetual Care County Option Income Tax Mosquito Bicentennial Commission Fund Economic Development Income Tax Murphy Park Shelter House Endow Murphy Park Endowment Wabash River Erosion Control Local Law Enf Conted Levy Excess Fund Local Road and Street Motor Vehicle Highway Park Board Park Rainy Day Fund Recaptured Housing Grant Recycling Fund Riverboat Wager Tax Revenue Veteran’s Memorial Fund Street Dept Hwy 69 Proceeds Riverfront Trail Cum Cap Development Cum Cap Imp Cig tax Payroll Subtotal All Funds: Funds

Electric Liquidating interest Gas Utility Meter Deposit Gas Utility Depreciation Gas Utiltiy Operating Gas Cash Reserve Trash Collection Sewage Utl Bond & Interest Sewage Construction Fund Sewage Debt Service Reserve Sewage Utility Depreciation Sewage Utility Operating Water Utl Bond & Interest Water Utl Meter Deposit Water Debe Service Reserve Water Utl Depreciation Water Utility Operating Water Utl Cash Reserve Subtotal All Funds:

Beginning Cash Fund Balances 01/01/2010 $-9,702.73 9,063.85 1,188.00 17.99 26,339.54 18,594.06 121.44 0.00 0.00 740.04 3,393.20 11,308.97 1,788.00 0.00 2,013.39 37,620.13 2,739.34 11,501.88 4,076.37 0.00 832.05 26,840.17 2,623.70 3,255.81 6,843.86 28,775.27 5,370.10 5,237.23

2010 Receipts $274,712.33 600.00 83.00 77,318.94 1,500.00 26,547.44 0.00 10,000.00 28,975.87 1,019.85 1,147.99 0.00 63.00 888.39 4,176.90 33,240.28 1,771.75 4,816.10 1,803.08 135,691.33 0.00 17,732.35 210.00 1,292.09 3,781.00 9,988.43 2,682.02 273,259.01

2010 Disbursements $177,889.47 0.00 0.00 71,013.51 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,661.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 110.98 35,018.30 670.00 4,766.06 0.00 135,691.33 0.00 38,015.75 104.47 2,500.00 1,456.00 3,122.93 0.00 273,465.11

Ending Cash Fund Balances 12/31/2010 $87,120.13 9,663.85 1,271.00 6,323.42 27,839.54 35,141.50 121.44 10,000.00 27,314.87 759.89 3,541.19 11,308.97 1,851.00 888.39 6,079.31 35,842.10 3,841.09 11,551.92 5,879.45 0.00 832.05 6,556.78 2,729.23 2,047.90 9,168.86 35,640.77 8,052.12 5031.13

Investments at 12/31/2010 $0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 94,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 7,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Cash and Investments at 12/31/2010 $87,120.13 9,663.85 1,271.00 16,323.42 121,839.54 35,141.50 121.44 10,000.00 27,314.87 1,759.89 10,541.149 11,308.97 1,851.00 888.39 6,079.31 35,842.10 4,341.09 11,551.92 5,879.45 0.00 832.05 6,556.78 2,729.23 62,547.90 9,168.86 35,640.77 8,052.12 5,031.13

$200,581.65

$913,301.16

$757,484.91

$356,397.90

$173,000.00

$529,397.90

Beginning Cash Fund Balances 01/01/2010 $9,182.85 2,831.70 72,000.00 205,815.39 200,000.00 9,692.77 47,552.49 28,369.20 128,750.54 369,000.00 60,012.40 103,602.88 3,920.29 80,158.65 231,827.00 188,730.92 100,000.00

2010 Receipts $11,638.59 3,750.00 12,000.00 515,043.26 50,000.00 42,487.86 113,736.00 0.00 587.37 61,500.00 374,850.86 77,796.00 1,700.00 365.70 43,200.00 276,163.88 0.00

2010 Disbursements $10,000.00 3,400.00 0.00 508,391.74 0.00 41,103.64 112,859.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 348,563.68 76,700.00 1,700.00 0.00 0.00 287,903.84 0.00

Ending Cash Fund Balances 12/31/2010 $10,821.44 3,181.70 84,000.00 212,466.91 250,000.00 11,076.99 48,418.74 28,369.20 129,337.91 430,500.00 86,299.58 104,698.88 3,920.29 80,524.35 275,027.00 176,990.96 100,000.00

Investments at 12/31/2010 $80,000.00 6,000.00 0.00 143,177.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 29,270.90 0.00

Total Cash and Investments at 12/31/2010 $90,821.44 9,181.70 84,000.00 355,644.19 250,000.00 11,076.99 48,418.74 28,369.20 129,337.91 430,500.00 86,299.58 104,698.88 3,920.29 80,524.35 275,027.00 206,261.86 100,000.00

$1,841,447.08

$1,584,819.52

$1,390,632.65

$2,035,633.95

$258,448.18

$2,294,082.13

CERTIFICATION: This is to certify that the data contained in this report is accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karla L. Atkins, Clerk-Treasurer 520 E. Church Street, New Harmony, IN 47631 Telephone (Between the hours of 8:30 am - 4:00 pm): (812) 682-4846 Published in The Posey County News on February 15, 2011.

The Annual Meeting of the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Tuesday, March 1 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Holy Angels Catholic Center in New Harmony. Hans Kok will be the guest speaker. The evening consists of an awards presentation, brief business meeting, supervisor election and dinner. Tickets are $10. E-mail to jeri.ziliak@in.nacdnet.net or call the office at 812-8384191, ext. 3 for more information. On Feb. 19 the Humane Society is going to have a huge rummage sale and bake sale at The Mount Vernon General Baptist Family LIfe Center, 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Published in the Posey County News on February 15, 2011.

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The Mount Vernon Homeless Shelter offers a hand up not a hand out to families in Posey County.

Any family that has children and at least one adult working in the household can be eligible and apply to enter the shelter at the Black Township Trustee Office .The economy is creating sad situations for families in the community.

Any products can be dropped off at the Black Township Trustee Office at 5773 Industrial Road in Mount Vernon, Indiana, (838-3851) or at St. Matthew’s Church Office at 421 Mulberry Street in Mount Vernon, Monday thru Thursday from 8:30 until 4 p.m.

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CERTIFICATION: This is to certify that the data contained in this report is accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Greta Mounts Clerk-Treasurer Date Signed: February 7, 2011 P.O. Box 95 Cynthiana, IN 47612 Telephone: (812) 845-2924

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Homeless shelter in need of supplies

PCSWCD annual meeting March 1

CYNTHIANA ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010

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New Harmony Food Pantry overseer Mary Ellen Gerard verbalizes appreciation to representatives at the Partners for Food at the dinner held on Sunday at the Zion-Lippe United Church of Christ. Photo by Dave Pearce

The meeting will be held at the Holy Angels Catholic Center in New Harmony, Indiana.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Jim Droege, Chairman Terry Mahrenholz, Vice Chairman Priscilla Kelly, Member Brent Knight, Member Chuck Ries, Member Dated this 21 day of January 21, 2011 Published in the Posey County News February 8 & February 22, 2011.

2011-029 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Board of Commissioners of Posey County, IN will receive sealed bids at the Posey County Auditor’s Office in the Coliseum Mt. Vernon, IN up to the hour of 4:00 PM local time March 14, 2011 or up to 9:00 AM on March 15, 2011 at the Hovey House. For the remaining months of year 2011.

March 15, 2011 Letting date March 15, 2011 for the following Items.

Section VII Bituminous Material (Chip & Seal Paving) Section VIII Asphalt (Hot mix material) All material shall meet all requirements of the State and Federal Governments.

Successful bidder shall furnish the highway department with a price list. Any item picked up or delivered must have a SIGNED INVOICED or PACKING SLIP accompanying it.

The highway superintendent may require the successful bidder to remove from the county job, any of the bidder’s employees who the highway department determines to be performing the contracted work in an unsafe or unsatisfactory manner or who are disruptive to the job site.

Bidder shall comply in every respect with Indiana State Laws governing the purchases of County Supplies.

Bidder shall use US weight and measures.

The bidder shall submit his bond on Forms prescribed by the State Board of Accounts and shall be accompanied by Certified check, cashier’s check, bidder’s Bond or cash in the sum often percent (10%) of the bid including any added alternates.

All in accordance with the specification on file in the office of Posey County Auditor, Mt.Vernon, IN. Checks, bonds or cash securing other contracts or bids with the county will not be treated as accompanying these bids.

The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

POSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS John K. Sherretz W. Scott Moye James L. Alsop Published in the Posey County News February 15, 2011.

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LEGALS/COURT LEGALS/COURT EG LS CO OURT NEWS N NE EWS Arrests and Complaints Arrests February 4 Kyle Verstraete—Mount Vernon—Operating While Intoxicated, Breath Test Refusal—PCS Amy Neighbors—Mount Vernon—Theft, Possession of Schedule IV x 2, Possession Schedule III x 2, Possession of Methamphetamine— MVPD February 5 John Hansman—Carmi, IL.—Public Intoxication— PCS Zachary Ward—Mount Vernon—Battery—MVPD William Streb—Mount Vernon—Public Intoxication—MVPD David Crawford—Mount Vernon—Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated—PCS February 6 Michael Ellis—Mount Vernon—Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated—PCS Cody Schmitt—Mount Vernon—Resisting Law Enforcement, Attempted Battery, Criminal Mischief— MVPD Eric Buchenberger— Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery, Strangulation— MVPD February 7 Edward Lewis—Mount Vernon—Invasion of Privacy—PCS February 9 Billy Osborne—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Petition to Revoke-Public Intoxication, Criminal Mischief—PCS Brenda Shiever—Mount Vernon—Public Intoxication--MVPD Complaints February 1 7:11 a.m.—Accident— Black vehicle off in the ditch, people standing around— Hwy 69 and Bypass, Mount Vernon 7:30 a.m.—Family Fight—Having trouble son.

He has kicked the door in and will not leave. She wants him removed—Maier Rd, Mount Vernon 2:09 p.m.—Agency Assist—Alarm, hit button on accident—Courthouse— Mount Vernon 2:46 p.m.—Welfare Check—Received call about not hearing from male subject for several days—Bonebank, Mount Vernon 4:39 p.m.—Threatening— Male subject is threatening caller’s mom and sister and has a gun and is threatening to shoot them. He was now on the sidewalk with the gun.

Advised officers were outside the apartment and couldn’t see anyone in the area. She advised the subject was now across the parking lot standing on the corner wearing a dark jacket and a hat. Caller then began yelling that he was beating on the door. He was going to break the door down and he was outside beating on the door with a gun—Green Valley Drive, Mount Vernon 6:40 p.m.—911 Hangup—Could only hear static, no answer on call back. No one home at residence—S St. Phillips Road, Evansville 8:28 p.m.—Domestic— Her friend and husband are fighting and it is physical at this time. Third party call— Copperline Road W, Mount Vernon 10:44 p.m.—Alarm—Feed Mill Restaurant, main dining motion—Frontage Road, Poseyville February 2 3 p.m.—Miscellaneous— Caller is concerned because ex husband has a suspended driver’s license and drives around in the county with caller’s child Caller is concerned about him getting pulled over and what will happen with her child— Posey County 3:50 p.m.—Road Hazard—White Ford vehicle off the road in the lane on Stewartsville Rd. Car has been there for at least two days and is part of the way in the westbound lane—Stewartsville 4:59 p.m.—Impaired Driver—Busler’s Gas station, older guy wearing camouflage overalls. Got into a

maroon Buick Century— Busler’s, Evansville 6:32 p.m.—Motorist Assist—Red older truck, possibly van or work truck, broke down. People standing outside waving their arms. At least 2, possibly male. Received another call about this, advising it was a red tow truck, at least one male standing outside waving down vehicles, wearing a plaid shirt, possibly another male subject with him—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 8:05 p.m.—Missing Person—Advised 71 year old mother is missing. Caller’s father advised he knew where she was but will not tell the caller. Caller would like to speak to a deputy—Continental Camp Road, Griffin February 3 11:22 a.m.—Agency Assist—Request a residential check for male subject.

Wanted in Kentucky for rape, strong arm. Advised subject may be dangerous—Yellow Leaf Dr, Evansville 11:50 a.m.—Theft—dump trailer—Denzer Rd, Evansville 12:19 p.m.—Road Hazard—Advised semi trucks are going up and down road and the road has weight restrictions. Request extra patrol in the area during the day—Area of Caborn Road, Mount Vernon 7:16 p.m.—Reckless— Advised vehicle following him, caller is in a one ton service truck. Vehicle following him is all over the roadway, crossing over the lane towards oncoming traffic— Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 7:25 p.m.—Traffic Hazard—Semi jackknifed in the roadway, just past a curve— Lower New Harmony and Dunn Cemetery, Mount Vernon 7:29 p.m.—Vandalism— Came home and found a rock has been thrown through a window, believes they know who did it would like to speak to an officer—Elk Trail Drive, Evansville 9:36 p.m.—Reckless— Older model red 4-door vehicle, occupied by 2, driving recklessly, following caller.

Caller stated he passed the vehicle on highway 69 heading south. The car was pulled to the side of the road and they pulled out and started following the caller and they would pass the caller and speed up then pull over and wait for caller and follow caller again, flashing lights.

Every time they passed the caller they were throwing cigarettes and other items out the windows and messing with the caller—Leonard Road, Mount Vernon 10:20 p.m.—Suspicious— Dark colored vehicle with cab lights and mirror lights, work truck with tool boxes, maybe 1 ton utility truck, possibly Ford, very loud.

Stopped in front of the home and was shining lights onto the property. Headed north on Metz road just north of Hill Crest Lane shining lights and spot lighting deer—Metz Road, Wadesville February 4 12:54 a.m.—Information—Stolen vehicle, 1988 maroon Chevy Celebrity.

Suspect took vehicle from Lincoln Av, Newburgh after midnight on 2/2/11. Suspect is believed to be in Posey or Vanderburgh County areas.

3:13 a.m.—Breaking and Entering—Caller called in and advised he believed a breaking and entering in progress near his home. He advised he thinks the neighbor has the people inside the shed—Brown Street, Mount Vernon 9:58 a.m.—Standby— Female and caller are getting divorced and the female is there taking all their things out of residence—Gumble, Mount Vernon 2:19 p.m.—Agency Assist—Some guy called there very angry, said he was “coming down there”. Would like the presence of officer’s just in case—Superior Court, Mount Vernon February 5 11:18 a.m.—Accident— Vehicle hit embankment and

blocking roadway—Ford Rd, Mount Vernon 10:32 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller advised male subject, 17-19 years old, wearing a white jacket, approximately 140 lbs with some facial hair, wearing plastic bags on his hands, walking around the area knocking on doors, looking in windows—Lower Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 12:23 p.m.—Information—Caller advised son slid off in ditch. Advised no deputy needed, will be pulling vehicle out—Middle Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 3:59 p.m.—Accident—98 Jeep in a ditch, no injuries— Smith Road, Mount Vernon 5:46 p.m.—Drive-Off— Blue and silver SUV, south on West Franklin, approximately two minutes ago, $20.01—Busler’s, Evansville 10:12 p.m.—Alarm— Main entry, north door, audible alarm—Broadway Ave., Busler’s, Evansville February 6 12:50 a.m.—Road Hazard—Green and tan Dodge Dakota in the middle of the road. Looks like they slid through the intersection and tried to get out but was unable to get out and left the vehicle in the middle of the road—Rexing/Diamond Island, Wadesville 3:53 a.m.—Agency Assist—Evansville Police Department in pursuit of a 2006 white Hummer heading west. Advised the subject has bailed out of the vehicle and he’s now on foot. They won’t be needing any help from our county—Harmony Way heading west, Evansville 4:54 a.m.—Reckless— Black truck following her since Evansville. Advised she’s in a silver 2008 Cobalt and she’s being followed by a black truck. She has no idea who this could be. She doesn’t know anyone who could drive this vehicle. She was parked on Tavern Street with a silver car behind her that has snow on it. She could see this vehicle a street over and it kept circling the block.

She advised she’s heading to her cabin. She was heading to Old Mill Mart so she was in a well-known area—Church Street, New Harmony 7:41 a.m.—Alarm---Weinzapfel’s, Mount Vernon 3:52 p.m.—Custodial— Caller requests to speak to a deputy regarding custodial matter—S Cale St, Poseyville 4:02 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Son is out of control, being destructive and violent—S Locust, Poseyville 5:50 p.m.—Car-Deer— Caller advised he hit a deer, no damage to the vehicle but the deer was still in the middle of the road—West Franklin, Evansville 11:42 p.m.—Motorist Assist—Stranded motorist, Hwy 62 and Harbortown, beige Malibu, 1 occupant— Mount Vernon February 7 12 a.m.—Information— Subject walking—Tile Factory/Bypass, Mount Vernon 6:13 a.m.—Reckless— White Chevy Cavalier swerving all over the roadway and speeding up and slowing down. Caller is westbound from McDowell Road in Evansville but was transferred to Posey County because they didn’t think they could catch him before they got to our county. Caller has called back, subject crossed both lanes and is now off of the roadway. They are at Hwy 62 and St. Phillips Road, just east of St. Phillips Road. Caller has called back and advised that this subject is trying to remove the vehicle from the embankment and is requesting that you get there as soon as you can.

Doesn’t believe he’s going to be able to get out but he’s trying. Caller called back, subject was trying to leave, has now stopped. Another caller called in, subject turned north on St. Phillips Road, still not driving any better. Called back and advised this subject in the Cavalier has now gone northbound on St. Phillips and isn’t driving any better

than before and still swerving all over the roadway.

Call back, subject has turned around and now headed back to Hwy 62 on St. Phillips Road—Evansville 12:37 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Latch of the unit was cut off and they suspect it is the owner—Space Station Storage, Mount Vernon 8:16 p.m.—Reckless— Semi truck and trailer all over the roadway. Has crossed the center line several times and almost went into a ditch several times. Caller believes he might be intoxicated or sleepy. Received another call, advised same information. Original caller called back and advised semi is now in Mount Vernon at 4th and Main, advised went up on the sidewalk and ran the red light, almost caused an accident—Mount Vernon February 8 6:54 a.m.—Alarm—Residence, downstairs motion— Hwy 68, city not listed Traffic Violations for December 13, 2010 Kenneth D. Adam, 21, Mount Vernon, 68/55, $5.50 plus costs; Neil Adams, 52, Auburn, N.H., 113/55, $30.50 plus costs; Timothy J. Adams, 37, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Michael S. Adamson, 36, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, dismissed; Scottie a. Adler, 27, Mount Vernon, 69/55, $5.50 plus costs; Sylvester Aguilar, 23, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Zachary S. Albin, 18, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway, $5.50 plus costs; Timothy R. Alcorn, 25, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Adam B. Allford, 26, Evansville, 75/60, $5.50 plus costs; Matthew K. Allgood, 22, Evansville, $5.50 plus costs; Michael a. Barrentine, 23, Evansville, 74/60, $5.50 plus costs; Rick G. Barton, 60, Evansville, following too close, $5.50 plus costs.

Eddie L. Bennett, 29, Spottsville, Ky., 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; Kartanya N. Blanton, 31, Evansville, driving while suspended, dismissed; Kartanya N. Blanton, 31, Evansville, 74/55, $10.50 plus costs; Braden J. Boone, 24, Oceanside, Calif., 95/70, $10.50 plus costs; Carlos Y. Bonilla, 33, Gainesville, Ga., 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Landen J. Bowen, 21, Wadesville, 82/70, $5.50 plus costs; Jamar N. Boyd, 30, Evansville, failure to appear; Jamar N. Boyd, 30, Evansville, improper passing on left, failure to appear; Kayla M. Braden, 19, Evansville, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Kimberly F. Bredemeier, 32, Mount Vernon, failure to yield right of way, $5.50 plus costs; Michael A. Brockey, 43, Perryville, Mo., 70/55, $5.50 plus costs.

Eric W. Buchenberger, 23, Evansville, driving while suspended, $5.50 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 90 days; Jordan K. Burton, 23, Mount Vernon, littering, dismissed; Benjamin J. Bush, 22, Holts Summit, MO., /70, $5.50 plus costs; Bradley D. Byarly, 28, Princeton, 79/70, $5.50 plus costs; Mathew A. Campbell, 29, Evansville, 82/70, $5.50 plus costs; Malcolm R. Carnahan, 73, Nashville, Tenn.., 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Christopher A. Carter, 40, Evansville, 73/55, $10.50 plus costs; Corey R. Clayton, 34, Evansville, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Derk A. Clutter, 40, Evansville, 73/55, $10.50 plus costs; Jordan D. Coffey, 25, Evansville, 71/55, $10.50 plus costs.

Deanna D. Collins, 42, Mount Vernon, 68/55, $5.50 plus costs; Katie L. Collins, 21, Mount Vernon, 55/40, $5.50 plus costs; Christopher C. Colson, 34, Prospect, Ky., 88/70, $10.50 plus costs; a.m.y M. Cooley, 32, Marion, Ill., 80/55, $15.50 plus costs; Hartzel G. Cottrill, 52, Wayne City, Ill., 64/55, $5.50 plus costs; David Cox, 26, Mount Vernon, disregarding traffic control device, $5.50 plus costs; Derrick a. Etienne, 35, Louisville, Ky., 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; James H. Gardner, 43, Evansville, driving while suspended, $5.50 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 90 days; James H. Gardner, 43, Evansville, 69/55, $1

plus costs, costs suspended; Brooke S. George, 26, Evansville, 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; David H. Gibbons, 59, Irvine, Calif., 71/55, $10.50 plus costs.

Stephen M. Glenn, 36, Owensboro, Ky., 89/70, $10.50 plus costs; Meloney Goodman, 32, Mount Vernon, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Mark Goodson, 42, Mount Carmel, Ill., 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; Thomas Gorich, 35, Wilkesboro, NC., 76/65, a.m.ended to 67/65, $5.50 plus costs; Javier Grajeda, 31, Wadesville, no operator’s license when required, $5.50 plus costs; Cecil R. Green, 50, Evansville, operation of motor vehicle without registration numbers, $5.50 plus costs; Keren A. Greene, 30, Mount Vernon, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Dorothy Harnett, 86, Mount Vernon, failure to change lanes for stationary vehicle, $5.50 plus costs; Joseph C. Hart, 39, Chesterfield, MO., 74/55, $10.50 plus costs.

Steven Hatfield, 27, Evansville, 69/55, $5.50 plus costs; Rachel K. Haynes, 34, Harvest, Ala., 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; Ethan W. Heldt, 19, Cynthiana, 76/55, $15.50 plus costs; Mark A. Holder, 35, McLeansboro, Ill.., 67/55, $5.50 plus costs; Randall L. Holloman, 54, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Geri M. Huff, 48, Louisville, Ky., 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; James E. Johnson, 57, Concord, N.C., $5.50 plus costs; Kyle Johnson, 21, St. Louis, MO., 89/70, $10.50 plus costs; Stacy L. Johnston, 33, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, dismissed; Stacy L. Johnston, 33, Mount Vernon, expired license plates, dismissed; Stacy L. Johnston, 33, Mount Vernon, disregarding stop sign, $5.50 plus costs.

Randall S. Jones, 40, Belleville, Ill., 71/65, dismissed; Yana J. Keck, 53, Cincinnati, OH., 73/55, $10.50 plus costs; Sonya F. Kessinger, 26, Evansville, no license in possession, dismissed; Sonya F. Kessinger, 26, Evansville, expired license plate; Stacey L. Kieffer, 40, Mount Carmel, IL., 76/55, $15.50 plus costs; Mary E. Klueh, 17, Evansville, unsafe lane movement, dismissed; Danny R. Kohler, 24, Fort dodge, IA., 78/65, $5.50 plus costs; Michael Lane, 23, Harrisburg, Ill., 71/55, $5.50 plus costs; Zachary O. Little, 34, Clanton, Ala.., driving while suspended, failure to appear; Randy W. Liverance, 40, Brooksville, Fla., 71/55, $10.50 plus costs.

Laura L. Lockyear, 43, Mount Vernon, failure to yield to emergency vehicle, $5.50 plus costs; Natalie Maasberg, 34, Mount Vernon, 71/55, $10.50 plus costs; Haley M. Malone, 17, Grayville, Ill.., 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Charles Matthews, 20, Springville, Ala.., 76/60, $10.50 plus costs; Robert E. McCarty, 25, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, failure to appear; James McNear, 28, Lebanon, KY., 73/65, a.m.ended to 69/65, $5.50 plus costs; Tara F. McQuinley, 21, Mason, OH., 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Walter E. Meek, 50, Marengo, 79/70, $5.50 plus costs; James B. Merritt, 26, Evansville, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs.

Mitchell D. Meurer, 18, New Harmony, 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; Kendra L. Miller, 34, Evansville, 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; Mark Miller, 49, Evansville, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Portia Morales, 25, Carmi, IL., expired license plates, dismissed; David C. Mosby, 49, Mount Vernon, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Larry W. Murphy, 37, Evansville, 71/55, $10.50 plus costs; Hannah T. Naas, 25, Ridgway, Ill., 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Janice R. Neal, 73, Evansville, 76/60, $10.50 plus costs; Janice R. Neal, 73, Evansville, improper passing on right, $5.50 plus costs, costs suspended; Kelly D. Nelson, 38, Mount Vernon, 63/50, $5.50 plus costs.

Anthony Oliver, 32, Albion, Ill.., 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; Dawnerice Osborne, 35, Mount Vernon, no license on person when required,

dismissed; David L. Pearce, 54, Poseyville, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Jeremy Pearce, 30, Harrisburg, Ill, expired license plates, $5.50 plus costs; Robert Pfister, 49, Poseyville, driving while suspended, dismissed; Kenneth B. Porter, 33, Carmi, Ill., 71/60, $5.50 plus costs; Kerry G. Postewaite, 33, Evansville, 86/70, $10.50 plus costs; Gerald E. Price, 72, Mount Vernon, 73/55, $10.50 plus costs; Jared E. Reidford, 17, Evansville, driving while suspended, dismissed; Jared E. Reidford, 17, Evansville, 64/40, $15.50 plus costs; Kenneth W. Reinbrecht, 49, Haubstadt, 69/55, $5.50 plus costs.

Gerardo L. Reyes, 35, Mitchelville, Iowa, no operator’s license, $5.50 plus costs; Logan W. Rice, 27, Arnold, 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; Brian K. Richardson, 31, Evansville, 81/55, $20.50 plus costs; Brian K. Richardson, 31, Evansville, expired license plate, $5.50 plus costs, costs suspended; Brian K. Richardson, 31, Evansville, 66/50, $10.50 plus costs; Andrew Riddle, 32, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Kimberly J. Ries, 45, Mount Vernon, 69/55, $5.50 plus costs; Brandi N. Robb, 25, Mount Vernon, 74/55, $10.50 plus costs; Steven D. Rogers, 37, Velpen, expired license plate, dismissed; R. B. Rohrer, 35, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Kyle Rowbotham, 21, Angola, 76/60, $10.50 plus costs.

David A. Schile, 64, Poseyville, 66/55, $5.50 plus costs; Pamela S. Schneider, 44, Evansville, 72/55, $10.50 plus costs; Mark Seibert, 38, Chandler, 71/55, failure to appear; Travis O. Shadley, 22, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Aaron Smith, 27, Evansville, 82/60, $15.50 plus costs; Charles Smith, Jr., 45, Mount Vernon, false/fictitious registration, $5.50 plus costs; Thomas C. Smith, 45, Freeburg, Ill., 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; Terry R. Smithhart, 43, Evansville, 72.1/65, $5.50 plus costs; Jared L. Sperling, 32, Harrisburg, Ill., 68/55, $5.50 plus costs; Joseph J. Spero, 58, Chestertown, Md., failure to signal lane change, $5.50 plus costs; Damon D. Spivey, 35, Mount Vernon, 74/55, $10.50 plus costs.

Leigh Springer, 37, Mount Vernon, dog running at large, $6.00 plus costs; Cory Stevens, 19, Mount Vernon, no insurance, $5.50 plus costs; Cory Stevens, 19, Mount Vernon, false/fictitious registration, $5.50 plus costs, costs suspended; Cory Stevens, 19, Mount Vernon, 42/30, $5.50 plus costs, costs suspended; Michele L. Stein, 28, Evansville, 71/55, $10.50 plus costs; Teresa A. Steinback, 54, Mount Vernon, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Holly Stickles, 55, Mount Vernon, failure to yield right of way, $5.50 plus costs; Melanie L. Stillwagoner, 19, Mount Vernon, 73/60, $5.50 plus costs; Mandy M. Stone, 28, Evansville, 74/55, $10.50 plus costs; Alan G. Swartz, 44, Newburgh, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs.

Bobby S. Thornton, 56, New Harmony, window tint, $5.50 plus costs; Craig Uhl, 50, New Albany, 73/65, $5.50 plus costs; Aaron Viehe, 24, Owasso, OK., 85/55, $20.50 plus costs; Ashley Vinyard, 23, Shawneetown, Ill., 74/55, $10.50 plus costs; Donna Wallace, 31, Evansville, 70/60, $5.50 plus costs; Leah Wannemuelher, 34, Mount Vernon, driving left of center, $5.50 plus costs; Jenny Ward, 20, Carmi, Ill.., 72/60, $5.50 plus costs; Jack Weinzapfel, 16, Evansville, operating without a driver’s license, dismissed; Jack Weinzapfel, 16, Evansville, failure to obtain registration, dismissed; Katherine Williams, 20, Mount Vernon, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Brandon K. Wydicks, 26, Evansville, 77/60, $10.50 plus costs.

Metrey A. Yarbroudy, 56, Evansville, $5.50 plus costs; Jose Zeron, 29, Henderson, KY., no valid license, $5.50 plus costs; Zhi Z. Zhong, 26, Phoenix, AZ., 73/65, $5.50 plus costs.

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APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY UA Local 136 Plumbers and Steamfitters/M.C.A. Skilled Trades - NOTICE - Apprenticeship Opportunity Earn while you learn! Do you like to work with your hands? Opportunities are available for plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, sprinklerfitters, welders, and HVAC-R technicians with UA Local 136 Plumbers and Steamfitters/M.C.A. UA Local 136 Plumbers and Steamfitters Joint Apprenticeship Program will be accepting applications for its five-year apprenticeship program beginning Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11, 2011 at: Location #1: 4301 N. St. Joseph Avenue, Evansville, IN 47720.

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Interviews will be conducted in May 2011 at the Evansville location. Passing Work Keys scores will be honored if taken in past five years. Scores needed are Applied Technology (3); Applied Mathematics (4); and Locating Information (4).

Classes will begin in August 2011. Excellent benefit package offered with health insurance, two pensions, and vacation fund. Associates degree awarded from Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana upon completion of classes.

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Last Weeks Solution

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Sudoku and Crossword

There is plenty of room to grow with this older home. 2 bedrooms on the main floor and 1 full bath that was new in 06’. Also new in 06’ is the laundry room which includes Fahrenbacher cabinets. The upstairs is not finished and is not included in the square footage.

A lot of work has already been put into this home. A/c, Furnace, duct work& water heater all new in 03’. A new roof was put on in 04’. The windows, siding, and exterior work was done in 05’.

This home is all electric. Also included with the home is a 10’ x 12’ yard barn and an enclosed 256 sq. ft. front porch. The basement is mostly unfinished and has been waterproofed. $79,900 Call Randy 985-9072

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The solution to last week’s puzzle:

11617 BOBERG RD  POSEY VAND COUNTY LINE This home may qualify for 100% financing. Beautiful country setting on over an acre. Huge 18 x 28 family room that leads out to the brick patio with a very nice view of the back yard. Property includes a 20 x 26 detached garage and a wood barn. This home has had many upgrades and updates, it is very clean and modern inside and out. Only $132,000. Call Randy 985-9072

7925 PETERS RD WADESVILLE Very nice country home on 3 acres with a pole barn. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, Dining area, Den/Office, and all appliances included. Master bath offers a Garden Tub and separate shower with a double vanity. House is all electric with a wood fireplace in the livingroom. Pole barn has electric and has plumbing for a bathroom. This property is perfect for horses, riding ATV’s, or just enjoying the outdoors. Only $119,900 Call Randy at 985-9072

9301 SHORELINE DR WADESVILLE Wonderfully maintained 1 1/2 story 3 bedroom house with 3 full baths. Includes scenic view of community lake. House is located on a private spot on dead end cul-de-sac. Finished bonus room can serve as 4th bedroom, office, playroom, or additional storage. As a bonus all new windows in 2008 plus some modernization to the kitchen and bathrooms. Priced at $135,000. Call Andy at 449-8444

Andy Rudolph Tri County Realty 1-812-449-8444 1-812-426-1426

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February 15, 2011 • Page B13

ERAhomesmagazine.com 359 DREIER BLVD Open House Sun. Feb. 13 1:00-2:30pm

$99,900 INCOMEPOTENTIAL,CHARMING! Price Main level offers 2 bedrooms, dining Reduce d! room, living room, kitchen with

range and fantastic totally remodeled, updated full bath. Home is so charming and full of character with hardwood flooring, original woodwork, niches and built ins. Home also has an upstairs 2 bedroom apartment with full bath and separate entrance.

JANICE MILLER

MLS#176931 453-5000

2303 SCHUTTE RD

$150,000

NEW PRICE!!

1309 DIEFENBACH RD.

MLS#174286 305-3646

204-9255

Shaded corner lot for this traditional 2 story home.

3 Bedrooms, 1.5 baths and 1,716 sqft. Total electric utilities with newer heat pump. Large family room with door to patio and privacy fenced backyard.

Large master bedroom with double closets and new carpet!

RYAN MITCHELL

MLS#180257 455-7229

2520 WATERSTONE DR. $339,900 WILLTRADEFORSMALLERHOME! Executive style 2 story brick home in prestigious Windemere Farms. Home has 4 BR, 3.5 BA and 3,670 sqft.

Amenities include oversized dining room, enormous great room, and professional landscaping.

MLS#178717 PAULA HALLER 305-3646

DONITA WOLF

MLS#180046 204-9255

5681 SAINT CHARLES DR. $259,900 NEW LISTING! POOL!!

Brick 4 bedroom split ranch, 3 bath home with approx. 2200 sqft. of living space. This 4 yr old home rests on over 1 acre with 18x36 inground heated pool with electronic cover and key lock.

Kitchen has Amish cherry stained cabinets w/island, stainless appliances and ceramic tile!

MLS#180322 305-3646

PAULA HALLER

305-3646

$239,000 WALK OUT BASEMENT

Beautiful brick ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 1,897 sqft. This home offers a great room with vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace, and spacious kitchen with island and large pantry.

Enjoy the large patio overlooking a perfect country setting to watch the sun set!

NEW LISTING! Lakefront custom brick & stone ranch style home with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths and 4,195 sqft. Home has nice finished walkout basement, large eat-in kitchen, fantastic master suite with access to screened porch, and 3 car side load garage.

Tonsofamenities,low taxes & utilities!

MLS#180392

MLS#178939 204-9255

2501 WILDEMAN RD.

11620 CEDARWOOD CT. $389,900 WOODSTONE ESTATES!

Custom built with over 3300 sqft of living area with an addt. 1300 sqft in the finished basement!

Home boasts 4-5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and is nestled on 7 acres of land with a pole barn! Large main level master suite with walk-out to screened porch!

$129,000 CLOSE TO USI!

Great brick ranch on 1.4 acre lot.

Many updates include replacement windows, updated bath, unfinished basement, hot water heater, and wood stove. Nice eat-in kitchenwithbreakfast bar. 2 car carport, detached garage and shed.

New field bed in 2005.

DONITA WOLF

MLS#180082 204-9255

DONITA WOLF

MLS#172924 760-9978

8880 HOGUE RD. Priceed!

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Beautiful lake front property!

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home with 2004 sqft. Open floor plan is accented with a cathedral ceiling in the great room, fireplace, large kitchen with breakfast bar.

Master suite has his & hers walkin closets and an amazing sunroom!

3003 BAYOU CREEK RD. $369,900 WALK-OUT BASEMENT!

PAULA HALLER

Wonderful 2 story brick home in Schroeder Estates with 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,546 sqft!

Main floor offers a great open floor plan with living room and formal dining area. Kitchen offers a large pantry and all appliances are included. Warm family room opens to a nice sun room!

RICH JOBE

10920 E. GRANDVIEW DR. $225,000 LAKE FRONT RANCH!

MLS#180285 204-9255

DONITA WOLF

1150 WESTWOOD HILLS DR. $141,000 NEW LISTING!

Open House Sun. Feb. 13 2:30-4:00pm

$159,900 LOVELY FAMILY HOME!

4 bedrooms, 3 baths with large rooms, ceramic floor, and 3,424 sqft. Many upgrades include real oak floors, security system, ADT, Fireplace with gas log, water heater, sump pump, new patio, fenced yard, radon mitigation and 200 amp electrical service.

MLS#172515 DONITA WOLF

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Custom Built 2 Story Brick 5 bedroom home by Mike Greenwell Built Homes with over 2500 Sq Ft, 3 full baths located on over 1 acre lot located in Saint Charles Place.

Plenty of time to choose flooring, appliances, lighting, etc. Several lots and styles to choose from

800 Magnolia Dr.

MLS#176186 453-5000

JANICE MILLER

10400 WOLFINGER RD $265,000 PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION

Lovely view on 3/4 acre lot! Very low maintenance 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home. Updates include replacement windows, new roof on house and 2.5 car garage, completely remodeled kitchen, and newer carpets.

Detached garage has a half bath.

2011WESTRIDGE - MT.VERNON $154,900 WARM & INVITING HOME!

Open House Sun. Feb. 13 2:00-4:00pm

5BR, 4.5 BA home situated on over 25 acres of exquisite grounds and lakes.

Property offers an in-ground heated pool, security system, 2 decks, covered patio, koi pond, gazebo, lake with fountain, lush landscape, sprinkler system, 2 fireplaces, and 120x60 pole barn with heat and air. Home has over 8,900 sqft.

MLS#176498 453-5000

PAULA HALLER

$89,000 COUNTRY SETTING!

$1,890,000 SECLUDED COUNTRY ESTATE

Custom salt box colonial style home with 7 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths.

Amenities include beautiful poplar cabinets, 2 fireplaces, tons of built in cabinets, bookshelves, inside wood shutters, sprinkler system, steam shower and deck plus muchmore.Beautiful landscaping with a lot of trees providing seclusion on over 5 acres.

PAULA HALLER

MLS#180236 305-3646

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4801 ROYAL OAK

875 S RED BANK RD $469,900 FINISHED WALK-OUT LOWER LEVEL

JANICE MILLER

Log cabin with over 2 acres built in 1989. Large loft bedroom up and 2nd bedroom on main level. Two full baths, large open kitchen, dining room and great room. This log home has wrap around porch.

This property is in a secluded area and end of a private community, drive. This property is on city water and sewer.

RICK MILEHAM

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THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

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