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Family Matters helps

Family Matters will be collecting items to help the families in Posey County affected by the flood waters. Nearly 100 families were affected and many are in need of basic household items. Presently, a survey is being conducted to determine what items and resources they need. We are collecting new and gently used household items, furniture, and clothing for the families. Family Matters will be storing the items in the gym at Hedges Central. We plan on collecting and distributing the items through July 16, 2011. If you are interested in donating items or have questions please call Beth Russell at Family Matters @ 838-6875.

Family Matters will be collecting items to help the families in Posey County affected by the flood waters. Nearly 100 families were affected, and many are in need of basic household items. Presently, a survey is being conducted to determine what items and resources they need. We plan on collecting and distributing the items through July 16, 2011. If you are interested in donating items or have questions please call Beth Russell at Family Matters at 838-6875.

Kiwanis scramble set

The Annual Poseyville Kiwanis Golf Scramble will be coming up soon, July 23. If you would like to participate, let us know. For more information see our web page or e-mail us at poseyvillekiwanis@ hotmail.com

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Relay, rain co-exist in northern Posey

By Valerie Werkmeister What do they say in theatre when uncontrollable events threaten a show’s opening? The show must go on! North Posey American Cancer Society Relay for Life (NPRFL) organizers could certainly empathize with that attitude during Saturday’s event. The heavy rains came early in the afternoon, not long after the event began at noon. Teams huddled in their tents and a few undeterred souls stayed on the track because, as everyone knows, cancer does not sleep. Cancer does not stop because of rain. And it certainly did not stop NPRFL from coming within a mere

$4,000 from meeting their $78,000 goal.

The afternoon rains were shortlived and allowed the day’s events to continue as planned, albeit just a little late. Relayers enjoyed competing in some new events such as the “Minute to Win It” games, and Zumba dancing that was instructed

by Janey Albin. Last year’s favorites, the frozen t-shirt contest and a watermelon eating contest, also returned. The live auction hosted

by Chris Mulkey and his lovely assistant and wife, Susie, also known as Vanna, did not disappoint with a few laughs for the crowd. DJ Jake

was also on hand to help keep the crowd energized all day long.

The rains even stayed away long enough for the luminary service that begins after dark, at 9 p.m.

Hundreds of names were read for those in memory of and in honor of those who have battled or are currently battling this non-discriminatory disease. It is a sobering sight to see the candle-lit bags line the track from the many lives that have been touched by cancer. The luminary service ended as the crowd walked a lap with colorfully lit balloons in honor of those they were there to represent: their mothers, fathers,

CLC golf scramble

The Children’s Learning Center is a nonprofit organization that provides quality child care for infants to 12 years of age located in Mount Vernon. The Board of Directors would like to invite you to a golf scramble on July 22, 2011, at Western Hills Country Club. The scramble will begin at noon with a lunch followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start.

Fair contests planned

Posey County 4-H Fair will have their Youth Talent Contest on July 13 at 7 p.m. at the P.C. Fairground Community Center.

Junior Division (ages 12 under), Senior Division (ages 13 - 21). There will be 13 categories to choose from.

Forms must be postmarked by July 8.

The Beautiful Baby Contests at the Posey County 4-H Fair will be on Thursday, July 14. Age Divisions: 0 - 12 months, 13 - 24 months and Terrific 2’s.

For entry form information contact Katie Beste at 431-0329 or kabeste@hotmail.com. You may go the the Posey County Extension Office Website at www.extension.purdue.edu/posey for entry forms. Forms must be received by June 29.

Hoosier Salon to host

A new exhibit opens Friday, July 8, at the Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery, 507 Church St. The public is invited to a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information contact Maggie Rapp, director, Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery, 459-9851.

Poseyville site closed

The Poseyville Yard Waste Site will be closed Saturday, July 2nd.

For more information, contact the Posey County Solid Waste District at 838-1613.

Christmas in July set

The Salvation Army in Posey County will be holding a “Christmas in July” Red Kettle Campaign on Saturday, July 9, All funds collected stay in Posey County to help those in need. Collection sites in Mt. Vernon will be McKim’s IGA and Wesselman’s. Poseyville locations will include Hirsch’s, Patti’s, and the Feed Mill. If you would like to volunteer to ring the bells please contact Beth Russell at 812-838-6875 or familymatt2006@aol.com.

Residents of River Oaks Nursing Center in Princeton recently realized that all three had worked in Evansville for the cause during World War II. Pictured are Betty Ruth Reynolds, Margaret Barnes Evans and Woanneta Willis Osborne. Photo courtesy of Jerry Butts Photography.

‘Rosies’ recall Independence Day past

By Don Baker When Betty Ruth Reynolds graduated from Poseyville High School in 1942, World War II was raging and most of the nation’s able-bodied young men had volunteered or been drafted into the military.

So like thousands of other young women across the country, she joined the war effort.

After finishing a rush course in riveting at a school hurriedly assembled in downtown Evansville she went to work at Hoosier Cardinal on First Avenue near Garvin Park. The plant had been converted from making horn rings for automobiles and refrigerator parts to building stabilizers for America’s foremost fighter-bomber airplane, the P-47 Thunderbolt, which was being built at two locations in Evansville.

Early this year Mrs. Reynolds, now 87 and twice widowed (to fellow Posey Countians Mott Wade and Bob Reynolds), moved out of her house on S. Cale Street to the River Oaks nursing campus in Princeton, where one day in the dining room she mentioned to her tablemates that she had been a “Rosie.”

“So was I,” answered Woanneta Willis Osborne, 85. Another, Margaret Barnes Evans, 89, chimed in, “So was I.” And thus three white-haired, widowed octogenarians began an impromptu reunion that released a flood of bittersweet memories about those patriotic but perilous years. Most of the defense plant production workers were women, whose role in the war effort was immortalized by an iconic poster depicting a fictional “Rosie the Riveter.”

Although the one-time bobby-soxers move slowly nowadays, with the help of walkers or wheelchairs, when they reminisce about their “Rosie” years their eyes light up and their voices become excited.

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The plants worked round-the-clock, including some nights and weekends. The pay was good (twice the $12-a-week she had been earning as a clerk at DeJong’s) and the cause was important. With her new-found wealth Mrs. Reynolds, the oldest of seven children of George and Mildred Cottrell, bought drapes and a couch for the family home on Main Street.

“We wore light blue jumpsuits and a net to keep our hair out of the machinery,” Mrs. Reynolds recalled.

“We rolled up our sleeves” just like Rosie on the posters, added Mrs. Osborne, a 1943 graduate of Francisco High who carpooled with other women from Princeton to Republic Aviation, adjacent to the airport, where they assembled cockpits and fuselages.

Mrs. Evans, who attended Reitz, worked at Hoosier Cardinal until her husband, a gunner’s mate, returned from the war. “My kids teased me about being a Rosie,” she said, “but they were proud of me.”

Meeting other “Rosies” in the nursing home was “one of the most exciting things in my life.”

Since their discovery, one of Mrs. Evans’ daughters has bought replica posters of “Rosie the Riveter,” which hang on the door of the three “Rosies” at the nursing home.

From September, 1942, until the end of the war in 1945, more than 5,000 women helped build 6,242 P-47s in Evansville. Their contribution to the war effort is commemorated on a historical marker at the site of the Republic (Whirlpool) plant. Many more women built ships on the Ohio and made bullets at Chrysler.

A version of this story appeared in the May-June issue of Evansville Living Magazine.

brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and grandparents.

Even as the threat of severe storms was imminent, it still could not dampen the spirit of those who were there to help. People chipped in to help others pick up quarters that were donated to line the track marking another successful year for the “Got a quarter, give a quarter” campaign. The generosity of those who donated canned goods that were used as luminary bag weights instead of sand was overwhelming. Committee person,

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Poseyville firemen grateful for truck

By Valerie Werkmeister Members of the Poseyville Fire Department members expressed their gratitude for the town council’s support during a regular meeting on June 8. Recently, the fire department learned it was the recipient of a $150,000 Community Development Block grant through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The town supported their request on three separate attempts to get the grant. The firemen also thanked the community for their support throughout the process, without which approval would not have been granted.

On a not so happy note, Julie Mayo announced a new gas rate that bumps up figures by 15 percent.

The rate increase will be effective for Poseyville gas utility customers during the billing months of June, July and August.

A request for a new computer in the police station and the field office was approved by the council. Cost estimates ranged from $600-$800 for each computer.

Town Marshal Doug Saltzman will save the town some money by donating his time and effort to paint necessary areas in the fire station.

The town will pay for the cost of the paint. The project will be completed prior to the open house the department plans to host during the first week of October.

Town council members agreed to purchase two bottles of a fuel additive called, Force. The product cost $40 each and is touted to provide better gas mileage. Council members agreed to try the product and will hear a report on the outcome during their next meeting.

Council members agreed to get a quote from Murphy Mowing of Poseyville to mow properties in town that have been foreclosed upon and abandoned. These properties have not been maintained and have become an eyesore.

The next regular town council meeting has been moved to Tuesday, July 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Poseyville Community Center.

Solitude unites to bring lost bobcat back ‘home’

By Dave Pearce “What you gonna do with a cat like that?”

Several Posey County residents are wondering just that after a bobcat wandered into Brittlebank Park earlier this year.

According to several Solitude-area residents, this bobcat was not just any bobcat. It was a bobcat that was discovered at a very early age in the Solitude area and was kept from death by the care of area naturalist and woodcarver Donnie Martin.

That’s where the case begins to get complicated. Martin has already spent a lot of money to complete a facility to keep “Bob” in the Solitude area. But local Conservation Officer Paul Axton contends that his department should have been called in as soon as the animal was found. One hearing has already been held and another is planned for the coming weeks in an effort to determine who will eventually have control of the cat.

The case has already been heard in court and several prominent area officials were aware of the cat long before it was found in Brittlebank Park.

There were no concerns until the cat wandered out of its normal range.

Martin is a former winner of the Department of Natural Resources Volunteer of the Year award and has literally thousands of his carvings in art collections throughout the United States and even overseas.

Flood needs being met

Spring flooding in Posey County set high water records in various parts of the county. Over 100 families were affected, many losing everything. These families were surveyed to see what items would be most useful to them.

Those items at the top of the list are: Kitchen appliances– large and small: stoves, refrigerators, electric skillets, toaster ovens, etc. Furniture: kitchen tables, chairs, bed frames, etc. Household Linens: sheets, pillows, blankets, towels, washclothes Family Mastters will be collecting household items through July 16th. Collection will be at Hedges School—Eighth street entrance or call 838-6875.

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Sarah King pictured with ‘Bob.’

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OPINION

Loving, care for fellow men could help solve problem of abortion I usually try and steer clear of the deeply religious and deeply emotional subjects for my weekly topic, but this week, I’m going to make some people mad while trying to make a point.

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However, that is the only STRANGER way I know to confront the THAN subject—head on.

FICTION I have never been a supBY DAVE porter of abortion nor have I PEARCE been an outspoken opponent.

Until I walk in someone else’s shoes, it is not my place to judge. I have never been involved in any way with an abortion, and I’m not rightly sure that I have known anyone who has had one. It’s not really any of my business. Although on a slightly humorous note, I have come across several people over the years that could very well serve as “poster people” for the proabortion movement.

But as I drive the rural roads of Posey County, I see many signs that read “Pray To End Abortion.” I have no problem with prayer in any form or fashion. If it is prayer asking God to put an end to abortion and you feel that you should be asking for God’s help in this matter, then by all means, please pray.

But as I wondered along another country road this week, I drove up behind a van that had a bumper sticker that read, “You cannot be Christian and Pro-Choice.” I’d like

to take exception to that. The last time I checked, the Bible indicated that God would be the judge of who could be called his children, not the lady in the van.

While I know the abortion issue strikes a nerve with many people in this area, it brings me to just one question. Why don’t we take care of the humans we have on the planet now before worrying about more joining us?

I think I can remember reading “Love one another for love is of God.” I think I can also remember reading “The greatest commandment is that you love one another and love your neighbor as yourself.”

While I continued down the country road behind the van with the bumper sticker, my blood began to boil. I wanted to pull her over and ask when was the last time she made an effort to help the millions of children starving around the globe and the helpless and homeless probably within walking distance of her home. Perhaps the money she spent on the bumper sticker and the money spent on all the signs for “Pray to end abortion” could better have been spent helping to feed the hungry children that are already in the world rather than worrying about those who have net yet been conceived.

When I look around and see infants being killed or abandoned by their own parents

(yes, right here in Posey County and other instances in nearby counties), I have to wonder where we have gone wrong. If we can’t love the children who are already born to us alive, how can we possibly respect the sanctity of life to worry about the unborn.

I have seen situations likened to a puppy at a humane shelter. Everyone who comes into the animal shelter heads straight for the puppies. The little puppy gets all the attention. No one wants to spend time nor adopt the half-grown or full-grown dogs or cats.

Little to no time is spent on the ones who are already making their way in the world.

Everyone wants the puppies because they are so cute and they can play with them and show them off to their friends.

But when the initial cuteness wears off, much like children in many instances, the parents are looking for places here or there that they can leave their children while they continue on their self-centered journeys to satisfy their own desires and think only of themselves. How often do you see grandparents or other relatives taking care of these babies because once they are born and the “cute” stage is over? It is not near as much fun to show them off and the children simply become a burden to the parent.

This has gone on from one generation to another. Our welfare system has three and four generation families now where the only way the children know is the way of their

parents, take advantage of “the system” and raise these poor, young children in far less than ideal circumstances and most likely, teach them to become the next welfare generation.

My point is not that I condone abortion but simply that if we are going to spend all that money on signs to put in our yards and bumper stickers for our vehicles, perhaps the message should be just a tad more broad.

How about “Love your neighbor as yourself,” or “Respect yourself so you will be respected by others.”

The root of the problem is where we must start and that is long before the thought or option of abortion even comes up. If we can teach the living that we need to reach out to one another and love one another and help each other in our struggles, the message will eventually makes its way into the hearts of our young people who are child-bearing age.

The suicide rate among all ages of the “born” will attest to the fact that we, as a society, are failing miserably in our role to “love our neighbor as ourselves.”

Treating the abortion issue with a road sign or a bumper sticker is like treating a heart attack with embalming fluid. By that time, it is way too late. If we love the ones we already have and do our part to take care of the “born,” the plight of the unborn will eventually take care of itself.

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Jim Tomes--117th General Assembly: Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Sadly, more than 49,000 of our fellow Hoosiers in Southwestern Indiana live in poverty.

In light of recent storm damage and flooding affecting the Evansville area and much of Southwestern Indiana, I’d like to remind Hoosiers of a simple way we can help those in need — donating to a local food bank.

Sometimes we forget the stress and financial difficulties natural disasters can cause not only those who receive damage to their homes and property, but also those already in need of food and shelter.

On Friday, I attended the Tri-State Food Bank Hunger Summit. (As many in our area probably know, Tri-State Food Bank collects and disburses over

7 million pounds of donated foods each year to non-profit feeding organizations throughout 33 counties in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.)

As the only legislator able to attend from the tri-state area, I had the opportunity to meet with many community organizations and faith-based partners that operate neighborhood food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters. People were exchanging ideas, developing plans and sharing testimonials — all with the common goal of fighting hunger.

Despite the large number of people there, I couldn’t help but think of all the hard-working Hoosiers missing at the summit — most of whom were probably on the job supporting their families or out seeking an honest day’s

work.

While the severe state of our nation’s economy has affected even these Hoosiers, I just want to remind everyone that we can all help in small ways.

Even if it’s donating a can of corn here and a bag of rice there, it makes a difference. We all can make a difference.

Tri-State Food Bank’s strength in assisting those in need is not only contingent on partnerships with community organizations and leaders, but also on our community’s willingness to help.

Join my family and me in supporting the hungry in our community by making a food or financial donation to TriState Food Bank, 801 E. Michigan St., Evansville, 47711.

Sincerely, Jim Tomes

Gavel Gamut’s “The Dead Pool” As I was just about to sit on the cover was covered with green slime deck and enjoy a glass of iced tea last that oozed forth a variety of new speSunday afternoon, I heard a cackling cies of bugs and a spider large enough sound from down in the to ride. And that yard. was the good GAVEL “Jim, do you realize the part as what was grandkids will be here in GAMUT under the cover two weeks? We have too made the River much to do for you to be BY JUDGE Styx sound aplollygagging. Get down JIM REDWINE pealing. here. We have to get this “Uh, Peg, do pool ready.” we really want to disturb the sludge I quickly ran through my options; in this thing? I mean, after all, it only I had none. “Are you sure the pool cost $600, and we have used it for two made it through the winter? I know I years. Maybe we should just plant it hit it at least twice with the tractor.” with vegetables.”

“I am well aware that you tried to “Now just quit it. It will clean up destroy the pool so you wouldn’t have just fine after you get in there and to clean it. But I patched it, and it is strain out the winter debris.” just fine. Now put that glass down and Get in there, I thought. Why am I come help me take the cover off!” the one who has to get in there? PerAs we slowly took off the clamps haps we could con the neighbor kid and rolled back the cover, I felt a into cleaning the pool for $20.00. kinship with Neil Armstrong when “I know what you are thinking. he first stepped onto the moon. The Forget about it. We are going to do

this, and we are going to start today.”

There was no escape. It was almost the Fourth of July, and the calendar could not be ignored. Peg uses the calendar as other people use a thermostat. We cannot turn the heat on until November, and we cannot turn the air on until July. Further, all pools in America must be open before July 4. These are sacred rituals that could result in catastrophe if violated. For years I have sweltered as Peg coolly refuses to turn on the air conditioner and shivered as she heatedly refuses to turn on the furnace. Her response is, at least, consistent, “Not until it’s time.”

I thought I might use her “logic” against her with the pool by pointing out we still have two weeks before the Fourth.

She replied, “Don’t be silly. It will take you two weeks to muck out the winter’s accumulation of crud.” Of course, she is right.

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By Holly Heerdink

About two years ago, I received a Facebook message from the girl who would become my freshman roommate at Indiana University. I remember eagerly scanning her memo, psychoanalyzing every tiny detail and trying to determine her personality.

After a quick examination, I decided I could probably get along with this girl: Both of us liked bright colors, enjoyed reading and used proper grammar, even in informal messages.

Only after months of living together and after forming a strong friendship did my roommate admit our acquaintance on Facebook had the opposite effect on her.

She, along with her family and close friends, believed I would be a horrible roommate and doubted we could get along. They had viewed my profile and were skeptical because I had been a cheerleader, prom queen and pageant winner. (Activities like National Honor Society, Spell Bowl and 4-H were conveniently overlooked.)

We are now entering our third year as roommates, and we still laugh about this misunderstanding and how wrong Facebook impressions can be. No matter how thorough a profile looks, it can never be an accurate representation of a person.

But that doesn’t stop college students, myself included, from using the social media website as a tool for academic and social research. Many people call this process “Facebook stalking,” and it is accepted and even expected on college campuses everywhere. Let’s look at a few examples: I’m a journalism and political science student at Indiana University, and I have written for several different on-campus publications.

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This past year, I wrote for “The Reader,” a magazinestyle newsletter for my dormitory. I completed several features, and before I interviewed subjects, I would find them on Facebook. Through this research, I learned about their hobbies and interests, and I often used this information to guide my questions during the interview.

But a more popular form of Facebook stalking is used by all majors, and it’s a lesson learned more quickly than any taught in a lecture hall. This lesson can most easily be titled: Facebook as a pre-screening tool for dating.

Let’s say a person sits next to an attractive classmate on a daily basis, and they talk a little bit before and after classes. The person learns the name of their peer and is interested in knowing more about them.

Instead of asking the awkward questions like, “Do you have a girlfriend?” the person goes back to their dormitory or apartment and searches for the person of interest on Facebook. Typically, all the needed information is there.

The person can discover the other person’s relationship status, musical preferences, political or religious affiliations, hobbies, etc.

Of course, my roommate and I learned the hard way that first Facebook impressions can be wrong. I can’t help but wonder if many people are hurting their chances at relationships, both romantic and platonic, by drawing inaccurate conclusions.

It’s just like an updated version of the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” In the 21st century, the new saying is “Don’t judge a person by a Facebook profile.”

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OB OBITUARIES BITU UAR RIE ES Cleda “Pete’ Terry Cleda Marie “Pete” Terry, 80, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind., She was born February 12, 1931, in Mount Vernon, Ind., to Clydus Phillips and Dora (Kennard) Phillips Fowler.

In 1950, Pete left Mount Vernon to travel with her husband, during his U.S. Air A Force military career. After the passing of her husband she returned home to care for her mother and be close to her family. Pete was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and the Eagles, all of Mount Vernon. She had a fond love for all animals.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 42 years, Norman “Bud” Terry; and her sister, Bonnie Yaggi.

Pete is survived by her brother-in-law, John Yaggi; a niece, Connie Sailer and her husband Muff, all of Mount Vernon, Ind.; a nephew, Ron Yaggi and his wife Gerry, of Annandale, Va.; great niece, Danielle Yaggi Storan and her husband Sean; great nephew, Todd Freimiller and his wife Christine; great-great nephew, Caden Freimiller; great-great niece Sophia Storan; and a step sister, Naomi Bell and her children; as well as a host of friends.

Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at St. Matthew Catholic Church, 421 Mulberry St., Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Visitation was held at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street in Mount Vernon, Ind. Memorial contributions may be made to the Posey County Humane Society.

Cat, from Page 1A So how did an abandoned bobcat wind up in a Mount Vernon city park and in the middle of a controversy?

According to former local volunteer sheriff’s deputy Donnie Martin, the abandoned infant bobcat was found in Posey County.

“It was going to die…period,” Martin said in an interview. “If somebody didn’t do something immediately, it was going to die. So, I bottle fed it but it was free to go at any time. Never did I have the animal penned up. And, of course, it grew up to be friendly with human beings.

It was friendly not only with me but with everybody who saw it.”

Martin went on to say that the bobcat was fed chicken wings and area residents did whatever needed to be done to enable it to survive and thrive out on its own.

After checking, Martin found that it was no different than feeding a wild bird, or wild turkeys or wild deer.

“You can feed it but you cannot confine it,” Martin explained. “It was never confined. It would run from my place to Solitude Village (Jerry King’s property) to the David Beste Farm and obviously, it was not confined if it was found in Brittlebank Park.”

When the bobcat was taken into captivity at Brittlebank Park, Indiana Conservation Officer Paul Axton indicated that while he was not at the park when the Mount Vernon Animal Control Officer captured the cat, it was lured into a cage.

Axton said that the bobcat belonged in a facility until it could be determined if it could again live in the wild.

But Martin contends that if indeed the cat was confined and taken from Posey County, it was done by the Department of Natural Resources or animal control, not by anyone else who had seen the cat.

But the problem came when the bobcat, which often wandered around the county,

ventured into Mount Vernon and was discovered on a trail in Brittlebank Park by April Reyling during a morning walk.

Reyling took pictures of the animal with her cell phone that appeared on WFIE Channel 14’s website. From the pictures, it appears that the cell phone would have to have been within inches of the bobcat for high quality photos to have been taken.

“Was the animal friendly…absolutely,” Martin said.

“Was it confined it in an enclosure…no. It went around to several homes in the area.

People would tell me they had seen the cat and had brought it back to Solitude.

When contacted by phone, Axton indicated that he became involved once the animal had already been caged and he saw that the animal was taken to a facility that is licensed to care for such animals.

Axton contends that possession of a wild animal is a crime, but Martin contends that neither he nor anyone else who was aware of the animal was ever “in possession” of the animal.

“The normal range for a wild bobcat is about 25 miles,” Martin explained. “It wandered out of its normal range and was captured in Mount Vernon, where there are lots of bobcats. You can ask the people at nearby GAF and they can tell you how many bobcats they see in that area. This wild bobcat was probably going to a female bobcat who was somewhere in the area. I don’t know that.”

The Department of Natural Resources reports that as many as 15 bobcats are reportedly struck and killed by moving vehicles in southwestern Indiana each year.

But Axton said that the bobcat’s proximity to West Elementary School was a concern for him.

Axton and Martin do agree on one point and that is bobcats will avoid humans much like snakes or other wild ani-

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Richard David Hardin Richard Davis Hardin, age 79, died Wednesday, June 21, 2011, at the Sugar Creek Nursing Home. He was born on February 7, 1932, in Greenfield, Ind., to Herschel John Hardin and Lura (Davis) Hardin. He graduated from Greenfield High School in 1950. Mr. Hardin received his bachelor’s degree in math and science Earlhan College and his master’s degree i ffrom E lh C ll in guidance counseling from Ball State University. He married Helen (Snively) Hardin on August 12, 1962 in Tell City.

Richard worked as a guidance director at Waldron High School for many years until he retired. He also taught math and science at Charlottesville and at Tell City for 18 years. He was a member of the Greenfield Friends Church and Phi Delta Kappa. He loved traveling, playing cards, vegetable gardening, raising irises and roses, his farm, livestock (cows, sheep, and llamas), and his family.

Surviving him are his wife, Helen Hardin of Greenfield; son, David (Susie) Hardin of Greenfield; siblings, Jean (Skip) Metcalf, John (Rebecca) Hardin both of Greenfield; grandson, Andrew Hardin; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Preceding him in death were his parents, Herschel and Lura Hardin.

Visitation was held on Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 4 until 8 p.m. at Erlewein Mortuary in Greenfield.

Funeral services were held on Friday, June 24, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the mortuary. Pastor Rick Schoeff and Pastor Paul Enyart officiated. Burial was at Asbury Cemetery in Morristown.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Greenfield Friends Church at 323 W. Park Ave., Greenfield, IN 46140, or the National Parkinson’s Foundation at www.parkinsons.org. mals.

Martin indicated that he knows the animal has the ability to take care of itself in the wild as he has witnessed it catching birds or other prey. Martin also indicated that there have been lots of bobcats captured in traps in the area and are always released back into the wild.

He questions as to why this particular animal was singled out to be removed from Posey County.

“Because this bobcat was friendl. It saw what it thought was a friend and went up to this person,” Martin said. “It did not attack them and in no way was the animal aggressive.”

Martin said that the animal is currently residing in an animal facility in Knox County, but with the encouragement of neighbors, Martin said he will try everything in his power to return this bobcat to its home in the Solitude area.

Martin said he has applied for a permit to keep the animal and is hoping the permit can be processed expeditiously. Axton indicated that it is up to the wildlife rehab center as to whether it can ever live in the wild again.

In the meantime, several petitions are being circulated to encourage the return of the animal to its natural habitat in Posey County.

Marsha King, a first grade teacher at Farmersville Elementary School for nearly 40 years, penned the following letter: Robert (or Bob or Bobby) the Bobcat is truly a miracle.

Shortly after he was born in a tree here in Posey County, the tree was cut down. His small body was found on the ground. His mother and the rest of his family were never found. He was so tiny that he could fit in a person’s hand.

Donnie Martin found this special creature. A veterinarian indicated he did not think the small animal would survive...but it did. Bobby did not open his eyes for ten days.

Every few hours, even during the night, Donnie got up and fed him. He is still not fully grown, but he has become a most beautiful creature.

He lived with Donnie and his family at Solitude across from our Pioneer Village. A few months ago he started visiting our land. We were just delighted when he came to see us. My husband would call me the minute Bob or Bobby showed up, and I would drive out to see him.

He had so much fun there... running after us as we walked down the lane and jumping around the openings in the logs and all. We loved to pet him and take pictures of this exquisite animal. Our whole family is crazy about him. Our daughter, Sarah, especially loves him. She has always loved animals and he loves her, too, and took a nap on her lap one Sunday afternoon...all curled up like an adorable big kitten.

He is not vicious...his meow is loud and he purrs loudly, too, because he is a big animal. Please look at the pictures and see for yourself what a beautiful animal he is.

He needs to be returned to his family at Solitude. He is much loved and will be well taken care of. We can not stand the thought of never seeing him again. He was truly a light in our lives.

That day at the local park, he just made the mistake of walking up to the wrong person...he meant no harm...he was just being friendly. Evidently, the woman thought so, too, and stayed around to take pictures of him before she called the police.

Please do what is necessary so he can return home.

That is the right solution to this problem. Donnie will build a fence to keep him on his property. And, he would like the opportunity to go around to local schools and even nursing homes and educate people about bobcats and let them see this wonderful cat.

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Relay, from Page 1A Jackie Wiggins’, worry of whether we had enough can goods for each bag ultimately changed to worry of whether she would have enough boxes to carry all the canned goods. It was, indeed, impressive to see the amount of canned goods that were stacked and ready to be loaded into vehicles.

Although Mother Nature finally did end up having her way with high winds and heavy rain that blew tents over and soaked more on me than just my shoes and socks, it still did not spoil the thought that we will obtain our goal. North Posey is one of the most generous communities and this event is proof to that testament. Countless area businesses and individuals donated money, time or goods to make Saturday’s Relay event possible. To quote Donna Nash, “Relay is a true community event.”

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RETROSPE RETROSPECT ETROSP PECT Emergency kits available for senior safety Home Instead Senior Care is offering free “Caring For your Parents: Senior Emergency Kits” to all Tri-State Area Residents. The kit serves as a management tool to help family caregivers gather details about senior’s doctors, pharmacy, insurance company, medications and dosages, as well as allergies, power of attorney and other important information.

“You never know when an emergency will happen. This is a great resource for caregivers because it provides them with the tools they need to be ready for the unexpected,” said Ben Klipsch, owner of the

Evansville Home Instead Senior Care Office.

Home Instead Senior Care worked with Human Points of Caregiving to develop a variety of resources to help families be better prepared in case of an emergency. Research conducted for Home Instead Senior Care found that only about half of adults know their parents’ medical histories.

Please contact the Evansville Home Instead Senior Care Office at 812-471-0050 to request a free kit or to schedule a one-onone meeting to discuss the contents of the kit and its value to you.

Tri-state pollen count to be provided by Deaconess Clinic allergists The Deaconess Clinic Allergists will begin regularly providing the current TriState pollen count levels as a service to local seasonal allergy sufferers. The stateof-the-art Rotarod device was recently purchased to collect pollen samples, which Dr. Anne McLaughlin uses to count and report allergen levels for trees,

grass, weeds and mold.

The Deaconess Clinic pollen count, the only locally collected pollen measurement, will be reported regularly via Twitter at www. twitter.com/deaconessnews, Facebook at www.facebook.com/deaconesshealthsystem, or the Deaconess Clinic website at www.deaconessclinic.com/pollen.

The media is encouraged to report this local data, with proper acknowledgement.

If you’d like to schedule an interview with Anne McLaughlin, MD or Majed Koleilat, MD to discuss pollen counts or any allergyrelated topic, please contact Sara Gallegos at sara.gallegos@deaconess.com or 450-7357.

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The North Posey relay for Life raised over $57,245.22 with over 600 walkers registered. Regina Dunlap was named North Posey’s Courage Award winner.

A 1916 American LaFrance Speedster driven

by Rodney Rucker and navigated by Steve Hardy rolled through the streets of New Harmony as part of the History Channel’s Great Race for Vintage Cars.

Best wishes to Charles S “Choppy” and Vera Johnson of New harmony as they celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Tony and Erica Thomas of Mount Vernon would like to announce the birth of their son, Samuel Joseph.

Lacy and Hazel Key of Mount Vernon will celebrate their first wedding anniversary on June 30.

Elisha Theodosis has been selected as a Miss Junior America Mount Vernon City Queen candidate.

Elsiha will be competing in a national pageant in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Paul Meadors, Sr. of Wadesville will be attending a family meeting of the Meadors clan at North Posey High School. Hundreds of people from across the Midwest are expected to attend the meeting with hopes of being heirs to the fortune left to the descendants of James Meadors. The fortune is estimated at least $22 billion.

Steve and Daryl George, two volunteer firefighters from Wadesville have been awarded plagues for saving the life of Heidi Kaiser, 10 year old daughter of Judy and Bob Kaiser. Heidi was struck by a car last October. Steve and Daryl were first on the scene and began CPR on Heidi until the ambulance arrived.

Coast to Coast Hardware in Mount Vernon welcomes new owner Jack Rogers. The store has undergone an extensive remodeling process to help customers find merchandise easier and more efficiently.

The Alexandrian Public Library is proud to offer a new service to the people of Posey County. The library’s new bookmobile will make several stops at locations throughout the county.

The Poseyville Little Leaguers came from behind to defeat the Mount Vernon Youngers, 5-3.

Happy birthday to John Matsel of Poseyville who celebrated his 91st birthday with a picnic at Mesker Park in Evansville.

4-H leaders and members of Posey and Perry Counties will share a camp at Lincoln State Park in July. Campers will get to participate in a variety of activities.

Three Posey County 4-Hers will get to compete in the 4-H District Speech Contest held at the Vanderburgh County Rural Center. Competing will be James Kohlmeyer and Diane Dierlam of North Posey and Carolyn Graddy of Mount Vernon.

Edgar T. Winkleman of Poseyville received a 15 year service award for his work in the Petroleum Production Department of the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op during their Service Awards Banquet.

Applications are now being accepted from boys and girls (ages 14 years and older) who are interested in detasseling corn this summer.

River Days committee seeks flood photos Each year the Mount Vernon River Days Festival has as its purpose to bring attention to the special privilege residents, neighbors and friends share in enjoying and being witness to the wonders of living on the banks of the Ohio River.

Of course, there are all kinds of “wonders” that this opportunity affords; and this year, with the river’s third highest crest, 51.8 feet, folks were reminded of the awesome power Enjoying being served at the Evansville Teacher’s Federal Credit Union’s Customer of the Ohio.

With memories of the 2011 Flood fresh on Appreciation Day in Mount Vernon are Mount Vernon teachers Susan Wezet and Kim minds of area residents, the 75th anniversary Higgins. Those doing the serving are Mary Ann Bittner, Rose Adler and Credit Union of the “Big Flood” in 1937, when the crest employees Stacey Appell and Jon Dierlam. Photo by Dave Pearce reached 59.2 feet, will be commemorated at this year’s Mount Vernon River Days event set for September 9, 10 and 11.

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Blood Donation Opportunities for July: The Independence Day holiday will surely ignite many spectacular fireworks extravaganzas, and the American Red Cross is also counting on a spark of donors to boost the blood supply. All blood types are needed to help maintain a sufficient blood supply for patients in need. During the holiday week and throughout the summer, donations tend to dip, but the need for blood is constant.

While all blood types are needed during the critical Monie (right) is a 4- 5 year old female spayed cat. Butch summer months, Rh nega(left) is a 2 year old neutered medium haired male. They tive blood types are always would be best suited to be adopted to the same household. in high demand because they The Posey Humane Society is still full to the brim and potentially can be transfused unable to accept new animals until we find homes for the to patients with Rh positive ones we are currently housing. Now is a great time to take or Rh negative blood types. advantage of the Passion for Pets sale on all animals that Type O negative, the univerare already spayed or neutered. Call 838-3211 to arrange sal blood type, can potentiala time to look at your future pet. General public hours are ly be transfused to patients Friday noon - 6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. with any blood type.

To show appreciation to those who help save lives near the upcoming IndepenSelection by Zach Straw dence Day holiday (June 27 – July 6), all presenting donors at Red Cross blood drives and blood donation centers in the River Valley Region will automatically be entered for a chance to win a portable Garmin GPS unit. This is a part of the Red Cross’ summer-long Good to Give. Good to Go. promotion that features holiday-themed raffles and a chance for one lucky donor (21 and older) in the Mid-America Blood Services Division to win a trip for four (4) to Orlando, Florida.

How to Donate Blood Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) INGREDIENTS or visit redcrossblood.org to • 3 to 4 lbs of a brisket cut of beef make an appointment or for • 3/4 cup barbeque sauce more information.

• 1/4 cup soy sauce A blood donor card or • 1 cup of water driver’s license, or two other forms of identification are reMETHOD quired at check-in. Individu1. Preheat oven to 325ºF. als who are 17 years of age 2. In a bowl, mix together the barbeque sauce, soy sauce, (16 with parental permission and water. in some states), weigh at least 3. Place the brisket roast on a large piece of aluminum foil. 110 pounds and are generally Spread the BBQ sauce mixture generously over meat. in good health may be eliWrap the brisket in aluminum foil and place it in a roast- gible to donate blood. High ing pan. Bake for 1 hour for every 1 pound of meat. school students and other 4. OR Place the barbecue sauce and the brisket in an oven donors 18 years of age and roasting bag. Sprinkle a teaspoon of flour into the bag. younger also have to meet Poke a couple small holes in the bag. Place the bag in a certain height and weight reroasting pan. You may find that the cooking time is faster quirements. with this method, or you can reduce the oven temperature About the American Red to 300°F. Cross 5. Remove from oven and let rest in the foil for 30 minutes Governed by volunteers before serving. and supported by giving inYield: Serves 4-6.

The County Cookbook Easy Beef Brisket

In 1937, the river inundated a lot of midAmerica, including Mount Vernon. The water lapped at the steps of the Eagles’ building on Water Street and surrounded the water treatment plant. Up and down the Ohio, from Johnstown to New Orleans, the “Beautiful Ohio” showed its power and might.

Becky Higgins, Vice Chair of the River Days Committee, is collecting 1937 Flood photographs and other memorabilia to be featured in an exhibit that will take place at the 2011 festival.

Anyone who has pictures or collectible items from the 1937 flood that they are willing to share in his exhibit is asked to contact Higgins at 204-7388 or see her at Printcrafters, 304 W. Fourth Street in Mount Vernon.

dividuals and communities, the American Red Cross is the single largest supplier of blood products to hospitals throughout the United States.

While local hospital needs are always met first, the Red Cross also helps ensure no patient goes without blood no matter where or when they need it. In addition to providing nearly half of the nation’s blood supply, the Red Cross provides relief to victims of disaster, trains millions in lifesaving skills, serves as a communication link between U.S. military members and their families, and assists victims of international disasters or conflicts.

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COM COMMUNITY MM MUNITY & SOCIAL SOCI L Tri Kappa News The Beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa met on May 9 at the Workingmen’s Institute with 33 New Harmony scholars and parents. Anna Busler was presented the Erma Ribeyre Greathouse Scholarship Award. All scholars received a Lamp of Knowledge paperweight.

Corresponding secretary Cathy Hyatt read a letter from sportsmanship trophy winner, Silver Nelson and a note from the Scott Turney’s for their assistance with the new Kappa shirts. Angela Wiley presented the Relay for Life schedule for North Posey on June 25.

Carlene Van Laningham requested volunteers to collect money during Memorial Day week for the maintenance of Maple Hill CemLandon Montooth uses the slide at one of Harmonie State etery. Nancy Weinzapfel Park's playgrounds on Saturday. Photo by Holly Heerdink reported two recycled picnic

tables have been purchased for Murphy Park. Weinzapfel collected 150 gently used purses for the Riley Cheer Guild fund raiser.

Diana Simkins reported on the 59th State Convention held in Indianapolis.

Tri Kappa is a statewide philanthropic organization known for its work in charity, culture, and education.

It has nearly 9,000 members in 146 active and 115 associate chapters based solely throughout the state of Indiana. Outgoing Province I Officer Simkins is now serving on the Chapters and Charters Committee on the state level. Lois Grey will represent the food committee for the June 16 Reading Program for children at the Workingmen’s Institute.

The 2011-2012 budget was reviewed and accepted

by the membership.

On June 16, the chapter met at Johnson United Methodist Church for the pledge and initiation of new member Susan Roby.

Nancy Weinzapfel stated that the clean up of Murphy Park had been completed.

Gayle Williams presented the dates of the Hoosier Gallery receptions and asked for volunteers for each event.

Mental Health Leader Mary Schmitt announced that phone cards and walkman radios have been presented to the Mental Health organization. Calendar chair Debra Johnson distributed birthday calendar and ad information and urged members to complete by the August 8 meeting.

The new slate of officers was installed with President Carol Scarafia, Vice Presi-

dent Krista Wilson, Corresponding Secretary Cathy Hyatt, Secretary, Angela Wiley, Assistant Secretary, Tammy Anderson, Treasurer, Diana Simkins, and Assistant Treasurer, Brenda Sawyer.

Carol Scarafia presented outgoing President Rita Reynolds with a gavel guard for her years of service. The collection in the Birthday Pig Bank will be used for Riley Cheer Guild for the upcoming year. After caring and sharing thoughts, the meeting was adjourned with a prayer by Sarah Wynne Tolbert.

There will be no meeting in July. The August 8 meeting at Johnson United Methodist Church will include making t-shirts for the Apple Butter project with pre washed shirts.

Ron Richards and crew were here from June 4 through June 17. Finally after nineteen years, all the natural history and some cultural artifacts at the WMI have been cleaned.

Many have been numbered and entered into a database. This is an important collection not only for New Harmony but also, for the world. The age alone of the items make

then especially interesting to scholars. Each year Ron has assembled a group of professional and nonprofessional volunteers. They have traveled many miles to do often very dirty and difficult work. They have done it for the love of science and history and we owe them a debt that can never be repaid. But, the WMI does extend a most sincere and heartfelt thank

you to Ron and all of Ron’s volunteers, past and present.

And best of all, the summer is far from over. Our next event is the 4th of July program hosted by the Friends of the WMI and Historic New Harmony. Working Man Darwin Barnes will be the speaker.

Mark your calendars and watch for further information.

WMI News It has been a busy summer at the WMI. The summer reading program is in full swing. Thanks to all who are helping to make it a big success. First of all thanks to the children who have joined and are busy reading. This effort will find them in good shape to take on the schoolwork come August. Thanks to parents and grandparents for bringing the children to the library.

Thanks to Gayle Williams, Margaret Diemer and Liz Anderson for reading stories and leading crafts and activities. These ladies are super fun and the children love them. And finally, thanks to the community groups who have made our weekly tasting

parties possible. Thank you Friends of the WMI, New Harmony Book Club and Tri Kappa. The food has been yummy.

While all of this has been going on, the Friends hosted their annual meeting at the WMI. That means it is time to renew your membership to the Friends.

This year the Friends are covering the cost of the addition of a handicapped accessible restroom and a remodeled and upgraded kitchenette. They are donating money for books and audio books, funding the Library Lil Storytime and lodging for Ron Richards and crew ‘s 19th visit to the WMI to work on the natural history collection.

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nual meeting was John M. Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence gave a very interesting talk on “Curating and Preservation: An Outside Perspective of the Working Men’s Collection.”

Mr. Lawrence’s presentation will be on our website shortly.

If you missed it or Robert Lange’s lecture on the pharmaceuticals in March just visit us at www.workingmensinstitute.org .

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Summer Reading The summer reading program at Alexandrian Public Library continues with a great line up of special programs and exhibits for adults, teens and children.

Diego Rivera Exhibit Stop by the front foyer of the Alexandrian Public Library and marvel at famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s murals - one segment of the exhibit alone is 17’ long. The exhibit will open June 27 and conclude July 1. There is no charge to attend.

Mango Mania On June 28 at 10 a.m. our “language of the week” program will be Spanish. No

registra-tion is required for this program and there will be free Mango Smoothies, chips & salsa!

Fiesta!

Do the Hat Dance, whack a piñata, make walk around tacos and more in this celebration of the country of Mexico on June 29 at 2 p.m.

For ages 6 and older. Registration is re-quired and begins June 15.

Taste of Tacos Ay, caramba! Learn how to make a tasty salsa and then create your perfect taco as we head south to Mexico on June 30 at 2 p.m.

For young adults going into grades 6 through 12.

Independence Day

On July 4 the library will be closed.

Inside India July 6 at 2 p.m. you can Have you ever wanted tell a story using yoga poses, to see new materials as it is make a mandala and taste a added to your library? New mango lassi. For ages 5 and Books Alert gives you this older. Registration is re- opportunity. quired and begins June 22.

“This is a service that is in (Participants should bring a high demand by our custombeach towel or yoga mat.) ers and many of them are goLibrary Hours ing to find it useful. This is a Alexandrian Public Li- service that has been talked brary is open Monday - about for a long time,” says Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 Adult Services Director, Typ.m., Friday-Saturday from son Wheeler.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday Receive regular weekly 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For addi- updates by registering ontional information about li- line with your e-mail. brary services or to register Visit the Alexandrian Pubfor a library program call lic Library website at www.

838-3286 or you can visit apl.lib.in.us or call the Adult our website at http://www. Information Desk at 812apl.lib.in.us . You can find us 838-3286 or come to the library for details. through the town to Ma- on Facebook! clure Park.

There will be music, food and lots of fun. If you can’t be there please recruit New Harmonie Healthcare will be hosting their Christmas a friend to enter your cart. in July: Santa’s Summer Social on Friday, July 1, 2011, beWe hope every cart in town ginning at 2 p.m. will join us.

All senior citizens are invited to attend for food, fun and There are prizes for the games such as bingo, star toss and much more. Everyone best decorated, but decora- is encouraged to wear their best Christmas in July outfit or tions are not required for their best Fourth of July outfit. Come out for an afternoon of the parade. socializing with your friends at New Harmonie Healthcare.

Annual July 4 Golf Cart Parade set The Annual 4th of July Golf Cart Parade promoted

by N.H. Kiwanis and Historic New Harmony will assemble at the Atheneum at 11 a.m. and will parade

Santa’s Summer Social coming to Harmonie Healthcare Center

Donations being accepted for renovations D Over the past few months a group of volunteers have b been working toward renovating the livestock barns v aat the 4 - H Fairgrounds.

Many of the facilities were M built 50+ years ago and are b iin need of renovation.

A plan was developed to build a new show arena, a b new horse barn, and then n rrefurbish the pens and

stalls. Projected cost of the project is $185,000 thus the $31,000 is a good start but there is lots of work ahead.

The group will continue to meet, discuss the project's direction, and reevaluate its progress. Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so by sending a check to the Posey County 4 - H Barns Project, PO

Box 565, Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620. All donations are being held in an account that would allow return of the donations if the project does not come to fruition.

For more information one can contact committee members including, B. J. Reynolds, Bob Prince, Jon Neufelder, or Jim Swinney.

PC Extension Homemaker’s style show set for July 7 P Anyone who likes to sew a has made a garment for and h herself or himself, or for c children, grandchildren or f friends in the last year is i invited to enter the Home-

makers’ Style Show. This is a public event, and the seamstress does not need to belong to a club.

The Style Show and the 4-H Fashion Revue will

Located at 408 Southwind Plaza.

Mt. Vernon, IN 812-838-2392

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Lunch Specials from 11 am to 4 p.m.

$3.50 off your second order from Lunch Menu (Dine in only. Not valid on Sundays or with other special plates)

Mon to Thurs: 11am - 9p.m.

Fri to Sat: 11am - 10p.m.

Sundays: 11am - 9p.m.

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Come Enjoy “A Taste of Ol’ Mexico”

share the time and stage on Thursday, July 7, 2011.

The private judging and public show will take place on the same day. The private judging will begin at 6 p.m. The style show, which is open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. A blue or red ribbon will be awarded to each entry. Winning entries may also compete in the Indiana State Fair which will be held later this summer.

Entry forms and rules are available at the Extension office or on line at www. ces.purdue.edu/posey. Entry forms must be received by Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Posey County Extension office. Postcards will be mailed to participants before July 7 giving individual times assigned for judging.

For more information, contact the Extension office at 838-1331 or email poseyces@purdue.edu.

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COMMUNITY & SOCIAL Continued...

Charles S. “Choppy” and Vera Johnson

Volunteers from SABIC helped do landscaping at St. Peter’s Church in New Harmony this week. Pictured are Don Montgomery, George McCall, Woodie Puntney, Jon Zwingelberg, Rusty Wildeman, Donna Allyn, Clint Cox and Leann Cox. The mulch was donated by Countryside Landscaping. Photo by Dave Pearce

Charles S. “Choppy” and Vera (Almon) Johnson will celebrate their sixtieth anniversary on July 1, 2011. They are the parents of Jim (Beverly) Johnson, Rick (Debra) Johnson, Judy (Jim) Alsop. They are also grandparents to Lesa (Casey) Trela, Mary (Jonathan) Schmitt, Amy and Lori Stallings, Timothy (Laura) Kahle, Erica (Wes) Kissinger, Cort Alsop, Alisha (Jason) Noffsker, Adam (Jessica) Morgan, and also the lucky great-grandparents of Bryson Trela, Grace and Gibson Kahle, Fiona Kissinger, and Gabby and Weston Noffsker.

“Choppy” served four years in the Air Force and retired from farming and General Electric. Vera retired from Farm Bureau Insurance. They live in New Harmony and will be celebrating this year with family and giving thanks to God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon them, especially their wonderful family, friends, and for both still being able to live at home together these past sixty years. For everyone who has touched their lives, they say “thank you”. God is so good.

Talented Curt Schmitt captures nature’s beauty in artwork

By Pam Robinson The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is featuring the art of New Harmony woodworker (and school board member) Curt Schmitt along with painter John Spurgin. A free, public reception was held in their honor this past Saturday, June 25, at the gallery.

Schmitt says that he and Spurgin “draw upon nature for inspiration for our pieces” in the exhibition, titled appropriately “Natural Elements.”

Schmitt’s gallery exhibit features mostly a variety of cabinets created from a variety of woods—maple, cherry, walnut and mahogany.

“You can see obvious and subtle connections to nature in my pieces,” Schmitt comments. Of course, the most obvious connection to nature is in the material— wood itself. Another obvi-

ous connection with nature is seen in such pieces as a small wall cabinet made of cherry and maple: the doors incorporate a large flower.

Still, the pieces’ organic form is the most important way Schmitt connects to nature. “My pieces are curvilinear in contrast to sharp, linear forms,” he explains.

“My approach to woodworking is as much artistic as practical,” Schmitt concedes. “I am making functional sculpture.”

Certainly, woodworking is Schmitt’s charism.

He’s handled wood since childhood, continuing his work in earnest in junior high and high school when he created gifts for family members’ special occasions. He credits his father, who worked with his hands though not as a wood carver, as his first inspiration.

Many of his tools were inherited from his father.

Only in junior high did Schmitt receive any formal training in woodworking.

Instead, the Rockport, Ind., native received formal training in art, saying his most influential drawing class came with painter Gretna Campbell while he was at Yale, where he graduated with a master’s degree in religious studies. For 23 years, Schmitt taught various subject in the humanities, finally in art and woodworking, while keeping a small studio in Memphis.

While in Memphis, he met artist Peter Bowman, a painter. Schmitt credits his friend Bowman as most influencing his art.

Schmitt moved to New Harmony with his wife Paula, the treasurer of New Harmony School, in 2006.

The Schmitts had traveled

Kilborn Alley to appear at Hawg n’ Sauce July 1 Kilborn Alley brings their soulful, swinging, stomping blues to the Hawg 'n' Sauce Barbecue & Grill, 6580 Leonard Road, Mount Vernon on Friday July 1 at 7:30 p.m.. This is a great act, not to be missed.

How good is Kilborn Alley? They have been nominated for three Blues Music Awards (2007, 2008, 2011) by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. These are considered to be the highest international awards in blues music. In 2009, BLUES BLAST magazine named them the Sean Costello Rising Stars in the Blues and in 2010 the same magazine awarded their song "Better Off Now" its "Best Song" of the year award.

The band has played over 1400 shows in twenty-three states, and just returned from a tour of The Netherlands and the UK. General audiences of mature music lovers should not be put off by the label "the blues." This is not that old, slow, mournful, draggy music, or that ear splitting "watch the guitar player play the guitar" act. Kilborn Alley swings, stomps, struts, shuffles, and maybe even swims through a revue of American musical sounds, and does it with an integrity that blues lovers will understand all goes back to their tradition. It is

a wonderful show, that strongly evokes the earliest era of r&b, yet the songs are usually written in the last five years by the band and have a fresh language for today.

For the Chicago blues, where you are still young at forty, this is a band of very young guys, the youngest still in their twenties, the three original members playing together since high school. They started out trying to be guitar slingers, but some older African American players in their hometown got a hold of them and made them really listen to the soul blues of Johnnie Taylor, Tyrone Davis, and Bobby Blue Bland, had them play on bills with Little Milton and Denise LaSalle, and had them accompany Artie "Blues Boy" White and Joyce Lawson. The result is a band that gets people up dancing to their muscular shuffles and brings them to a stop with stunning soul ballads.

Kilborn Alley is pleased to return to the Ohio River border. They played in 2009 and 2010 at the W.C. Handy festival in Henderson, Kentucky. Their 2010 performance was taped for the KET's award winning JUBILEE series, and will air for the first time on August 23.

to Indiana annually to visit relatives and finally came to New Harmony to visit the Paul Tillich Memorial Park.

“We fell in love with New Harmony,” Schmitt says. “We knew we had to move here.”

Now in his second career, he focuses solely on woodworking in his home business, Curt Schmitt Cabinetry. He designs all the furniture he makes— from cabinets to conference tables to crosses. Beyond that, he singlehandedly built his Harmonist-inspired home, except for the foundation and the HVAC system, working full time for eight months. His work is admired for its Shaker and Japanese simplicity.

“I’m very fortunate to have clients in New Harmony,” he says. “They are very enthusiastic about my work and have kept me busy since I moved here.”

To learn more about Schmitt’s business and philosophy, readers may visit his website at www.curtschmittcabinetry.com or may contact him through email—curt@curtschmittcabinetry.com.

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art will feature his work through August 14. The gallery is located at 506 Main St. in New Harmony,

and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The gallery phone number is 812682-3156.

Artist Curt Schmitt stands alongside one of his pieces, a walnut and cherry cabinet, on exhibit at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, located at 506 Main St. in New Harmony. Schmitt is one of two artists featured at the gallery through August 14. Photo by Pam Robinson.

‘Music of Nature’ to blend art and music Bring your family to the Evansville Museum on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at 12:30 p.m. for a beautiful harp performance by the students of Dr. Erzsébet Gaál.

The sound of birds, wind and water contribute to the music of nature.

Musical instruments were also created from parts of nature, such as wood, gut and shell. Making organized sound on these instruments took, for example, human breath or

finger touch. Because of these associations, nature and the human soul have been connected since the beginning of the human race. Throughout centuries, composers were inspired by the sound of nature. They wrote musical compositions imitating, for example, the sound of water running in a stream or birds chirping. Likewise, painters have works of art demonstrating their relationship with nature.

On the occasion of Patricia Brentano’s exhibi-

Wednesday, June 29th thru Sunday, July 2nd

tion We Don’t Own Nature. We’re a Part of It! at the Evansville Museum, a handful of Dr. Erzsébet Gaál’s music students from Indiana and Illinois will demonstrate the beauty of nature on harp. This admission-free program will be in the Evansville Museum’s Old Gallery and will include all forms of art, music and poetry, relative to nature.

Please call the Museum at (812) 425-2406 to make your complimentary reservation.

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FEMA steps in to help here The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to Indiana to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds occurring on April 19, 2011, and April 22 to May 2, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 19, 2011, and continuing.

Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding in the counties of Benton, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Martin, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Starke, Sullivan, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Washington.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties within the state.

Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama’s major disaster declaration issued for Indiana.

Assistance for the State and Affected Local Governments Can Include as Required: •Payment of not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs for repairing or replacing

damaged public facilities, such as roads, bridges, utilities, buildings, schools, recreational areas and similar publicly owned property, as well as certain private nonprofit organizations engaged in community service activities. (Source: FEMA funded, state administered.)

•Payment of not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs for removing debris from public areas and for emergency measures taken to save lives and protect property and public health, including direct federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.(Source: FEMA funded, state administered.)

•Payment of not more than 75 percent of the approved costs for hazard mitigation projects undertaken by state and local governments to prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property from natural or technological disasters. (Source: FEMA funded, state administered.)

How to Apply for Assistance: •Application procedures for state and local governments will be explained at a series of federal/state applicant briefings with locations to be announced in the affected area by recovery officials. Approved public repair projects are paid through the state from funding provided by FEMA and other participating federal agencies.

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, proEthan, Mason and Mark Ashby take advantage of some of the items offered at the tect against, respond to, recover from, and Wadesville Farmers market held each Thursday afternoon across from Subway in mitigate all hazards.

Wadesville. Photo by Dave Pearce

Local newspaper owners offer model of the Good Samaritan; a chance to say thanks

By Rev. Matthew Watson, Senior PastorMount Vernon General Baptist Church In the interest of gratitude, today, I want to offer a word about the editor. I am the first of three boys. We grew up in Southeast Missouri in the town where General Baptist Headquarters is. We grew up playing sports, working jobs, living life, and going to church on Sundays. My grandparents lived nearby and they instilled certain biblical values, a certain ethic, a certain sense of absolute truth in a world of increasing relativism.

Long about the middle of college I felt a call to preach the gospel, teach the Bible, and serve the church. Since my background was General Baptist and Oakland City University was their university, I decided to study there. Oakland City is an hour’s drive from Mount Vernon. In the spring of 2001, Mount. Vernon General Baptist Church extended me a summer internship offer in youth ministry. After prayer, I agreed to come. There was only one problem: I had little money and no place to stay. The nature of internships in churches is that they are more about experience than pay. So it became increasingly obvious that for me to be effective I needed a place to crash overnight from time to time.

This is where Dave and Connie Pearce, the editors of The Posey County News, come into the story. One day after church worship, a tall round-faced smiling guy (Dave) approached me with an offer to stay in the Pearce basement during the summer internship. I must admit I had my reservations but options were limited and “beg-

Worship with us

Agape Family Ministries Pastor Jim Weihrauch 5529 Industrial Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2232 Sun./Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.

Wed. Prayer Service 7 p.m.

Apostolic Bible Church Pastor Greg Morrison 9808 New Harmony Road Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-851-5456 Sun. Service at 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Night Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

Bethesda General Baptist Church 1600 Savah Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Black’s United Methodist Church Pastor Lester Howard 8012 Baldknob Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-0318 Sun. Worship 9 a.m.

Sun. School 10 a.m.

Calvary Baptist Church Rev. Kevin Petty 618 Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4777 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

Church of Christ 700 Mill Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2635 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Church of the Nazarene 531 E. Steammill Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3288 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC) Pastor Russ Westbrook Pastor Sam Allison 4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon Sun. Worship, 9:45 a.m.

gers can’t be choosers” (or can they…I guess that’s a political conversation for another day)! …The Pearce home at that time had three people in it: Mr. Dave, Mrs. Connie, and E-Mo/Pumpkin/Eric and was on Oriole Circle in Mount Vernon. They were very welcoming, supportive, respectful, and kind. As it turns out the basement was the opposite of dingy. There was even a television, which was an upgrade from my athletic dorm room in Oakland City.

Eric tolerated me I think (kidding here). I’m not sure that inheriting a quasi big brother figure was something he bargained for and my metabolism allowed for a healthy appetite. I think I ate a lot and he might have gotten smaller portions upon my arrival. You will just have to ask him about that though. He still jokes with me about eating up the leftovers in the house.

In point of fact I did eat up the leftovers in the house but I didn’t think he liked leftovers. Eric, maybe you could clarify for me whether or not you liked~like leftovers?? I’m still a little fuzzy on that detail.

But anyway, between the summer of 2001 and 2002, I mealed the leftovers.

The fit at the church was pretty good.

The senior pastor at that time, Rev. Dumond, went on vacation and left the youth minister (me) to preach two Sunday sermons. That sounds easy enough… right?? The first Sunday I was locked and loaded. I had illustrations on John the Baptist and everything. I still remember how excited I was to preach Mark 1: 1-8. It was great! Then came week two. I got a crash course in how challenging it is to be

Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30pm Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church Pastor Mike Douglas 10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Phone: 812-568-8409 Sun. Worship: 9:57 a.m.

Wed. Evening: 6:57 p.m.

Wed. Evening Community Supper 6:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church Pastor Derrick Ousley 1205 N. Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2187 Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:40 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Evening 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church E. Tavern Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:40 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Wed. Evening 7 p.m.

First Christian Church Pastor Mary Hurley 7226 Hwy 66 Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-673-4278 Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

First Christian Church 1403 Country Club Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2855 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

First Church of the Nazarene Rev. Myers Hyman 424 Vine Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 838-2743 First Presbyterian Church Rev. Monica Gould 120 E. Sixth Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2473 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Worship Service 10:15 a.m.

First United Church of Christ Pastor Bret A. Myers Corner of North & Walnut Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Sun. Worship 8 a.m.

First United Methodist Church Pastor Tim Ahlemeyer 601 Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2640 Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 8:15 & 10:30 a.m.

Griffin Christian Church Rev. Doug Emberton

fresh in preaching from the Word week in and week out. I still remember when the clock struck 12:01 am Sunday morning the second Sunday in August 2001. I was ten hours away from standing in front of a large group of people. I had nothing to say! My mind and notepad were empty.

Dave must have seen my light still on at such a late hour because he hollered downstairs and asked if everything was okay. I muttered a less than convincing affirmative and he came down to check on me.

He proceeded to help me think through my second ever Sunday morning sermon. He had some commentaries and a few years worth of Sunday school teaching under his belt. He was quite helpful and I survived.

I must be honest about the fact that I probably only averted a meltdown because of Dave and his collection of J Vernon Magee commentaries. Dave, maybe you could clarify for me whether or not you still have those J Vernon Magee commentaries?? Either way, today I offer you a public thanks for that second sermon.

Thanks for taking a chance on a twenty year old intern from another state that you had never met. I’m still here. Thanks for modeling the Good Samaritan parable of Jesus for us. Thanks for modeling the Golden Rule for us. Thanks for accepting Melissa and helping with the whole Steak and Shake parking lot proposal (no space for that story here). Thanks for my first and only blue blazer with brass colored buttons. I wore it last Sunday. Thanks for the good coffee Connie. Thanks for the voluminous sermon illustrations based around

319 N. Main Street Griffin, Ind. 47616 Phone: 812-851-3291 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4555 Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Student Ministries 6 p.m.

Harvestime Temple Pastor Mark Tabor 101 Roosevelt Drive Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5447 Christian Education 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; 6 p.m.

Wed. Worship 7 p.m.

Mount Zion General Baptist Church Rev. Rick Sellers 1425 Oliver Road Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-783-2337 Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 10:30 & 6 p.m.

Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.

Holy Angels Catholic Church Father Thomas J. Kessler 423 South Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-838-2535 Sun. Mass 10:00 a.m.

Immanuel United Church of Christ Rev. Paul Seburg 5812 N. Ford Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-3115 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

Independent Pentecostal Assembly Pastor David Payne 312 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Thurs. 7 p.m.

Johnson United Methodist Church Rev. John Adams 403 Raintree, New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-4648 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Lighthouse Assembly of God Pastor Jason Farrar 1005 E. Tavern St. New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Messiah Lutheran Church Rev. Sean Esterline 7700 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2278 Sun. Worship 8 & 10:15 a.m.

Sun. School 9 a.m.

Wed. Folk Service 6:30 p.m.

Thurs. Bible Study 10 a.m.

Mount Pleasant Church Rev. James Davis, Pastor 3801 Blackford Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-3930 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Mount Vernon General Baptist Church Pastor Matthew Watson 1717 N. Main Street

New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church 11420 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-5288 New Harmony Christian Church Rev. Harry Wheatcroft 307 N. Brewery Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3626 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 6 p.m North Posey Community Church Dr. Lee Brown, Pastor Poseyville, Ind. 47633 812-874-2028 Worship: Sun. 10:30 Bible Study: Sun. 6 p.m.

Small groups for men, women, youth and children, Wed. 6 p.m.

PoCo Joes, Fri. from 7-11 p.m.

Old Union Christian Church Pastor Baret Fawbush 10017 S. State Rd. 165 Poseyville, IN 47633 Phone: 812-874-3186 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Kid’s Bible Club 4:30 p.m.

Point Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Troy DeKemper 12611 Bonebank Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5182 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Poseyville Christian Church Rev. Doris Beckerman Main Street, Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-3411 Sun. Fellowship Time 9:15 a.m.

Sun. School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Saint John’s Episcopal Church Rev. Allen Rutherford 600 Walnut Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5445

life in the Pearce home. Not even Chuck Swindoll could chronicle all those illustrations! Thanks for helping Melissa get established. Thanks for getting me a gym membership. Thanks for friendship.

Eric’s grown now and I understand he’s getting married this fall and he is actually responsible for eating his own leftovers.

Connie’s still a good cook but you guys live on the other side of the county and I don’t see you that often. So I guess in a nutshell I just thought that this “Good Samaritan” should be the unofficial “Good Neighbor of the Week” in this week’s edition of the Posey County News. So even though this isn’t really a conventional newspaper sermon it is a good public service announcement and word of “Thanks!”

I likely owe you guys some money from then but be advised—it’s been seven plus years. There’s something in the Old Testament about cancelling debts every seven years. So since you can’t retroactively bill me I will just pay it forward. And perhaps that’s the moral of this story for you the reader too?? Make an uncomfortable investment in your local church today. It could make all of the difference in someone else’s world. And now, in the words of the late Paul Harvey, you know “the rest of the story.”

Pastor Matt has a passion for you to know Jesus. If you don’t have a local church to call home, we welcome you to Mtount Vernon General Baptist Church any Sunday at 10:30 am. To learn more go to www.mvgb. org. He loves his girls and their mommy, trout fishing, guitar and athletics.

Sun. Holy Eucharist 9 a.m.

Mon. Women’s Bible Study 7 p.m.

St. Matthew Catholic Church Father Thomas J. Kessler 421 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2535 Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 8:30 a.m.

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Rev. Rev. Paul Huntsman 46 Cales Street, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2251 St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Pastor Rev. Michael Erwin 10430 Hwy 66,Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-985-3416 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

St. Peter’s United Methodist Pastor Jeff Pinney 2800 S. Saint Philips Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-3751 /985-2025 Sun. Worship 10:30 a.m.

Saint Philip Catholic Church Father Thomas J. Kessler 3500 St. Philip Road South Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2275 Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 9:30 a.m.

Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 318 Main Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-4604 Sun. Christian Education 10 a.m.

Holy Eucharist Rite II 10 a.m.

Saint Wendel Catholic Church Father Edward Schnur 10542 W Boonville New Harmony Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-963-3733 Sun. Mass 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.; 6 p.m.

Salem Heusler United Church of Christ 11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2542 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10:15 a.m.

South Gibson Apostolic Chapel Pastor Joe Sizemore 6144 S. 1075 W. Owensville, Ind. 47665 Phone: 812-729-7231 Sun. Worhship 10 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Father Edward Schnur

10 N. St. Francis Avenue, Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2220 Saturday Mass 6 p.m.

Sun. Mass 9 a.m.

Stewartsville United Methodist Rev. Bill Ping RR 2 Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-851-5561 Sun. School 8:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.

The House of Prayer COGIC Pastor J.I. Hargett 816 E. Third Street Mt. Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-3841 Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Worship 7 p.m.

Friday Worship 8 p.m.

The Turning Point 9800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-9800 Trinity United Church of Church Rev. Cynthia Priem, Pastor 505 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-3805 Adult Study 8:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship & Kids Class 10:10 a.m.

United Church of Christ of Cynthiana Sun. Worship 10:15 a.m.

Thurs. night Kids Club 7 p.m.

University Heights Baptist Church 8800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-5158 Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton Street Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-673-4660 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

Zion Lippe United Church of Christ Rev. Jay Warren 9000 Copperline Road East Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2437 Sun. School 9 a.m.

Family Worship 10 a.m.

Zoar United Church of Christ Rev. John Motz 4600 Church Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-963-3749 Sun. School 8:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

Mon. Bible Study 10 a.m.

Thurs. Evening Bible Study 7 p.m.

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Mount Vernon School Board Report The Mount Vernon School Board received the 2012 budget timeline from Superintendent Tom Kopatich at the Monday, June 20, meeting. Kopatich explained in the information that new legislation under HEA 1004 in 2011 allows the adoption of plans and budgets as late as November 1.

The timeline calls for presentation and discussion of budgets to begin with the Monday, July 18, board meeting. After advertising and publishing budgets in August, the school district proposes a public hearing at the October 3 board meeting and final adoption of the budgets at the October 17 board meeting.

The new timeline allows for budget adjustment, if needed, due to student enrollment numbers that will be received from the September 16 average daily membership, or ADM, count.

In other business: •The board accepted the

bids for cafeteria food and supplies for the 2011-12 school year. It was noted that this year’s cost is close to last year’s cost. It was added that the school district may be forced, nonetheless, to raise lunch prices to meet federal government requirements for minimum lunch cost.

•The board accepted resignations from Blake Billman as assistant 7th grade boys’ basketball coach at the junior high, from Dave Purvis to go from full-time to half-time as the junior high student council sponsor and from Terry Seaton as the high school booster club sponsor, all effective at the end of the 2010-11 school year. In the same vote, the board confirmed the employment of Dustin Boyer as assistant football coach at the high school and as assistant 7th grade boys’ basketball coach at the junior high. Boyer was recently hired as a math teacher for the junior high school.

•The board set bonds for personnel since current bonds expire June 30, 2011.

•The board agreed to contract with AdTec to file for universal service fund discounts for the funding year 2012-2013 in the amount of $2,790, a savings of $300 over last year.

•The board authorized Amanda Wilson to apply for a grant from the Posey County Community Foundation Women’s Fund to promote healthy life choices and lifelong reading for pre-adolescent girls as part of the “Lights on After School” program at West Elementary School.

•Superintendent Kopatich provided the list of members on the high ability broad based community committee: teachers Krista Cartwright, Susan Tucker and Jennifer Hobgood; counselors Sue Nall and Dan Guthrie; board members Kathy Weinzapfel and Heather Allyn; administrators Greg DeWeese and Jody Pfis-

ter; parent Erin Kuhn; and community member Beth Russell, director of Family Matters.

•Superintendent Kopatich announced that the board workshop scheduled for Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at the school district office may be changed to a later date since the new budget timeline calls for discussion of the budget at a later date.

•The following studentathletes were recognized for their achievements: Andrew Higgins and Joe Reinitz for their participation in golf regional competition, and Jenna Riedford and Claire Schroeder for their selection to the Big 8 Girls’ Tennis All-Conference Team.

The Mount Vernon School Board will meet again Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 5:45 p.m. in the junior high media center.

Please note the move from the regular first Monday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

Sprouls recieves PhD from State University Bellarmine Arizona Katie Sarah Sprouls reShe is the daughter of

University Names Dean’s List

North Posey athletes recently attended the IHSAA State Leadership Conference.

Pictured (left to right) are Front row: Virgil Ferguson and Nick Neidig. Back row: Colton Motz, Mitchell Kuhn, Jessica Smith, Megan Bender and Jillian Koester.

Bellarmine University has named students to its dean’s list for the spring 2011 semester. The dean’s list recognizes students who receive a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale. The following local residents were named to the dean’s list: Cynthiana resident Michelle Rapagnani, a senior student who is studying psychology.

Mount Vernon Senior High School graduate Aaron Searcy, a junior student who is studying economics.

North Posey athletes attend IHSAA State Leadership Conference Six students attended the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s Summer Leadership Conference at Pike High School in Indianapolis on June 21.

Mr. Ferguson took Megan Bender, Jillian Koester, Jessica Smith, Mitchell Kuhn, Colton Motz and Nick Neidig to the conference.

The IHSAA State Commissioner, Bobby Cox, kicked off the conference by welcoming more than

800 students, athletic directors, teachers and other guests to the event. Then Harvey Alston, of Best Inc, livened up the event with his words on leadership.

He informed the crowd about HAPPY—Heart, Attitude, People, Pride and You. Leaders exhibit these traits in a positive manner. Coach Brad Stevens of Butler was the keynote speaker. He spoke of how the basketball team prepared for this past (and

every season) through character, deliberate preparation, performance and results. He reminded the crowd, “You’re never as good as you think you are, you’re never as bad as you think you are, and you’re never far from either.”

When the opening session was complete, the students broke into sessions that included becoming a college athlete; leadership rewards, risks and responsibilities; eating

to win; and community service opportunities to name a few. At the end of the conference Mr. Alston remarked about good, better and best. He reminded everyone that, no matter what task is in front of us, it is important to always do our best.

On behalf of the students, “Virgil, thank you for giving us your time to take us to the conference, and Dr. Strieter, thank you for allowing us to go.”

Ivy Tech names Dean’s List

Ivy Tech Community College - Southwest proudly recognizes the following Posey County students for making the Dean’s List for the 2011 spring semester.

To be on the Dean’s List, Ivy Tech students must achieve a minimum 3.50 grade point average in nonacademic skills advancement courses with no D’s or F’s, must have earned six or more credits during the semester, and at least 12 non-academic skills advancement credits during their course of study.

Walter S Babcock, Geoffrey H Barnes, Pat-

rick E Bennett, Randy P Bigge, Larry M Bolin, Jordan Burton, Brittani A Bush, Richard E Carpenter, Jessica I Chapman, David A Crawford, Kody A Cunningham, Kaitlynn B Davis, Mary D Dell, Talia M Folkestad, Jennifer L Graff, Charles Grimes, Kimberley M Halco, Brian F Hayes, Breeanna N Hess, Jason W Hester, Jesse Horstman, Chad R Hoskins, Cecelia F Inkenbrandt, Jacob R Johnson, Amanda L McHargue, Jacob R Melliff, Jamie L Montgomery, April D Morgan, Jason L Muller,

Kellie D Murphy, Jamie K Naas, Katie L Osborn, Henry R Parson, Shawn R Pewitt, Dustin M Phillips, Adena L Rasure, Karie A Rexing, Tara Reynolds, Rita J Ripple, Jonathan T Russell, Sheila L Schapker, Hilary Scheller, Kirby S Schmitt, Rachel A Schneider, James B Shell, Raemona F Stevens, Wendy R Summers, Charles L Thomas, Daniel E Thorbecke, Margaret M Tieken, Jacob N Tucker, Connie S Wallace, Lisa M Weis, Emily J Wenderoth, Matthew D White, Bryan J Williams,

Collections continue for flood victims Family Matters will be collecting items to help the families in Posey County affected by the floodwaters. Nearly 100 families were affected and many are in need of basic household items. Presently, a survey is being conducted to determine what items and

resources they need. We are collecting new and gently used household items, furniture, and clothing for the families. Collection will be held through July 16, 2011. If have questions please call Beth Russell at Family Matters @ 838-6875.

Immunization clinic scheduled for June 29 The Posey County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at the Coliseum in Mount Vernon from 2 - 4 p.m. An appointment is not needed for this clinic.

Required immunization additions for the 2011-2012 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 tetantus-diphtheriaacellular 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 to the clinic.

Katie Sprouls recently received her PhD from Arizona State University. Her PhD is for Special Education, with a concentration in Emotioal and Behavioral Disorders.

Kirk J Willis and Benjamin B Young.

ceived her PhD in Special Education, with a concentration in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders from Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., on May 11, 2011. She was named Outstanding Graduate Student of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. Katie is a graduate of New Harmony High School in 1995, University of Southern Indiana with a BS in Psychology in 1999 and Eastern Illinois University with an Ed.S School Psychology in 2002.

Eric and Linda Sprouls of Wadesville, Ind. She is the granddaughter of Warren and Mary Sprouls of Georgetown, Ill., and Margaret Artman and the late Paul Artman of Sidell, Ill. Katie lives in Avondale, Ariz., and will work for a research division of Arizona State University in Scottsdale, Ariz. She is also owner and school psychologist for Eleutheria, LLC which provides psychology, speech, occupational and physical therapy services for the Phoenix area.

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NOR NORTH POSEY RELAY FOR OR LIFE L E

Cancer survivors make the traditional first lap at North Posey’s Relay for Life on Saturday. Holding the banner are Janet Price (on left) and Rita Wassmer on right.

Karen Blaylock tries her luck during the frozen t-shirt contest.

Cara Latham, Brantly Oakley and Rebecca Coleman enjoy watching the live auction at Relay.

Zumba instructor Janey Albin gets the North Posey crowd energized during the popular event held during Saturday’s Relay for Life.

Members of the Zion-Lippe U.C.C. team won the best banner and tent awards.

Joli Uebelhack (left) and Jenny Droege of the ZionLippe U.C.C. Relay for Life team wore creative bikini aprons during Saturday’s event.

James Barrow was the distinguished winner of the watermelon eating contest. Frey Farms donated watermelons for the event.

Jerry Wilder was chosen as the recipient of the North Posey Relay for Life Courage Award. Jerry was nominated by his son who explained his father has fought against health issues bravely over the past few years. He is pictured with his wife, Nancy.

Photos by Valerie Werkmeister

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BUSINESS/AG E Congressman Bucshon cosponsors charter schools act Congressman Larry Bucshon (IN-08) released the following statement as a cosponsor of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act. Congressman Larry Bucshon (IN-08) states: “I am proud to cosponsor legislation to substantially increase parental choice and make a quality education accessible to all children. H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, is an important step in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and will encourage the establishment of more high-quality charter schools while promoting choice, innovation, and excellence in education.

Unfortunately, we simply don’t have enough

choices of schools for the number of students who are trapped in under performing schools that need an alternative.

H.R. 2218 will do three things that will strengthen our education system. First, it will incentivize states to expand or develop charter school programs so every child has the opportunity to get a good education. Second, it will streamline federal Charter School Program Funding to improve funding opportunities for facilities and the replication of successful charter school models. Third, it will ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely and effectively by supporting evaluations of charter school quality, innovation, and improved student achievement.”

At Left: Judge James Redwine and his wife, Peg, hosted a cast party at their JPeg Ranch Saturday night to thank everyone who had a part in the making of the movie trailer of his book, “Judge Lynch.” Everyone enjoyed a delicious meal and was able to view the 18 minute long trailer telling the story of Judge Redwine’s book. Photo by Tammy Bergstrom

Poseyville’s Uptown Salon adds combo therapist, stylist

By Holly Heerdink When most people think of relaxing in a serene atmosphere, they rarely imagine themselves at work. But for Jenn Brock, a massage therapist and hairstylist at Poseyville’s Uptown Salon, she describes a typical work day as calming and enjoyable.

“I go in the room with low light and soft music, and it just kind of takes you away from the rush, and you’re doing slow movements,” Brock said. “If the person doesn’t talk, then I just get lost in my own thoughts.”

Brock has been in the beauty business for six years, and she joined the Uptown Salon two years ago. Before offering her services in Posey County, Brock worked at a day spa in Evansville.

“I like the laid back atmosphere here better, and I like hearing all the stories. People come in and sit down and make themselves at home and discuss what’s going on in their lives,” Brock said. “The familiarity is like you’re not just having clients, you’re having fun with your friends and providing a service at the same time.”

Naturally, Brock likes helping her clients, her friends, look and feel their best. She said her job has been very rewarding, especially

in instances when customers had endured negative physical contact. Brock said these clients entered the salon with some apprehension, but afterward, they said their massage was respectful and comfortable.

“It helps them realize somebody can just have a gentle touch, and it’s not having to be an attack or a sexual thing,” Brock said.

Although helping clients overcome past experiences with physical contact is the most rewarding aspect of Brock’s job, her favorite part is fixing “updos.” She likes making girls look like princesses, which is something she has been doing for years.

“When I was a little girl, I used to love doing my sister’s hair and makeup before she went on dates,” Brock recalled with a smile.

As for her future, Brock plans to stay at the Uptown Salon until she retires. She said her job is exciting, and it offers something new every day.

“There’s somebody different in your chair several times a day, so you get to hear different stories,” Brock stated. “And there are people who come in who I enjoy seeing every time.”

Brock also works well with Carla Newton, the owner of Uptown Salon.

“She and I complement each other very well,” Brock said of her relationship with Newton. “I’m more quite and reserved, and she’s more boisterous and outgoing. She loves doing short hair, and I love doing long hair.”

For an appointment at the Uptown Salon, call (812)874-222. During the months of July and December, Brock offers a special for $10 off the half hour, hour and hour and a half massages. Customers can buy gift certificates during these months and lock in the reduced price for six months.

Stylist/massage therapist Jenn Brock.

Photo courtesy of Chris Campbell

AT LEFT: At its recent Annual Meeting, Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana announced the election of Laura L. Pamplin Mackiewicz as Chair of the council's Board of Directors, term running until 2014. A longtime board member and supporter of Girl Scouts, Pamplin Mackiewicz is the Director of Employee Relations at Vectren Corporation. Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana, whose council office is in Evansville, serves more than 10,000 girl members and 1,200 adult volunteers in an eleven-county area in southwest Indiana.

What is The Unstoppable Life? Sailor who circumnavigated globe reveals how to make dreams come true Larry Jacobson knows sail 2,750 miles across nally, you see land. When what it’s like to have a the Pacific Ocean without I did, I knew I had done dream that seems nearly imseeing a bit of land, I had it. I had faced my fears possible to realize. He also never before navigated and navigated my own knows how to make that a boat across an ocean. boat across nearly 3,000 dream come true.

Keep in mind, it’s not like miles of open ocean. If “I remember being a cuyou just point the boat you want to truly live rious kid looking out at the south and the next thing an unstoppable life, then docks in Long Beach from you know, you’re dancing you must haul up your behind the locked gates that in a Tahitian skirt drinkown anchor and voyage led to the pier,” he said. “I ing beer under the swayout beyond your comfort saw this montage of beautiing palm trees. I was petzone to embrace the fear ful sails and gleaming boats rified. And the only way and use it to sharpen your and the vast expanse of senses. the sea, and I knew it’s • Mark the Worth where I wanted to be. in Every Day – This I simply had no idea is not a cliché. This how I was going to get is not about smelling there.” roses. This is about That’s where Jacobrecognizing the value son’s journey started, we have in our daily and if he followed the lives. It’s about recourse that most people membering to listen, tend to follow, it would to feel, to actually have ended there, too. see what we’re doing But sometime after and appreciate each becoming a successmoment of our lives. ful entrepreneur in the Just before crossing travel business, those the Indian Ocean, I memories from his was sitting up on the childhood and teen foredeck, looking out years sailing any small over the expanse of boat he could put in the Larry Jacobson with a fresh caught ocean that would be water, started flooding mahi-mahi. my home for the next back, and he knew he 19 days. I had to pinch was ready to live his dream I could move through my myself. “Look! Look at and sail around the world. fear was to haul up the what you’re about to do.

“I knew what I had and anchor and say, “Let’s You’re going to sail your I knew what I wanted, and go.” If you’re waiting for own boat across the Inall I saw was this wide gulf a marching band to herald dian Ocean!” between the two,” said Jayour big decision, you’ll And after missing a tsucobson, author of The Boy be waiting forever. I will nami that surely would have Behind the Gate (www. never forget the arrival in killed me in a wall of water, larryjacobson.com). “So, the Marquesas Islands, avoiding deadly pirates and I started putting together a 21 days later. At first, you surviving almost drowning plan, and from those early don’t see the land, you while being tangled in an beginnings, I started to unjust smell it. It smells like anchor line at the bottom of derstand that there are some dirt, soil, vegetation. And the Red Sea, you better beclear, distinct keys to buildthen you see the clouds. lieve that I mark the worth ing the bridge between what The clouds that form over in every single day that I’m you have done and what you the island and are reflect- here on this earth breathing. dream of doing.” ing the green of the land “Check in with yourself Some of those steps, acso strongly that the bot- every day.” Jacobson said. cording to Jacobson, intom of the clouds them- “Do you wake up in the clude: selves look green. Fi- morning looking forward • Write it Down – Something magical happens when you write down your dreams. They become a lot more real.

How do you identify your dreams? Ask the right questions. What lights your fire? What makes you want to bound out of bed every morning, instead of meander out to the coffee pot? But those are very broad questions, with even broader answers. When you think of those answers, write them down. I did. I still have the piece of paper I wrote them on back in 1991.

• Face Fear -- Fear can be a giant wall, seemingly impossible to scale. For instance, when we left the coast of Mexico to

to the day, or do you have a knot in the pit of your gut that makes you dread the day? The primary rule of living an unstoppable life is to live it with laughter, passion and love. Each of our lives IS an adventure. If you live with laughter, love, and passion, and live with every

ounce of energy you have, then you’ll live an Unstoppable Life.”

About Larry Jacobson: A California native, Larry Jacobson grew up on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean, sailing, kayaking, swimming, and scuba diving. A recognized expert

in the corporate marketing world, he was president of one of the premier incentive travel companies. An avid sailor, he has over 50,000 blue water miles to his name. Larry is a motivational speaker and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Handel finds true passion, creates backyard sanctuary

Dottie Handel takes a look at her butterfly bush after finishing her morning weeding in her Mount Vernon garden earlier this week. Photos by Dave Pearce

NH Bicentennial Home Design Competition continues In celebration of New Harmony’s 200th birthday in 2014, the University of Southern Indiana’s Historic New Harmony and New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art are sponsoring the Bicentennial House Design Competition.

Individuals or teams are invited to submit designs based on traditional Harmonist construction with an emphasis on sustainable, energy efficient, and afford-

able housing. The registration deadline for the competition has been extended to August 1, 2011.

Jurors for the competition include Bernhard Karpf, associate partner in the New York-based firm of Richard Meier & Partners (designer of New Harmony’s Atheneum) and Charles Durrett, co-owner of The CoHousing Company, who, along with his wife Kathryn McCamant, introduced the con-

cept of cohousing to the U.S. with their book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Winners from the first round will be exhibited at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and the top three finalists will be chosen by public vote.

The first place winner will receive a prize of $2,000, second place $1,000, and third place $500. The winning design will become

Robinson again honored by WPCI Special to the News Posey County News assistant editor Pam Robinson is becoming a regular on the podium at the Women’s Press Club of Indiana.

Robinson, who joined the Posey County News when it was sold to Pearmor Publishing in 2008, says her forte is feature writing but Publisher Dave Pearce has a slightly different opinion of Pam’s talents.

“Pam is a natural writer,” Pearce said of the recent awards. “She has a way of talking to people and they tell her things they might not say to other people. She then has a way of molding them into the story interestingly and accurately. She does a great job with features.

But Pearce went on to say that her attention to detail and her reliability has helped her improve her newswriting skills and makes her an excellent reporter at local government meetings.

“Pam double-checks and triple-checks the information she puts into stories and rarely, if ever, do I have a call saying that there is a

mistake in one of her stories,” Pearce continued. “She was simply born to be a writer.”

Pearce indicated that Robinson’s photography skills have improved, as well, as she uses them more.

“When we bought the paper, Pam was one of the key hires I wanted to make because I had seen her talent as a freelance writer and I knew she would be an excellent member of the staff,” Pearce said. “I also want to join her in congratulations because she certainly deserves the awards.

The Woman’s Press Club of Indiana held its annual journalism awards luncheon in Indianapolis. Robinson received two secondplace awards: one for columns, general and one for personality profile. In addition, she received two honorable mentions: one in photography and one in columns, humorous.

Last year, Robinson was awarded a first place for columns, general; a second place for the feature series, Good Neighbor of the Week; and an honorable mention for personality profile.

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“The concept of designing the ideal community is what makes New Harmony world famous, so it’s fitting that one of the activities to celebrate its bicentennial would engage the town plan,” said Connie Weinzapfel, director of Historic New Harmony.

“New Harmony is a designated National Planning Landmark, so any new construction has the ability to add to the landscape. This project will offer an affordable, green home plan free of charge to anyone interested in building in New Harmony.”

All applicants must register by August 1, 2011, to be eligible for the Bicentennial House Competition. The registration fee is $50 and must be submitted with the registration form.

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By Dave Pearce The vibrant colors practically jump off the petals in the bright June sun in the day lily garden of Mount Vernon resident Dottie Handel. And to think there are few to no pesticides used in Handel’s day lily paradise.

“I have always heard that crazy people love to dig in the dirt,” Handel says with a hearty laugh. “I must really be crazy.”

She admits she has always had a love for flowers. She and her husband, Phil, raised two daughters in Mount Vernon and have lived in their West Highway 62 home for 30 years. Dottie started small but you would never know it by looking.

“When we came here, there was very little at all down in this area,” she said, pointing to a massive flower garden in her back yard. “I have always known that I liked flowers but I soon found out my passion was day lilies.”

Once Handel discovered her passion, she was not deterred from it.

“I would go around and look at other peoples’ gardens and say to myself, ‘I’ve just got to have that,’” Handel said with a smile. “I have been all over the tri-state area to get day lilies.”

And it didn’t take long for many of the colorful varieties to make their way into the Handel garden.

“When you go see all these lilies, you find out that this one is just a little different from another one,” she explained. “So you just have to have that one. Maybe the edge of one is just a little different than the edge of another. I’ve probably spent a small fortune on them.”

But small fortune or not, Handel now enjoys a place of peace and solitude not too many steps from her back door.

But there are still a few areas of the Handel’s garden that still have space for walking. Dottie is working on that.

“What I am trying to do now is fill in some of these spaces so I don’t have any weeds,” she says with a laugh. “Every year I try to add something so there won’t be as many weeds.”

This year has been a banner year for the day lilies, according to the expert. With all the rain, she has not had to water the flowers as much as in years past. And the extra water seems to have made the colors even more brilliant.

But day lilies are not the only thing in the garden. Several other varieties of flowers including butterfly bushes and many areas of larkspur are also present in the Eden. The butterfly bushes draw many desirable colorful insects and a few that are not so desirable.

“They also draw Japanese beetles,” Handel says with an exasperating tone. “Sometimes I just come out and squeeze them and it seems to take care of them.”

In an effort to maintain a wholesome garden, she makes her own compost machine. And she has gotten starts of several different day lilies from friends and family.

“You have to separate these after awhile because they get so big,” Handel said. “That’s the perfect time to help someone else with a start of something they might not have. I do like to share them. If somebody would like a flower, I would be happy to share them.”

There are few days when Dottie doesn’t spend at least a portion of the day in her garden. When she isn’t in the garden, she is grandma to Angela’s and Jenny’s children. Jenny Kratf and her husband Todd have three children and Jenny works for Kimball International. Jenny has Alex, Corrin, and Trevor. She lives in Jasper. Angela McNamara and husband Dan live in Mount Vernon and have Drew and Drake.

“I thoroughly enjoy being out here,” she says, as she makes her away along one of the paths through Mother Nature’s showcase. “I dead-head almost every day. You just have to keep after them. I do this for pleasure and relaxation.”

Sherry Grisham picks up a few items from Carla Schenck at the Farmers Market in Wadesville on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Alex Wade finishes atop Posey contingent in golf regional

By Steve Joos All three of the individual qualifiers for the Indiana High School Athletic Association state boys’ golf meet came out of the Evansville Sectional.

None of them were from Posey County.

North Posey’s Alex Wade shot a steady 18-hole total of 77 (39-38), but it wasn’t enough to get out of the recent Washington Regional at County Oaks.

The difficulty of the course and the strength of the field made it tough to advance for anyone shooting more than two strokes over par, according to Mount Vernon coach Doug Blair.

And the lowest anyone from Posey County could muster?

The five over turned in by Wade.

The five-over par 77 was four stokes behind Memorial teammates Keegan Vea and Chris Meuth, each of whom carded one-over 73s to advance to last week’s finals at the Legends of Indiana course in Franklin.

While Wade and the other county golfers missed the cut for state, Wade was the only Posey County duffer to improve his score from the Sectional earlier last week in Evansville, clipping a stroke off from the 78 which was part of a five-way logjam that sent seven individuals from Oak Meadow to Montgomery, including two Mount Vernon Wildcats.

Mount Vernon’s Joe Reinitz ran into trouble on seventh hole and dug an even deeper hole on the 16th enroute to an 87 (41-46), while teammate Andrew Higgins had a slightly less troublesome round, but still finished with an 82 (42-40).

High scores or not, Blair thought that the trip to Country Oaks was a good one for the Wildcat golfers.

“Andrew and Joe had a good experience at Country Oaks,” Blair said. “But they could never get themselves in birdie positions to cut some strokes.”

Reinitz was at even par through the first six holes, but ran into some hazards which may have effected his game mentally, according to the coach. He then recovered on the back side, but it wasn’t enough to

overcome his early struggles.

Higgins was solid throughout the day, Blair added, mainly due to his putting.

“The length of the course cost (Higgins) some birdie chances,” Blair said. “But he is only a sophomore and will get more strength over the next two years.”

There was a traffic jam on route 78 last week and that was how the Posey County golfers got to Montgomery.

No fewer than five individuals carded 78s and tied for the third spot among individuals advancing to the Regional. The top three golfers from non-qualifying teams move on along with the top three teams.

That group included Wildcats Higgins and Reinitz, along with Wade. Scheffer shot a 79 and just missed moving on.

Higgins and Reinitz played their best rounds of the season enroute to qualifying, according to Blair, as the Cats battled a newer, more difficult course.

“Andrew is not very long off the tee, but he keeps it close to the fairway and gives himself a chance around the green,” Blair explained. “Joe has a good driver and his putting’s getting better. They played relaxed and that’s what you’ve got to do.”

It was a good day, but a bittersweet one, Blair said, as seniors Kyle Sheffer and Sam Key missed qualifying a year after making the Regional.

The Wildcats bolstered Blair’s claim that his team was the best of the rest after the four area heavyweights by coming in fifth in the Sectional, trailing just team champion Memorial (294), Castle (296), Harrison (299), the qualifying team and perennial powerhouse North. The Cats were just four strokes behind the Huskies 313-317.

The Vikings were seventh with 354, while New Harmony came in 15th (433).

“Overall, I was pleased. We shot a team score of 317,” Blair said. “We knew going that Memorial, Harrison and Castle were the top three teams to get out, North because of their tradition. It was going to be trough, especially at Oak Meadow, a new golf course that was not Fendrich at all.

It was a fair course and we just came up

short.”

The Sectional was moved by weather conditions at Fendrich to the rural Vanderburgh County course, which was longer and more difficult due to a greater number of trees along the course. That made straighter shots more important and avoiding the tree-lined areas a must.

“With Fendrich, it’s more of a pitch and putt course,” Blair said. “You can be off and still have a clear shot at the green and getting in for a par. Oak Meadow is a longer course where a kid is hitting a driver wedge and where a kid is using a driver and wedge at Fendrich, they’re using a six-and seven-iron at Oak Meadow.

There’s a lot of trees, a lot of water and a lot of sand at Oak Meadow, so you’ve got to think more course management.”

The Cats started on the back side and that made it more difficult. Scheffer was a stroke under coming out the last three holes, but trouble on those holes left him one over par heading into the turn.

Trevor Grant shot well, but some missed putts along the green and some missed greens left him with an 82, which is what he’s been shooting most of the season.

Key also shot an 82 and may have been pressing a bit because like Sheffer, he was a senior in his last Sectional.

Hoehn felt that his played good on a course that he likened to Victoria National in difficulty.

“Seventh place is very respectable when you consider that we’re playing in a Sectional with all the Evansville schools,” he said. “Alex Wade put the work in this season and I’m glad to see it pay off for him.”

Hoehn went on to say that Wade has worked hard on his game all season and that it was good to see results at Oak Meadow.

After Wade, it was a rough day for the rest of the Vikings, as far as their scores were concerned. Dylan Krohn shot an 85, Ty Butler a 92 and Austin Enright a 99 to make up the top four.

Andrew Reich rounded out the North Posey contingent with a 103.

Kyle Whitmore was the only Rappite

to break 100, as he paced New Harmony with a 95. Stephen Murray followed with a 112, while Kris Scarfia and Clint Matthews each shot 113s.

Moving from one of the easiest courses in Evansville to the second toughest really hampered the underclass-heavy Rappites, according to coach Rick Johnson.

“We only had four kids,” Johnson said.

“Andrew McDaniel got caught at work and couldn’t get off, which kind of hurt, because Andrew usually steps in at two or three, but Stephen Murray stepped in and did a nice job. It’s a course that’s not too familiar for us, it’s not that easy for a lot of people.”

Johnson wasn’t that displeased with the way his team played, but he felt that the Rappites could have had a better shot playing Fendrich, which is a flatter course compared to the hillier layout of Oak Meadow.

Central came in between the Cats and Vikings with a 339 for sixth place. The rest of the field included Mater Dei (371), Reitz (372), Signature School (373), Bosse (378) and Boonville (383). Day School and Tecumseh each shot scores of 408 and tied for 13th place.

The Tigers’ Nick Ahlers took medalist honors with a 70. Central’s Dylan Meyer carded a 74 to lead the individual qualifiers. Trey Brinker of North was second with a 75, followed by an awful lot of people at 78.

Eight holes at Fendrich were flooded out by the recent heavy rains and could not be repaired in time for the Sectional, which forced the move to Oak Meadow.

Harrison won the Regional with 295 points, nipping Jasper (296) by a stroke.

Terre Haute South (301) was the third state qualifier out of Oak Meadow.

The Warriors finished eighth at Franklin, shooting a 614 during the two-day finals to come in 23 strokes behind coleaders Indianapolis Brebuf and Columbus North.

Jasper’s Will Seger tied for 10th at states, shooting a 145 (70-75), the highest area finish.

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Local roller derby girl does more than skate through life

By Pam Robinson Long-time Point Township resident Robin Price has won friends with her kind character and contagious smile.

Little would anyone suspect the mild-mannered Work One Intake Agent holding a history degree to harbor dreams of competing with the Rollergirls of Southern Indiana, or ROSI (pronounced Rosie).

“It’s not about tattoos and fishnets,” Price insists about roller derby action.

“It’s about making a difference in your community, being active.”

She highlights her team’s not-for-profit status. ROSI have volunteered at charity events such as the Special Olympics Walk, a car wash for CJ’s Bus and even at Guns ‘n Hoses. All team proceeds go to cover the cost of arena rental, emergency medical staff and other expenses. Otherwise, the Rollergirls pay for their own dues, insurance, gear and trips, whether to the local venue, Swonder Ice Arena in Evansville, or to an out-of-state location, traveling as far away as Alabama.

Price emphasizes also how flat-track roller derby now differs from banked-track roller derby of the ‘70s, during its heyday.

“In the 70s, a lot of times roller derby was more like professional wrestling. They were there to entertain, and they were out for the hits and the wow factor,” she admits.

“Roller derby today is a sport.

It takes a lot of endurance; it takes a lot of dedication; it takes a lot of commitment; it takes a lot of just strength.

It’s a skill.”

Price grew up ice skating in her native New York State before moving to the area with her parents for their work with Bristol-Myers Squibb. She had put up her rollerblades shortly after graduating from the University of Southern Indiana—15 years ago. She has found the transition from roller blades and ice skates to roller skates came easily.

The biggest challenge comes in dealing with her “mental fears,” confesses the mother of a 9-year-old daughter named Rachel.

“I, being a practical person, being almost 40, having a full-time job and a child to take care of, it’s harder for me to just jump out there and be reckless without any cares in the world as far as getting hurt. I think that may be part

of why I’m not ready to skate yet,” Price states.

Since the 2010 season, Price has served as support staff for ROSI, one of two roller derby teams in Evansville. This year, she was also accepted as a member of the team.

A committee of team members requires extensive training in skating skills before anyone enters her first bout.

She must master a crossover and several stops as well as learn to control speed and to take and give hits. Above all, she must learn to fall correctly. “ Yes,” Price says, grinning, “there is a proper way to fall.”

During the roller derby season, from March to September, Price trains an average of two nights with the possibility of up to four nights a week at Skate World in Evansville. During the off-season, it’s important to continue with any activity that will strengthen core and endurance levels.

Price has already reached a milestone, a minimum number of practices which allows for choosing her name, a unique name standing out from all the other names on all rosters wherever roller derby is played.

“My name is Yankee ClipHer, and my number is 5. For a New York Yankee fan or any baseball fan, that will make some sense. Joe DiMaggio was #5 and called the Yankee Clipper. Being from New York, I don’t take offense if someone is hollering, ‘Hey, Yankee!’ I kind of take some pride,” she comments.

“That’s not to mention that my mother loves the Yankees, so this is one way to soften the news to her that ‘Hey, I’ve joined a roller derby team.’ That’s just another example of my mental state. What other 38-year-old do you know who worries about what Mom might think? Just kidding. She took it a lot better than I thought she would.”

Price and her husband Shawn, a Point Township native, will celebrate 16 years of mar-

riage this summer. They are regrouping now after losing their home during the flooding this spring. Compared to that battle, roller derby seems like a Sunday stroll in the park.

Price confides, “Roller derby is something I want to do for me. I’ll always be Shawn’s wife and Rachel’s mom. Roller derby is the first thing I’ve done for myself in my whole life.”

If anyone is interested in attending just one roller derby bout, Price recommends the

Saturday, July 23, “Skate or Bust” event with all proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society. Last year alone, the Rollergirls of Southern Indiana raised over $4,000 for cancer research.

Those who can’t wait that long, may head to Swonder Ice Arena on July 9 for the next home bout. Doors open at 6 p.m., and action starts at 7 p.m. To learn more, readers may visit the team website, www.rollergirlsofsin.com, or email info@rollergirlsofsin. com.

Rollergirl Robin Price

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Schmitt named to All-PAC team, two other earn mention They were infielder Lisa Garris and utility player Megan Redman.

Undefeated conference champion Gibson Southern placed five girls on the All-PAC squad. Bree Wilzbacher joins Schmitt as pitchers on the team, while infielders Meagan Taylor and Maggie Ritter represent the Lady Titans along with outfielder Meagan Robinson and utility player Cortney Norris.

Tecumseh (state champions in Class 1A, tied for fourth in the PAC) has three all-conference picks, including out-

By Steve Joos North Posey pitcher Shelley Schmitt has been named to the All-Packet Athletic Conference softball team for this season.

A senior, Schmitt has been a consistent winner for the Lady Vikings, helping them to a 4-4 conference mark and a 14-8 overall record this year. North Posey wrapped up the season in a three-way tie with Heritage Hills and Tecumseh for fourth in the PAC. Two Lady Vikings also received honorable mentions.

fielder Chelsie Nurhing, infielder Kayley Pemberton and outfielder Emily Tuley.

South Spencer, Southridge and Heritage Hills each have two All-Pac selections. Catcher Hayley Scott and utility player Shea Tempel represent the Lady Patriots, while catcher Allie Michel and infielder Mariah Ferguson are the All-PAC Lady Raiders and outfielder Jessie Seiler and utility player Brooke Rust represent the Lady Rebels. Utility players Josalyn Ress (Tell City) and Gina Bettag (Forest Park) round out the team.

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Two Wildcats named to all area team

By Steve Joos Two Mount Vernon Wildcats have been named to the All-Southwestern Indiana baseball team by the Evansville Courier and Press.

Senior Aaron Choate and junior Troy Paris were named to the team, which was released Sunday.

An infielder, Paris hit .524 for the Cats, with 35 runs batted in. The catcher for the Class 3A Sectional champions, Choate hit .437 with two homers and 23 RBIs this spring.

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Tell City had two selections, as pitcher Shane Weedman (8-0, 2.69 ERA) and designated hitter Trent Gunn (.438) represented the Marksmen.

Heritage Hills outfielder Drew Rosbottom (.431) earned a spot on the team, giving the Pocket Athletic Conference nine AllSouthwestern Indiana selections. Jasper pitcher Blake Blessinger (5-0, 0.90) and Logootee infielder Bryant Ackerman (.419) round out the team.

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Barracudas continue to fight competition, weather, starting to win

Katie Russell gets phenomenal speed out of her freestyle stroke during Saturday’s Olney Swim-Your-Own-Age Invitational meet. Photo by Terri koch

By Steve Joos First, the good news for the Brittlebank age-group swim team.

The Barracudas won their first home dual meet of the season Tuesday night.

Now, the bad news.

They had some more issues with the weather.

The Barracudas were competing in the Olney Invitational Saturday in Illinois, when that meet was cut short due to inclement weather. The Cudas were in second place among the 10-team field at the Illinois pool.

Even the meet the Cudas got in was dampened a bit by the weather, as it was to have originally been a triangular.

Wabash Valley opted out of Tuesday’s scheduled triangular at Brittlebank, but the Evansville YMCA didn’t, and the Cudas came away with a 451-178 victory over a small (six swimmers), but competitive team.

Brittlebank 451, Evansville YMCA 178 Six and under girls’ sprint freestyle: Meagan Burnett (first) :56.97, Lindsey Wilson (second) 1:01.40, Boys: Benjamin Gluckert (first) :56.46; Eight and under girls: Hannah Durham (second) :25.29, Olivia Culley (third) :38.47, Kelsey Lang (fourth) : 46.35, Boys: Kyle Hamilton (first) :30.18; 9-10 girls: Alyssa Courey (first) :23.61, Meagan Ghrist (third) :25.56, Hayley Lang (sixth) :30.97, Emily Duckworth (eighth) :40.54, Boys: Aaron Blunt (second) :27.19, Ty Walls (third) :26.40, Jason Hamilton (fourth) :22.03, Jonathan Chaffin (fifth) :34.16; 11-12 girls: Danielle Minton (first)

1:06.07, Jamie Chaffin (second) 1:06.28, Christy Cox (third) 1:07.68, Sarah Rutledge (fourth) 1:18.19, Boys: Todd Ghrist (first) :48.53, Zach Denning (second) :56.37; 1314 girls: Ashley Walls (first) :46.65, Katie Culley (second) :47.02, Caitlin Bottecher (third) :58.36, Boys: Levi Duckworth (first) :47.29, Jason Duckworth (second) :49.70, Nathan Courey (third) 1:08.96, Neil Courey (fourth) 1:18.25; Open girls: Jamie Boettcher (first) :43.40, Boys: Tyler Harris (first) :38.34, Dexter Volz (second) :44.45.

Eight and under girls’ freestyle: Emily Hueftle (first) 2:45.37, 9-10 girls: Maiya Courey (first) 2:09.48, A. Courey (second) 2:33.76, Boys: A. Blunt (first) 2:45.25, Jason Hueftle (second) 2:46; 11-12 girls: Katie Russell (first) 2:18.63, J. Chaffin (second) 2:49.53, Meagan Russell (third) 3:09.27, Boys: Z. Denning (first) 2:26.28; 13-14 girls: Hannah Cross (first) 1:53.16, A. Walls (second) 2:04.29, K. Culley (third) 2:14.34, Boys: Jason Crabtree (first) 1:57.09, L. Duckworth (second) 2:06.41; Open girls: Jenny Koch (first) 1:49.72, Boys: Jason Harris (first) 1:47.25.

Six and under girls’ backstroke: L. Wilson (first) :58.25, M. Burnett (second) 2:15.62, Maria Shirel (third) 3:16.69, Boys: Gluckert (third) 1:23.60; Eight and under girls: H. Durham (second) :27.90, K. Lang (third) :52.65, O. Culley (fourth) :54.59, Boys: K. Hamilton (first) :43.60; 9-10 girsls: M. Courey (first) :24.90, Boys: Josh Hamilton (first) :25.55, J. Hueftle (second) :33.97, T. Walls (third) :36.03; 11-12 girls: J. Chafffin (First) 1:19.00, M. Russell (second) 1:28.38, Boys: T. Ghrist (first) 1:01.82; 13-14 girls:

Cross (first) 1:58.68, C. Boectthcer (second) 2:52.19, Boys: L. Duckworth (first) 2:20.28, J. Duckworth (second) 2:21.39, Phillip Minton (third) 2:50.09, N. Courey (fourth) 3:32.18; Open girls: J. Boettcher (first) 2:11.01, Boys: T. Harris (first) 1:48.87.

Eight and under girls’ medley relay: 1) Brittlebank (K. Lang, O. Culley, K. Hueftle, H. Durham) 2:54.71; 9-10 girls: 1) Brittlebank (A. Courey, M. Ghrist, H. Lang, E. Duckworth) 2:15.98, Boys: 1) Brittlebank (K. Hamilton, Nick Carter, J. Chaffin, K. Hamilton) 2:21.68; 11-12 girls: 1) Brittlebank (J. Chaffin, S. Rutledge, K. Russell, M. Russell) 2:10.25, Boys: 1) Brittlebank (Z. Denning, J. Hueftle, A. Blunt, T. Ghrist) 2:09.16; 13-14 girls: 1) Brittlebank (G. Boettcher, Cross, K. Culley, A. Walls) 3:52.95, Boys: 1) Brittlebank (J. Duckworth, P. Minton, J. Crabtree, N. Courey) 4:15.31; Open girls: 1) Brittlebank (C. Cox, J. Benthall, J. Boettcher, Koch) 4:06.81.

Eight and under girls’ distance freestyle: E. Hueftle (second) 1:05.47, H. Durham (third) 1:16.03; 9-10 girls: M. Courey (first) :45.30, M. Ghrist (third) 1:00.28, H. Lang (fifth) 1:15.09, Boys: J. Hamilton (first) :48.75, A. Blunt (third) 1:03.56, T. Walls (fourth) 1:09.12, J. Chaffin (fifth) 1:21.72; 11-12 girls: K. Russell (first) 2:00.91, D. Minton (second) 2:38.56, C. Cox (third) 2:41.14, S. Rutledge (fourth) 2:55.27, Boys: T. Ghrist (first) 1:49.81; 13-14 girls: Cross (first) 1:43.75, G. Boettcher (second) 2:37.22, Boys: Crabtree (first) 1:47.26, J. Duckworth (second) 1:55.24, N. Courey (third) 2:48.91; Open girls: Koch (first) 1:43.71, Boys: Harris (first) 1:34.25.

Six and under girls’ butterfly: Wilson (first) 1:17.57, M. Shirel (second) 2:17.13, Boys: Gluckert (first) 1:37.03; Eight and under girls: E. Hueftle (first) :33.40, O. Culley (third) :52.52, K. Lang (fourth) 1:08.85, Boys: K. Hamilton (second) :51.31; 9-10 girls: M. Courey (first) :27.16, A. Courey (fourth) :34.72, M. Ghrist (seventh) :38.25, Jordan Benthall (sixth) :44.80, E. Duckworth (seventh) :46.37, Boys: J. Hamilton (first) :23.71, J. Hueftle (second) :42.09; 11-12 girls: K. Russell (first) 1:00.89, S. Rutledge (second) 1:25.69, Boys: T. Ghrist (first) 1:01.04, Z. Denning (second) 1:24.22; 13-14 girls: Cross (first) :58.15, A. Walls (second) 1:01.57, K. Culley (third) 1:03.23, Boys: L. Duckworth (first) :55.62, Crabtree (second) 1:07.00, P. Minton (third) 1:29.21; Open girls: Koch (first) :52.12, Boys: D. Volz (first) 1:11.72.

Six and under girls’ breaststroke: M. Burnett (first) 1:05.85, L. Wilson (second) 1:21.85, M. Shirel (third) 3:37.90, Boys: Gluckert (first) 1:07.32; Eight and under girls: E. Hueftle (second) :47.23, O. Culley (third) :47.56, Durham (fourth) :55.53, Boys: K. Hamilton (second) :46.81; 9-10 girls: A. Courey (first) :34.29, H. Lang (third) :36.29,

E. Duckworth (sixth) :38.04, Boys: J. Hueftle (second) :35.81, A. Blunt (third) :36.88, J. Chaffin (fifth) :53.04, 11-12 girls: K. Russell (first) 1:14.34, J. Chaffin (second) 1:35.12, M. Russell (third) 1:43.62, Boys: Z. Denning (first) 1:15.07; 13-14 girls: A. Walls (first) 2:20.52, K. Culley (second) 2:45.85, G. Boettcher (third) 2:32.49, Boys: Crabtree (first) 2:15.44, L. Duckworth (second) 2:25.05, P. Minton (third) 2:36.35, N. Courey (fourth) 3:20.75; Open girls: Koch (first) 2:05.71, J. Boettcher (second) 2:29.24, Boys: Volz (first) 2:37.91.

Girls’ 9-10 freestyle relay: 1) Brittlebank (J. Benthall, E. Duckworth, H. Lang, A. Courey) 2:47.53, Boys: 1) Brittlebank (K. Hamilton, J. Hueftle, N. Courey, J. Hamilton) 2:06.06; 11-12 girls: 1) Brittlebank (C. Cox, K. Russell, M. Russell, D. Minton), Boys: 1) Brittlebank (A. Blunt, Z. Denning, J. Chaffin, T. Ghrist) 3:43.19; 13-14 girls: 1) Brittlebank (A. Walls, C. Boettcher, Cross, K. Culley) 3:25.83, Boys: 1) Brittlebank (N. Courey, P. Minton, J. Duckworth, Crabtree) 4:09.77; Open girls: 1) Brittlebank (J. Chaffin, M. Ghrist, J. Boettcher, Koch) 1:53.43.

Six-year-old Benjamin Gluckert loves swimming the backstroke and makes good progress during Saturday’s Olney invitational. Photo by Terri Koch

New Harmony softball celebrates season of improvement

By Steve Joos The important thing for the New Harmony softball team this season was to show improvement.

And that’s what they did, accoriding to coach Jeff Moore.

Moore reviewed the Lady Rappites’ season and presented team awards in a banquet Wednesday night at the Don Matthews residence near New Harmony.

The Lady Rappites won five more games this season, improving from a 2-15 mark to 7-10 this year. That included four losses in Illinois by one run each.

Three players collected at least 21 hits, while each hit over .400 on the season.

Morgan Matthews was the team’s leading hitter, notching a .420 batting average on the year, mainly because she had fewer at-bats than the other two players. The sophomore infielder was also honored as the team’s RBI leader

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with 14 runs batted in.

Alyssa Scherzinger earned the Golf Glove award as the team’s leading fielder, while Kendyl Morris and Kelsey Owen shared the mental attitude award and Andrea Smotherman was named the most improved player after raising her batting average from .062 as a freshman to .414 this year.

Madison Worman was the team’s top pitcher, posting a 4.40 earned run average.

The rest of the team included Kaila Wineberger, Hannah Williams, Abbey Deckard, Brittany Reister, Hayleigh Hatch, Holly Walden, Sandra hall and Brianna Suttles (the only senior on the squad).

Jackie Moore was also recognized as one of the assistant coaches, along with Jeff Smotherman, Beth Axton and Donnie MatThe New Harmony HS 2011 softball banquet was held at Donnie and Diana Mathews thews.

Moore thanked the team for their efforts pool. Members present were (left to right) Briana Suttles, Alyssa Scherzinger, Kaila during the season and expected an even bet- Winerberger, Sandra Hall, Brittany Rister, Morgan Mattews, Andrea Smotherman, ter year in 2012.

Kelsey Owen, and Kendall Morris. Photo by Zach Sollman

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Mount Vernon Junior Legion continues to play well, win games

By Steve Joos The Mount Vernon Junior American Legion baseball team played and split a pair of doubleheaders last week.

Hank Dausman tossed a two-hitter Thursday night and Jevin Redman drove in the game’s only run as the Owen Dunn Post Five Junior team nipped visiting Newburgh Junior 1-0 for a split of their twinbill.

A fifth inning rally fell short in the opener, won by Newburgh 8-6, while on Wednesday night, Mount Vernon took the opener over visiting Funkhouser 3-1, but then dropped the nightcap 10-1.

“A pattern? Win one, lose one?” coach Dan McNamara said. “Hank Dausman pitched a fantastic game. He gave up two hits, struck out three and the defense played well behind him. They turned a double play.

He held them to zero. You’re going to win a lot of games if you do that.”

The game was scoreless until Bryce Newman was hit by a pitch with two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Newman then stole second and came around when Redman line one over the left fielder’s head for an RBI double and the only run of the game.

Redman’s blow was one of only three blows by Post Five in the nightcap. Dausman singled in the bottom of the fourth, while River VanZant singled in the first inning.

One of Newburgh’s hits was a bunt single leading off the top of the fifth, but VanZant was able to get out of the inning and nail down the game.

“That’s a good game,” McNamara said. “You don’t see many 1-0 games. That was fun.”

In the first game, Newburgh kept Mount Pitcher Jevin Redman of the Mount Vernon Junior American Legion teams lets one Vernon in check while building an 8-0 lead, rip to home plate during Thursday night’s game with Newburgh. Photo by Dave Koch but Post Five was able to all but come back for the victory.

VanZant singled, Craig Isaac was hit by a pitch and Collin Varner doubled in Mount Vernon’s first run of the game.

After Clay Ford flew out, Seth Reeves delivered a two-run double J.T. Silvers drew a walk. Austin Doerflein fouled out, but New-

man and Redman each delivered RBI singles before the rally was stopped.

Ross Canada started for Mount Vernon, but was chased in the second inning. Silvers and Redman followed him to the mound, but some early errors gave Newburgh extra outs, which led to Newburgh’s runs.

Van Zant and Reeves each had two hits.

“Their pitchers kept us off-balance and we made some errors early in the game,” McNamara said. “We came back and had the tying runs on base in the fifth inning. This team never quits.”

The Newburgh pitcher finally started tiring in the fifth and Mount Vernon was able to string some hits together and pushed some runs across the plate. Mount Vernon stranded 10 batters over the first four innings.

“If we could have scratched some runs together, it might have been different,” McNamara said. “But this is a good team which has players from a number of different schools.”

On Wednesday night, Mount Vernon got good pitching and pieced together enough runs to win the opener, but then struggled in the nightcap.

Trevor Veeck tossed a three-hitter in the opener, shutting out Funkhouser Junior until the top of the fifth inning.

Veeck got all the runs he needed in the bottom of the first when McNamara doubled, Van Zant singled and Aaron Roberts belted a three-run homer.

Roberts had two of the team’s six hits, with Reeves and Veeck getting the other blows.

Veeck pitched a good game, dispatching the Evansville post’s junior squad in less than an hour.

As for the second game, a couple of errors in the top of the second drove Canada from the mound.

An eight-run second inning also proved to be fatal for the Junior Legion.

VanZant and Roberts each had two hits.

Tuesday’s home game with Junior Pate was rained out, while Sunday’s contest with Boonville was moved to this Thursday.

Honored recently at the North Posey High School girls’ softball banquet are Kendyl Ahrens, Varsity Silver Slugger and Outstanding Leader; Megan Redman, Varsity Golden Seniors honored for four years of Viking softball at the recent softball banquet are Glove Award; and Taylor Patton, Reserve Silver Slugger and Varsity Most Improved.

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North Posey Red fights back to gain win over St. Wendel, earn Rural Babe Ruth crown

By Steve Joos “My hat’s off to North Posey Red. They are very well-coached and deserve to be champions of our league.”

That was St. Wendel Babe Ruth baseball coach Danny Embrey’s comment after Red rallied in the bottom of the fifth inning Wednesday night to pull out an 8-6 victory over St. Wendel.

Griffin Motz belted a grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth as Red came back from a 5-2 deficit to get the win.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, a St. Wendel error allowed one run to score and then Motz belted his shot, giving Red a 7-5 lead which they never relinquished. The North Posey team added another tally in the sixth.

St. Wendel came up short despite four hits from Blake Wildeman, who also scored a pair of runs and collected two runs batted in.

Derek Lindauer and Drew Cumbee each had two hits, while Damon Cardin, Bryce Martin and Josh Koch each had hits. Cumbee and Martin each doubled.

St. Wendel took a 9-8 record into Sunday’s game with the Haubstadt Merchants in the league tournament.

Earlier in the week, St. Wendel outslugged

North Posey Red pitcher Bo Cox brings the heat. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Lindauer picked up the win, with relief help from Wildeman, and each pitcher helped themselves out at the plate. Lindauer had a hit and drove in a run, while Wildeman had two hits, including a double, stole two bases, scored two runs and drove in four.

Greg Schapker collected four hits, including a pair of doubles, drove in two runs and scored two. Luke Cumbeee had a hit and drove in three runs, while Thomas Steagall had a hit and had two RBIs. Embrey thanked his assistant coaches, Tim Lindauer and Gene Wildeman, for their help this season. He also thanked the team parents for bringing their players to practice, the games and working at the ballpark on field maintenance and the concession stand.

A veteran of coaching youth and Babe Ruth baseball in the North Posey system, Embrey returned to coaching Babe Ruth this summer.

Red and North Posey Black both drew byes and played their first games Monday night. Red against the winner of Sunday’s tourney opener between Princeton Red and the Haubstadt Legion and Black against either Oakland City or Princeton White. The other first round game Sunday pitted Fort Branch VFW against Owensville.

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Help Wanted Continued on following page New Harmony School is seeking an individual to work as Athletic Department Secretary & Extra-curricular Activities Bookkeeper. Job description & application should be picked up at the school office. People & computer skills a must. Submit resume & application by July 5. 6/28

PRN NURSES needed for elegant Assisted Living Home located in historic New Harmony, IN. Please reply to Angie Goldman, Director of Nursing. The Charles Ford Memorial Home, P.O. Box 395, New Harmony, IN 47631. (812) 6824675.

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Be Part of Our Full-Time Team!

Aventine Renewable Energy is now accepting applications for Operation and Maintenance positions.

Applications can be obtained and returned to: ATTN: HR Administrator 7201 Port Road Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 OR online at www.aventinerei.com

The PLANT ACCOUNTANT performs or coordinates activities involved in maintaining and processing various accounting and financial records as well as directing or supervising personnel within the department by giving technical directions and guidance to maintain financial records. Accounts Receivable and Inventory duties are also part if the Plant Accountant’s tasks. The position is responsible for supporting the Plant Controller with day-to-day accounting duties, preparing account reconciliations, assisting with Sarbanes-Oxley, and being a proactive member of the Accounting Department The position requires knowledge of general accounting principles usually acquired through four year of post-secondary education in accounting or a related business field.

General understanding of the GAAP is required. Two years experience in an accounting setting with familiarity of accounting processes. Accounting experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred but not required.

Please Submit resumes to: Aventine Renewable Energy Attn: Rodney Goodrich, 7201 Port Road, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE’S LIFE! Dungarvin Indiana LLC., an organization committed to responding to the choices of people with developmental disabilities, currently has immediate part-time direct care positions available in the Posey County area. We are seeking dedicated individuals who desire to work with people with developmental disabilities in a community setting. A variety of work schedules are currently available with wages starting at $8.50 per hour.

Dungarvin also offers a variety of benefits. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma/GED, have reliable transportation, current auto liability insurance, and a valid driver’s license.

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Rest Area Attendant: Are you a retired individual, student, or non- traditional worker looking for an employment opportunity to fit your lifestyle? SIRS, Inc. desires to hire quality-oriented and dependable persons to man our Rest Area site on Interstate 64 at Griffin . Full time, Parttime and on-call positions available. Days, Evenings and nights available through the week.

Weekend-only shifts also available. Position responsible for light janitorial, grounds monitoring, and information/referral for travelers. Private office available at each site to provide security and privacy. Perfect for the student or those wanting to supplement a fixed income. For more information contact Ernie at 812 851 3110 or Kathy at 812 3671883 extension 16. 7/5

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The Mt. Vernon Police Dept. will be testing for the position of Police Officer.

Applications may be picked up at the Police Dept. at 526 Main St., Mt. Vernon, IN, from June 28th - July 26th, 2011. Applications may also be downloaded at www.mountvernon.in.gov All applications must be returned by 4:00 PM on July 26th.

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High School Girls Head Basketball Coach. For application and information call New Harmony School at 812 682-4401.

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SOCIAL SERVICES - JOB COACH Applicant should have experience working with the public, superior time management skills, effective interpersonal skills, and computer skills. Will provide individualized support to clients with special needs seeking to obtain or maintain community employment. Minimum of 2 yrs college or background in social services. Must have valid driver’s license and be open to flexible scheduling. Send resume to Posey County Rehab Services, 5525 Industrial Road, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 Attn: Vice President-PCRS. Fax: 812-838-0571 6/28

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“Providing safe & reliable transportation services since 1955”

As part of the Aventine team you will be eligible for: *Competitive Wages *401K Programs *Medical, Dental, and Life Insurance *Paid Vacation Qualified applicants must have High School Dilpoma or GED, be drug-free, dependable, motivated, team-oriented, and able to work various shifts. For Maintenance positions, previous industrial maintenance (electrical or mechanical) experience is essential.

Be part of the solution to our nation’s energy problems with a company that believes in Integrity, Relationships, & Success.

Experienced Insurance Staff-person for Posey County insurance office. Please send resumes to Mark Price, 11001 Highway 66 West, Evansville, IN 47712 7/5

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Jasper - Washington - Chandler - Poseyville LOCAL JOHN DEERE DEALERSHIP Seeking qualified applicants for the following position in Poseyville: PARTS COUNTER SALES Excellent customer service skills and basic computer knowledge are required.

Agricultural and/or Parts experience helpful.

Our growing company offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including 401(k), Medical & Dental insurance, paid vacation & holidays.

Advancement opportunities are available.

Apply in person at your local Wright Stemle location or online at www.johndeere.com.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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404 N. EAST STREET 2 OLD ORCHARD New Harmony ~ $129,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $419,900 • Remodeled 3 bedroom on corner lot • 5 br, 4 1/2 ba, 2 story home on lake • Living & formal dining, rec rm, bsmt • 5500+ sq ft, finished walk-out bsmt • Beautiful eat-in kitchen, 3 car garage • Custom Features throughout!!

Call Michelle Hudson Call Michelle Hudson @ 457-4928 @ 457-4928

745 SMITH ROAD Mt. Vernon ~ $115,900 • Near country club golf course & park • Brick ranch, 3-4 br/2 full ba, fam rm • Full bsmt, 2 1/2 car gar, Home Warranty Call Delene Schmitz @ 483-0785

4753 RANES ORCHARD RD 1 DOGWOOD PLACE Mt. Vernon ~ $289,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $474,900 • Beautiful 3-4 br ranch with 7.93 acres • Quality custom built 2-story w/bsmt • 2631 square feet with custom features • 6180 sq ft, 4 br, 3/2 ba, 36x22 pool • Built in 2002. 50’ x 40’ barn with rec rm • Bonus rm, office, 3 car garage, wd flrs Call Michelle Hudson Call Michelle Hudson @ 457-4928 @ 457-4928

1709 GREENBRIER DR Mt. Vernon ~ $224,900 * One owner, custom built brick home *3 br, 3 ba, kit w/island, breakfast nook *Landscaped w/sprinkler/drip system Call Linda Dickens @ 455-1490

7510 INDIAN MOUND RD. 2009 GREENBRIER 4110 BLACKFORD ROAD 3687 N. CABORN ROAD Mt Vernon ~ $119,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $179,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $194,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $189,900 • 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths on 3 acres • Country! Brick ranch, 3-5 br, 3 ba • 3 lg BR, 2 1/2 BA, over 2400 sq ft • Brick ranch 4 bedroom, 2 bath • 3 car garage, fam rm with fireplace • Finished bsmt with family room • Kit w/Corian counters, all appliances • 3.56 acre lot, shared lake • Master w/walk-in closet & whirlpool tub • 2 1/2 car gar, corner lot, landscaped • Full walk-out basement w/fam room • 2 1/2 car garage & Buyers Home Warranty Call Loretta Call Delene Schmitz Call Michelle Hudson Call Linda Dickens @ 431-8458 @ 483-0785 @ 457-4928 @ 455-1490

1000 PLEASANT VALLEY DR 165 N. CALE 330 SUNSET DRIVE Poseyville ~ $139,000 Mt. Vernon ~ $179,900 Mt. Vernon ~ $173,900 • Brick, main floor 5 br, 2 1/2 ba, kit w/bar • 3 br split design, new construction 2008 • One owner brick ranch w/1553 sq. ft.

• Din & fam rm, downstairs has 2 br, full ba • Fam rm, Din rm, kit w/brkfst nook, 1/2 bsmt • 3 br, 2 ba, family room w/fireplace • View of WHCC 7th green, must see!

• 2 1/2 car garage. Updated throughout • Master bath with whirlpool & a shower Call Linda Dickens Call Michelle Hudson Call Linda Dickens @ 455-1490 @ 457-4928 @ 455-1490

829 N LOCUST Mt. Vernon ~ $124,500 • 2700 square foot, 5 bedroom home • Basement, garage, hardwood floors • 140 x 140 corner lot. Immediate poss.

• $2500 appliance allowance Call Michelle @ 457-4928

4601 BLACKFORD ROAD 105 LAWRENCE DRIVE Mt. Vernon ~ $92,500 $122,900 • Office Property! Large corner lot • 1 1/2 story updated home on 1.21 acre • 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, partially finished bsmt • Brick bldg, great location & condition • Plenty of parking spaces available.

• Large covered porch, beautiful views Call Delene Schmitz • Detached barn, smoke house, home warranty @ 483-0785 Call Monica @ 457-9993

(812) 838-4479

1241 CARDINAL DRIVE Mt. Vernon ~ $129,900 • 5 br brick ranch with 2700+ sq ft • 2 1/2 car gar & 24x22 det gar/workshop • Liv, din, fam, rec, office and more!

Call Michelle Hudson @ 457-4928

1221 MOCKINGBIRD Mt Vernon ~ $124,900 • 1 1/2 story Cape Cod w/3 br, 2 1/2 ba • Fam room w/fireplace. Formal liv & din • 2 1/2 car gar, fenced yard, Immed poss.

Call Michelle @ 457-4928

928 E. SHERMAN Mt. Vernon ~ $89,900 • 3 bedroom, 1 bath, nice fenced yard • Nice 1,265 square foot brick ranch • Newer furnace, a/c, roof, water heater Call Julia Vantlin @ 455-0461

1501 GREENFIELD DR. New Harmony ~ $79,900 • Between Mt Vernon & New Harmony • 10.01 acres with lake at end of private lane • Wonderful location for your new home • Includes some wooded acreage Call Delene @ 483-0785

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She is a medium-sized, mixed breed. Her coat is solid black with the exception of white on her toes. Domino was wearing a red collar. If found, contact, the Seiberts at 874-2876 7/12

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ST. PHILLIPS AREA Great country home with almost 3000 sq ft of living space in this wonderful country setting surrounded by farm fields. Home boasts 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, a large greatroom, sunroom/sitting room, unfinished basement, detached block garage, above ground pool with mountains free deck, hardwood floors. Really its too much to list. Come out and see it all for yourself. $235,000 Call Andy 449-8444

CHURCH ST. POSEYVILLE 2 Bedroom 1 bath home with over 1000 sq ft on a large 97x175 lot on a quaint street in Poseyville just blocks from Main St. House has full unfinished basement and attached carport on the rear of home.

House has replacement windows, high efficiency heat and air, newer kitchen cabinetry, remodeled bathroom etc. $64,900. Call Andy 449-8444

170 N NIX AVE  POSEYVILLE Brick home with four bedrooms. Home is located on a quiet dead-end street in the newer part of Poseyville. The lot is flat and provides plenty of potential for outdoor activities. This is a great affordable family home with a lot of living space including a large great-room and eat-in kitchen. Furnace and A/C new in 2003. Only $99,000.

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Unique four bedroom home with a lot of history in Poseyville. Built in 1950 this house has a great view of the professionally landscaped and fenced back yard from a beautiful sunroom. Kitchen includes plenty of room to work with double oven, electric rangetop, fridge, & plentiful cabinet space. Basement also includes secondary kitchen, living room with fireplace, and extra shower. 2 Bedrooms on the main floor and additional 2 bedrooms upstairs with bonus closet space. New roof and dual high efficiency heat and air system. This home is move-in ready and available for immediate possession. Call Andy 449-8444

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LOOK OUT: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! Bank Owned home to be sold as is. 30’x24’ like new detached garage. 35’ x 14’ concrete patio. Some replacement windows. ONLY $25,000. Call Tony 457-2643

55 S CHURCH ST.  POSEYVILLE 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. $68,000 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 $110,900 Call Randy at 985-9072

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Western Hills swimmers continue to battle despite the odds

By Steve Joos For the third time in the last 10 years, the Western Hills Country Club swim team opened a season in which all of its meets would be on the road, losing recently at Oak Meadow 615-433.

“We had a great showing and got many first place finishes,” coach Lynn Sims said. “We were simply beaten by their depth. We showed we have a great deal of talent, just not enough numbers.”

WHCC’s blue ribbon winners included Halle Bailey, Ellen

Schmitt named to All-PAC softball team North Posey pitcher Shelley Schmitt has been named to the All-Packet Athletic Conference softball team for this season.

A senior, Schmitt has been a consistent winner for the Lady Vikings, helping them to a 4-4 conference mark and a 14-8 overall record this year. North Posey wrapped up the season in a three-way tie with Heritage Hills and Tecumseh for fourth in the PAC. Two Lady Vikings also received honorable mentions. They were infielder Lisa Garris and utility player Megan Redman.

Undefeated conference champion Gibson Southern placed five girls on the All-PAC squad. Bree Wilzbacher joins Schmitt as pitchers on the team, while infielders Meagan Taylor and Maggie Ritter represent the Lady Titans along with outfielder Meagan Robinson and utility player Cortney Norris.

Tecumseh (state champions in Class 1A, tied for fourth in the PAC) has three all-conference picks, including outfielder Chelsie Nurhing, infielder Kayley Pemberton and outfielder Emily Tuley.

South Spencer, Southridge and Heritage Hills each have two All-Pac selections. Catcher Hayley Scott and utility player Shea Tempel represent the Lady Patriots, while catcher Allie Michel and infielder Mariah Ferguson are the All-PAC Lady Raiders and outfielder Jessie Seiler and utility player Brooke Rust represent the Lady Rebels. Utility players Josalyn Ress (Tell City) and Gina Bettag (Forest Park) round out the team.

Cox, Brooke Jackson, Emily Gragnon and Kendyl Bourne.

Other top finishers were Kelly Blair, Natalie Blair, Jacob Cox, Nicholas Carter, Katie Culley, Logan Culley, Olivia Culley, Taylor Culley, Zach Culley, Garrett Kitterman, Grady Kitterman, Ella Sims, Ty Sims and Jack Valier.

Other top swimmers were Ashlyn Bourne, Taylor Collins, Shelby Culley, Maggie Jones and Molly Jones.

Sims was impressed with the team’s competitiveness and said she is looking forward to the team’s upcoming dual meets.

This was WHCC first meet in two years. The Mount Vernon club didn’t put a team in the water last year due to a lack of numbers. It went without any home dual meets in 2002 while the pool was being replaced and 2007 due to a fire at the clubhouse.

Oak Meadow 615, WHCC 433 Girls’ 9-10 medley relay: 2) WHCC (A. Bourne, M. Jones, E. Cox, T. Collins) 1:53.82; Eight and under girls: 1) WHCC (B. Jackson, H. Bailey, H. Blair, O. Culley) 2:04.50; 11-12 boys: 1) WHCC (Grady Kitterman, L. Culley, J. Bailey, Valier) 3:20.21; 13-14 girls: 1) WHCC (E. Sims, T. Culley, N. Blair, K. Culley) 2:52.44.

Eight and under girls’ 100-IM: E. Cox (first) 1:38.02; 11-12 girls’ 200-IM: N. Blair (first) 1:21.71, E. Sims (second) 1:35.84, Boys: J. Bailey (first) 1:28.44, Valier (second) 1:44.35; 13-14 girls: K. Culley (second) 1:38.29, Boys: Grady Kitterman (second) 1:38.22; Open girls: K. Bourne (first) 1:24.50, Shelby A (third) 1:38.87.

Girls’ 25-tot length freestyle: Emily G. (first) :32.51, M. Jones (second) ::38.25; 9-10 girls’ 25-freestyle: T. Collins (second) :21.37, M. Jones (fifth) :24.40, A. Bourne (sixth) :36.66, Boys: T. Sims (first) :26.44.

Eight and under girls’ 25-butterfly: K. Blair (first) :31.40, O. Culley (third) :41.93, Boys: Z, Culley (first) :28.14; 9-10 girls: E. Cox (first) :20.24, M. Jones (fourth) :33.37, Boys: T. Sims (second) :32.42.

Girls’ 11-12 50-freestyle: N. Blair (first) :37.52, Boys: J.

Bailey (first) :36.76, Valier (third) :51.80; 13-14 girls: K. Culley (first) :44.36; Open girls: S. Culley (fourth) :44.36.

Eight and under girls’ 25-backstroke: B. Jackson (first) :28.62, H. Bailey (third) :37.85, O. Culley (sixth) :42.32, Boys: Z. Culley (first) :31.91; 9-10 girls: T. Culley (second) :26.92, A. Bourne (fifth) :37.86, Boys: T. Sims (second) :32.33, N. Carter (third) :32.34.

Girls’ 11-12 50-backstroke: E. Sims (first) :46.24, Boys: L. Culley (second) :57.44, Grady Kitterman (third) 1:09.99; 1314 girls: T. Culley (first) :45.54; Open girls: S. Culley (second) :47.79.

Girls’ eight and under 25-breaststroke: K. Blair (first) :27.80, H. Bailey (fourth) :38.61; 9-10 girls: M. Jones (third) :31.85, Boys: Carter (second) :33.37.

Girls’ 11-12 50-breaststroke: E. Sims (third) :48.75, Boys: J. Bailey (first) :46.48, L. Culley (second) :54.18, Grady Kitterman (third) 1:06.69; 13-14 girls: T. Culley (fourth) :56.40, Boys: Grady Kitterman (first) :44.70; Open girls: K. Bourne (first) :42.99.

Eight and under girls’ 25-freestykle: B. Jackson (first) :24.01, O. Culley (third) :30.38, H. Bailey (fourth) :31.19, Boys: Z. Culley (first) :23.18.

Girls’ 9-10 50-freestyle: E. Cox (first), :36.04, T. Collins (second) :49.75, A. Bourne (sixth) 1:30.81, Boys: Carter (first) 1:17.08; 11-12 girls: N. Blair (first) :32.70, Boys: Valier (second) :38.14, Grady Kitterman (fourth) :47.16, L. Culley (fifth) :47.33; 13-14 girls: K. Culley (second) :36.1450, T. Culley (third) :41.81, Boys: Garrett Kitterman (first) :37.82; Open girls: K. Bourne (first) :34.08.

Eight and under girls’ 100-freestyle relay: 1) WHCC (B. Jackson, O. Culley, H. Bailey) 1:53.48; 9-10 girls: 2) WHCC (M. Jones, A. Bourne, T. Collins, E. Cox) 1:42.03.

Boys’ 11-12 200-freestyle relay: 1) WHCC (Valier, Grady Kitterman, L. Culley, J. Bailey) 3:01.59; 13-14 girls: 1) WHCC (E. Sims, T. Culley, N. Blair) 2:20.22; Open boys: 2) WHCC (Carter, Z. Culley, T. Sims, Garrett Kitterman) 4:03.58.

Arrests and Complaints

June 17 Dorian Givens—Mount Vernon—False Informing— PCS Michael Witt—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Battery— PCS Charles Poston—Evansville—Warrant-Petition to Revoke-Child Molesting— PCS Brandon Jernigan—Mount Vernon—Criminal Mischief, Illegal Consumption of an Alcoholic Beverage— MVPD June 18 Paula Ewing—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery in Presence of a Child— MVPD Alan May—Poseyville— Operating While Intoxicated—PCS William Emmons— Mount Vernon—Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia— MVPD Becky Stafford—Evansville—Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia—MVPD June 20 Cassie Burch—Huntingburg—Warrant-Failure to Appear-Theft—PCS Robert Hardin—Evansville—Warrant-Failure to Appear-Driving While Suspended—PCS June 21 Jeffrey Osborne—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Failure to Appear-Battery x 3—ISP Steven Stallings—Mount Vernon—Driving While Intoxicated With a Passenger Under 16—ISP

Chris Dyer 9:18 a.m.—Suspicious— White Ford pickup, Illinois plate, sitting near the woods.

Looks suspicious. Caller thinks there may be activity going on—Upton Trailer Court, Mount Vernon 9:58 a.m.—Welfare Check—Male subject—Elk Trail, Evansville 3:56 p.m.—Alarm—Residence, storage building— Raben Road, Mount Vernon 4:00 p.m.—Welfare Check—Elderly male subject dressed in winter clothing with coat on, walking along highway. Advised male subject keeps looking into the sky and acting very confused—Hwy 66, Wadesville 4:21 p.m.—VIN Inspection—Camper trailer—Graddy Road, Mount Vernon 5:32 p.m.—Threatening— Caller advised brother is threatening caller through family members. Request to speak with an officer—North Street, Cynthiana 6:02 p.m.—VIN Inspection—Grain truck and stump trailer—Hwy 68, Poseyville 11:57 p.m.—Car-Deer— Hit a deer, doesn’t believe vehicle is drivable. Gray Honda Odyssey, no injuries.

Lost headlight and fender is rubbing on the tire—I 64, Cynthiana June 17 7:23 a.m.—Breaking and Entering—Pried door off building. Only thing taken was the lock off the door.

Nothing inside taken—Reis Road, Mount Vernon 8:09 a.m.—Road Closed— Will be closed for the day— Somers Road between Stone and Hunts, Poseyville 8:26 a.m.—VIN Inspection—Horse trailer—Blackford Road, Mount Vernon 2:03 p.m.—Property Damage—Ford pickup, black or charcoal in color, in the roadway—Base, Mount Vernon 5:41 p.m.—Accident— two vehicles, one minor injury, burn to arm from air bag—Winery 9:10 a.m.—Assault— Caller called screaming, talking about her family smacking and beating her. Advised (name) knows about it. Call-

Indiana has 43 new troopers patrolling area highways.

Troopers from the 70th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy received their patrol cars on Monday, June 20.

The new troopers completed a three month field training period with seasoned troopers before receiving their patrol cars and placed on solo patrol. Two of those troopers are assigned to the Evansville District which is

responsible for Knox, Pike, Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties. Both troopers assigned to the Evansville District will primarily patrol Gibson County.

New Troopers at Evansville District are Trooper Brandon Deig, 23, a native of Mount Vernon and a 2006 graduate of Mater Dei High School. Before joining the Indiana State Police, Deig served two years as a

police officer with Capital Police in Indianapolis. Deig and his wife Amber reside in Evansville. He is the son of Bob and Bambi Deig of rural Mount Vernon.

Trooper Christopher Dyer, 27, is a native of Fort Branch and a 2001 graduate of Gibson Southern High School.

Dyer is currently in the Army reserve and holds the rank of Sergeant. Dyer, his wife Megan and their 10-year-old son reside in Evansville.

er advised son pushed her, called her a (name) and took off. Caller stated “he better go on because she is sick and tired of her family coming out there and beating on her”.

When asked what number she could be reached back at caller said “they know where I live” and hung up. Caller was very upset—Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 10:18 p.m.—Suspicious— Officer out with vehicle— Seibert Lane, Mount Vernon 10:44 p.m.—Suspicious— Advised have three suspicious vehicles behind barn, requesting backup from county—Hwy 69 and Maple Hill, New Harmony

Spill—Anhydrous tank leaking very badly, west side of Hucks on Fourth St—Mount Vernon 6:05 p.m.—Restraining Violation—Would like to speak to officer about caller’s ex. Advised he is at a payphone now calling her.

Would like an officer to go get him—Boberg Road, Evansville 10:26 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Several juveniles drinking and being loud, bonfire in the back yard, in and out of the house. A female subject called in and advised (name) has been threatening a female subject—Farmersville Road, Mount Vernon 10:50 p.m.—Information—Out with black Tahoe—IGA, Mount Vernon

cle. Caller advised a deputy came and took fingerprints and pictures and took a report. Request a call back— Middle Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 5:35 p.m.—Theft—Advised someone has stolen copper wire and copper piping from the garage. Request an officer—Downen Road, Wadesville 6:40 p.m.—Welfare Check—Concerned about his mother. Has not been able to make contact with her all day—Elk Trail, Evansville 7:28 p.m.—Information— Caller advised they recovered a Harley Davidson trailer that was reported stolen out of Posey County. Requesting the full report—Wayne County 8:30 p.m.—Extra Patrol— Advised a white 2-door sports car driven by (name) is driving at high rates of speed up and down Grease Rd. Caller advised he does this daily on his way to his girlfriend’s. Request extra patrol in the area—Grease Road, Poseyville 9:17 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Caller advised she left and went to her cousins house to eat supper and when she came back, things are missing. Stuff in the kitchen, hairspray, casserole dishes, five pairs of black dress socks, towels, pewter candlestick. Believes they picked the lock. Believes it’s the same person whose been robbing her for a year and a half that lives in Wadesville.

Would like an officer to come to the residence—N Church, Poseyville 11:35 p.m.—Threatening—ex-husband’s wife called from Illinois and threatened to beat her and bust her brains in. Caller advised she does not need to speak with an officer, just wants it on file. Caller called back and advised now her husband is calling and calling her names. Just wants this on file—N Main Street, Griffin June 20 2:52 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller advised there was a car parked on Raben Rd. with lights on the garage.

Caller advised when they approached the house in their car to see what this person was doing, this vehicle took off down the dirt road between Raben and Gross Road. The caller’s husband tried to get the vehicle to stop but he wouldn’t and kept going—Mount Vernon 5:28 a.m.—Road Hazard—Caller advised there is

June 18 5:16 a.m.—911 HangUp—Initial call sounded like a fax machine, lots of beeping and clicking. Attempted call back and it clicked then hung up—Old Dam 49 Road, Mount Vernon 7:54 a.m.—Found Property—Found tubes and spare trailer tires along the road that belong to him that was with truck, trailer, motorcycle that was stolen from Lee Road. Caller is sitting at the intersection—Bethsaida Church and Somers Road, New harmony 12:13 p.m.—Road Hazard—Tree blocking westbound lane on a hill. Has wires hanging, unable to advise what type. Officer called in, said tree has been cut up and moved but there is a pole leaning and a large truck my hit it. No wires on the ground—Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Evansville 12:56 p.m.—Domestic— Could hear them arguing over money and one asked why did they call and then heard struggle with the phone and lost contact—Upper Mt. Vernon Rd, Evansville 2:05 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Broke window and stole cigarettes. Caller stated that they have cleaned up the mess already because they thought the wind blew out the window and then they noticed the cigarettes missing—Depot Diner, Griffin 5:46 p.m.—Chemical

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If interested in either vehicle a sealed bid will need to be submitted no later than 9:00 a.m. July 19, 2011 to the Posey County Commissioners Office at 126 E. Third Street, Coliseum Building, Room 228, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620. Both bids will be opened at the July 19, 2011 Commissioners Meeting Published in the Posey County News on June 28 & July 5, 2011

June 19 1:57 a.m.—Medical— Male subject battered female subject. She is 7 months pregnant, having contractions. Male subject has left.

Would like officers and an a.m.bulance. Is conscious and breathing—E Tenth St., Mount Vernon 8:13 a.m.—Car-Deer— 2003 Toyota Tacoma with front end damage—Old 69, Mount Vernon 8:16 a.m.—Citizen Dispute—Neighbor is crossing property and using electric.

Wanting to know what steps he needs to follow to get this resolved—Blair Lane, Wadesville 1:44 p.m.—VIN Inspection—97 Chevy Lumina— Middle Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 3:02 p.m.—Alarm—South bay overhead door—N Ford Road, Mount Vernon 4:21 p.m.—Traffic Offense—Advised a blonde headed juvenile with no helmet was driving a 550cc 4-wheeler recklessly—Old Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 4:41 p.m.—Disturbance— Advised a subject called him and advised there are several subjects from Evansville whose team lost and there is some type of disturbance.

Advised the situation is starting to escalate and some female subject has a baseball bat. Caller called back and advised the female subject with the baseball bat has left. The coach has everyone calmed down now—St. Wendel Ball Diamond 5:03 p.m.—Information— Had an incident with an individual, has a protective order against male subject and the subject came out last Sunday and vandalized caller’s vehi-

Brandon Deig a grill in the roadway—Hwy 69 Bypass, Mount Vernon 8:14 a.m.—VIN Inspection—Black Suzuki motorcycle—Sauerkraut Lane, Mount Vernon 2:54 p.m.—Theft—Advised this house was broke into last week. Officers came out, checked the guy that was there and the guy left when officers left. Caller was advised to come get the personal belongings out of this residence. Advised when they arrived, there are no belongings left to get out of this residence—Winery Road, Wadesville 3:06 p.m.—Restraining Violation—Caller advised she has a restraining order against her ex-husband for phone harassment. Caller is advising he has called four times in the last half hour.

Caller advised he is calling for her daughter. Caller is advising daughter is not wanting to talk to him so he is yelling at the caller about it---N Main Street, Griffin 3:56 p.m.—VIN Inspection—Motorcycle—Caborn Road, Mount Vernon 4:51 p.m.—Reckless— Maroon Chevy pickup truck, handicap plate, 4-wheeler in the back, cut caller off and passing on double yellow line—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon Divorces Granted Heather Crawford and Michael Crawford Jerry Dixon and May Dixon Shelena Coonfield and Kenneth Coonfield Melinda Rathmann and Arthur Rathmann Scott Mills and Sue Ann Mills Laura Hazlett and Edward Hazlett John Lewis and Geraldine Lewis Paul David and Donna Lee Jon Curtis and Donna Curtis LaTenna Daly and Robert Schuler, Jr. Andrea Boink and Eric Meyers JUST ASK US, WE MIGHT HAVE IT.

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June 22, 2011 John Owen, Jr—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Failure to Appear-Possession of Marijuana, Petition to RevokePossession of Marijuana, Possession of a Switchblade Knife, Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Controlled Substance—PCS Complaints June 16 6:55 p.m.—Alarm—East side door—Refinery Rd, Mount Vernon 9:06 a.m.—Assault— Caller’s mother came to her house. There was some type of confrontation and then mother hit the caller a few times. Caller would like a deputy to come to the residence. She wants to file charges—Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon

Deig, Dyer are among 43 assigned to ISP

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Arrests June 16 Willie Brown—Evansville—Warrant-Check Deception—PCS Crystal White—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery, Battery—MVPD

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www.poseycountynews.com • Serving the county since 1882 • The Posey County News

June 28, 2011 • Page B11

At right: Committee member and co-captain of the Class of 2013, Cody Devine, demonstrates how to slide noodles onto a spaghetti noodle during the "Minute to win it" game at the NP Relay for Life. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister At left: former North Posey Highschool student Frank Rynkiewich buys a couple of bags of kettle corn during the Farmer’s Market held on Thursdays in Wadesville, Ind.

Myers Hyman works to buck trend, keep kitchen open

The Rev. Myers Hyman moved from Lebanon, Ind., where he served as a children’s minister, to Mount Vernon on April 2, 2000, when he became senior pastor at First Church of the Nazarene in town. Seven years later, he opened At the Cross Mission, now a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, to respond to the Gospel message and serve the poor. Hyman opens doors for those who might otherwise fall through the cracks, especially the hungry.

He chokes back tears as he recounts the recent community support of his latest plea for donations to keep the mission’s doors open. He had estimated he needed $13,000 immediately to purchase a range hood and pay for its installation—the state fire marshal’s requirements for the mission to operate. As of last Wednesday, Hyman had the range hood and motor and another $4,000 in donations along with the promise of skilled volunteer labor to install the hood.

“I’m very pleased,” he rejoiced. “By the grace of God, we will stay open.”

Now, he looks for continued support to complete another mandated project, the installation of support beams in the floor at an estimated cost of $7,000 to $10,000. He trusts the Lord will provide for this need also. In addition, he needs a certified roofer to lay the donated shingles for a new roof, temporarily repaired to protect the mission from water damage.

In the four years since At the Cross Mission opened, Hyman has learned to take on faith that God will move the hearts of community residents, church-

es and businesses to help keep the mission operating. He’s atthecrossmission.org. All donations are tax-deductible. received a few grants and many donations—including his For more information, readers may contact Hyman at 838own—of time and treasure.

9670 or 453-9427 or at revmlhyman@insightbb.com. He He comments that the publicity from a recent Courier welcomes anyone willing to share his dream. and Press article has not only brought in donations, but also leads for new grant funding sources. Hyman still believes in his dream.

He provides free home-cooked meals, no questions asked, to anyone who comes to the mission from 5 to 7 p.m., during the week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. First Church of the Nazarene picks up the slack on Wednesday and makes meals available then at its fellowship hall, starting at 5:30 p.m. On average, 75 people show up nightly. In the future, Hyman wants also to provide a hot lunch to children every day.

The Columbia, South Carolina, native and his wife Anna, a native of Casper, Wyoming, met at Nazarene Bible College in Colorado. On June 2, they celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary. The couple has two grown sons: David and Daniel, who leads a puppet ministry with his mom.

At the Cross Mission is located at 301 Main Street in Mount Vernon. Donations may be dropped off there or made through PayPal at the mission’s website, www.

The Reverend Myers Hyman

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