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Tuesday March 6, 2012
Volume 132 Edition 10
Second round of storms makes noise here By Dave Pearce A second round of severe thunderstorms in a matter of days impacted the WFO Paducah forecast area on Friday. Numerous supercells developed over the region and rapidly moved to the east. As opposed to Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service forecast area was the source region for the development of storms that went on to produce significant damaging tornadoes across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. However, the storms did not de-
Garden Club Meeting The Garden Club of New Harmony will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, March 10, 2012, beginning at 9 a.m. at Thrall’s Opera House, 612 E. Church St., New Harmony, Ind. Ms. Davie Sue Wallace will present the program on Indiana Native Plant and Wildlife Society. Guests are welcome.
PFD chili supper is set The Poseyville Fire Department will hold a chili supper on Sunday, March 11 from 1-4 at the Poseyville community center. The cost is $5 per person and includes chili, peanut butter sandwich, drink and dessert. Come see the new rescue truck and meet the fire department members. Also help give back to the community by bringing a non-perishable food item for the local food pantry.
part the local area without inflicting more damage upon an already storm weathered community. One of the counties within the WFO Paducah forecast area that received the most damage from Friday’s severe weather outbreak was Posey County. A team of NWS storm assessment surveyors was dispatched to Posey County on Saturday to investigate damage left behind by Friday’s storm. Provided below are their findings: EF2 Tornado - Posey County, IN:
The following is the preliminary damage assessment for the posey county indiana tornado. * Event type.........Ef2 tornado * Event date.........Friday march 2 2012 * Event time.........1237 p.m. cst to 1243 p.m. cst based on radar * Event location.....4.5 Miles west southwest of wadesville to 0.6 Miles east northeast of blairsville * Peak wind..........125 Mph * Avg. Path width....140 Yards * Path length........6 Miles * Injuries...........None * Fatalities.........None
Mount Vernon Relay for Life will host the Second annual, “Lace Up Against Cancer 5K” run/walk at 9 a.m. on March 10, 2012. The race will begin and end at the Mount Vernon Riverfront. Registration cost is $25 after March 1 until race time on March 10. Late registration and early packet pickup will take place at the Mount Vernon Riverfront Pagoda on March 9 from 5-7 p.m and March 10 from 7:30-8:45 a.m. All proceeds benefit Relay for Life. Cookin’ Friends, the cooks from North Elementary School, North Posey High School and South Terrace Elementary are Cookin’ for a Cure, on March 18, 2012 at the North Posey High School Cafeteria. We will be serving Fried Chicken or Baked Boneless Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Dressing, Green Beans, Slaw or Applesauce, Roll, Homemade Dessert, and Tea, Lemonade, or Milk from 10:30 – 1. Adults are $9 and children are $4.50. Chicken Nuggets and sides will be served for children. Carry-outs are available. All money raised will go to the North Posey Relay for Life.
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Tornado takes a toll in rural Posey County
Cookin’ for a Cure March 18
Mount Vernon 5K Run/Walk
* Damage detail......One wood frame house destroyed southwest of wadesville...With roof completely removed and part of south wall blown off. Resident of home avoided injury by taking shelter in basement after seeing debris in air. This was location of peak intensity of tornado. Eyewitnesses observed a swirling column of debris but not a funnel cloud. Several other homes moderately damaged...With windows blown out and varying degrees of roof damage. Over 100
Volunteers from all around were busy on Sunday morning helping Bud and Vicki Simpson clean up the mess caused when an F2 tornado struck their Springfield Road home on Friday. The Simpsons expressed gratitude to all who helped in any way. Photo by Dave Pearce
By Dave Pearce Bud and Vicki Simpson have, for the most part, lived a quiet life raising their two daughters in the Springfield Road home. That was until this week. Part of a huge line of storms that moved through the central and eastern part of the United States, a tornado was spawned that took the house where the Simpsons lived on Springfield Road near Wadesville. But while the Simpsons are putting the pieces of their lives back together, Vicki knows she and Bud still have much for which to be thankful. On Sunday afternoon, two-and-a-half days after the storm tore through their home, the exhausted couple was making one last trip through what remained of their home as rain began to come down. They headed for their temporary home at the New Harmony Inn. Vicki described the minutes
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Baseball tryouts set St. Wendel Babe Ruth tryouts will be held Monday, March 19, and Tuesday March 20 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. atthe St Wendel Ball Diamond This year St. Wendel will also be offering a Pony Team for 13- to 14-year-olds.For additional info contact Dan Embrey 812-431-2526
Doris Laws and Jackie Bayer, along with Steve MitchFirst United Methodist Pastor, the Rev Tim Ahlemeyer presents a commemorative blanket and Bible to Sara Yeida, mother of Mac Yeida, who was unable to ell as Elvis (not pictured) helped drum up excitement and provided entertainment at the benefit. attend the event due to a fever. Photos by Zach Straw
Posey man sentenced to 15 years before facing local charges
Pictures to be taken Taking appointments (walk ins are welcome it just might go faster if you have an appointment at Wadesville Christian Church. Get your children (grandchildren too) pictures the Posey County News. It is free. Thompson’s Photographic has been coming to the area for over 25 years. No high pressure sales pitch. Call for more details and appt. times @ 453-3019 or 963-3019. Please pass this info along to your friends and family (anyone with kids or grandkids).
Fundraiser for blind set There is a soup supper again at the New Harmony Nazarene church to benefit local blind children. The group is raising money to help the families attend the National Federation of the Blind Convention this summer. It is from 5-7 on Saturday, March 10.
St. Matthew Auction set The St. Matthew annual auction will be held March 10, 2012! The group is really excited about the Las Vegas theme and all of the fun things we have in store for this year’s aucton.
McNamony
By Dave Pearce It will be a while before a rural Posey County man will face charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery resulting in serious bodily injury and resisting law enforcement. According to information
from the Evansville Courier and Press, Brandon McNamony, 25, of rural Posey County, has pleaded guilty in Calloway County, Ky., to first-degree criminal abuse and first-degree unlawful imprisonment for an Aug. 31, 2010, attack on a Murray, Ky., woman.
years on the criminal abuse charge and five years for unlawful imprisonment. He also ruled the $100,000 cash bail posted by McManomy’s parents should be forfeited because McManomy violated the
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MVHS’s ‘Ring of Fire’ an Indiana High School first Special to the News The Mount Vernon Senior High School Music Theatre will be the first high school in Indiana, and only the fifth nationally, to perform the Johnny Cash musical “Ring of Fire”. Dana Taylor, Music Director, recalls first hearing of the show while talking with a colleague at the International Thespian Festival, “she had just finished a run of the production and praised the show and how it had connected with her community and students.” As it turns out, theirs was the first high school anywhere to attempt the show and the story of its success planted a seed of interest. “We have done shows over the years that have been either popular with students, popular with audiences and occasionally, lesser known shows that have artistic merit but are out of the mainstream of more typical productions like “Beauty and the Beast”, “Anything Goes” or “The King and I”. “Ring of Fire” falls into
the second category in as much as the students had never heard of it, didn’t know what to expect and were not immediately interested in the show. The community however provided a very positive response when told about the show. In turn, the students have become very dedicated to the production and are anticipating audiences who will be thoroughly engaged in the show’s music and story. To answer the most common question, “who plays Johnny Cash?”, the answer is, no one. All of the actors, at any moment, may be speaking his words or singing his songs but no one person is identified as Cash. For the most part, the actors are telling the story of Cash’s life through his music. “It is surprisingly autobiographical”, says Taylor, “the Mount Vernon High School will be presenting their Spring musical arc of the story is supported by the Ring of Fire, the story of Johnny Cash as told through his songs. Picsongs more than the script’s limited tured during one of their final rehearsals are Michelle Huff, Bradleigh dialogue”. “Through the songs, we Redman, Taylor Burden, Melanie Davis, and Michelle Walker. The will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Continued on Page A10 show each evening in the Performing Arts Center. Photo by David Koch
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McNamony was enrolled at Murray State University when the criminal acts on the Murray, Ky., woman were committed. Calloway Circuit Judge Dennis Foust sentenced McManomy last week to serve consecutive sentences of 10
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