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Tuesday September 28, 2010

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Viking Class of 85 meets North Posey’s Class of ‘85 is having its 25th class reunion on October 23, 2010 at the Feed Mill restaurant.

An informal reception with appetizers and cocktails will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $10 per person.

Please RSVP by October 1.

Please contact Paula Stewart at paulak.stewart@yahoo.com if you have any questions, or if you have not received your invitation.

Flag ceremony set Troop #386 and the American Legion will be having a flag retirement ceremony for American and MIA-POW flags at the Scout Cabin in Murphy Park on November 6, 2010.

If you have any flags you can drop them off at 912 E. Steammill or at the American Legion.

Caravan meets The Harmony Chapel Church of the Nazarene invited youngsters from around New Harmony to attend Caravan on Thursday evenings from 6 until 7:30 p.m. each week. A meal is served each week with a lesson to follow. One Thursday a month is a special fun night. If you have questions or your child needs a ride, please call 812-550-2222.

Robin Hill visitation Posey County Young Life invites you to visit the new Robin Hill historical landmark at 917 Mill Street, Mount Vernon, on Saturday, October 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, October 10, from 1 to 4: p.m. Tickets are $5 each. Children 12 and under are free. Proceeds to benefit Posey County Young Life.

The family of CIC Mark Henning, 22, of Crossville, Ill., watches as members of his United States Air Force Academy class carry his body from New Harmony’s Roofless Church to the waiting hearse which carried his body to its final resting place at Phillipstown Cem-

etery. His mother, during the funeral, insisted that his life and death not be in vain and that she wishes to carry on his name and legacy by facing up to the grim reality that young people are not seeking and/ or getting the help they need. Photo by Dave Pearce

Poseyville residents request full-time ambulance

By Dave Pearce Three Poseyville area businesspeople appeared before the Posey County Commissioners on Tuesday morning and addressed the council in an attempt to get full time ambulance service back into the Town of Poseyville.

Harold’s Restaurant owner Patti Wilson appeared before the council with Pearson, Inc., owner Chuck Pearison and former Poseyville real estate company owner Walter Broadhead.

All three expressed concern over the fact that Poseyville’s ambulance has been spending time in Marrs Township instead of Poseyville.

According to information presented at the meeting, there are times during the week that the Posey County ambulance nearest to Poseyville is in New Harmony. In the event that Mount Vernon has a run and New Harmony’s ambulance

is backing up Mount Vernon, the closest ambulance to Poseyville could be Mount Vernon.

“As far as anyone has known, there have been ambulances in Mount Vernon, New Harmony, and Poseyville,” Wilson said. “And it has been a very well-oiled machine as far as response time.

But lately we have found that on one shift, at least a couple of times a week, the ambulance has been moved from Poseyville leaving us without any type of coverage.”

According to information presented by Wilson, a response time study done some time back indicated that the average response time for an ambulance in Poseyville is 22 to 27 minutes.

That response time was twice what the response time is in the Mount Vernon area.

“We’d like to see everyone covered. We don’t want Marrs Township people to be without am-

Cynthiana High School will be having their 40th Class Reunion on October 9, 2010 at noon at Wolf’s Barbecue Please make reservations by Oct. 1st. Mary K. Boyle 812422-4043 or Helen Cleveland 812-874-2703

By Pam Robinson The New Harmony Town Council faced controversy and celebration at its Thursday, September 16, meeting. Stacey and Gary Owen appeared to request council reconsider a sewer fee waiver for 1115 Linwood Avenue. Previously, council had denied the waiver. The Owenses said the property holds a garage used for storage with no utilities and constitutes an unimproved lot eligible for a sewer fee waiver. Discussion was cut short when the couple said they had consulted a property law attorney, who believes they have a case. Town President David Campbell tabled the matter, citing the threat of litigation.

On a positive note, Martha Raske, representing the current three-member board of the Charles Ford Home, appeared to request council to verify the petition to terminate their trust and pave the way for the Ford Home to become a non-for-profit organization. Raske said the nonprofit status would enable the Ford Home to complete further renovations, to expand its services, and to be eligible for certain donations and grants. Council approved the request in the form of a resolution that will also end the connection between the Ford Home and the council. Councilman Don Gibbs called the move “wise” in meeting the needs of the community’s aging.

In other business: •Council announced important dates for upcoming public hearings at

Church chowder set Stewartsville United Methodist Church will be holding its annual chowder Saturday, October 2.

Serving will begin at 4 p.m. Bring your container for carry-out or dine in the basement where chowder, hot dogs, hamburgers, pie, cake, and drinks will be served. Whole pies and cakes will also be available. Mark your calendar and make plans to get some of the best chowder in Posey County.

NH Flea Market set

Real Estate Open House Local realtors and for-sale-byowners are teaming up to host a town-wide real estate open house in New Harmony. From 1 to 4 p.m., October 3, house shoppers are invited to stop by the coffee shop, chat with mortgage lenders, and hop on the golf cart shuttle for a walk-through tour of at least 10 homes. Five of the open houses offer incentives, so visitors can enjoy live music, food and drink, a garden tour or a home-buyer blessing. For more information contact Molly Felder at 682-3015 or Laura Spradley at 682-3019.

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Two face drug charges Megan Baehl, far right, wass crowned Miss Autumnfest on Saturday while first runner-up is Brianna Perry (in purple) and second runner-up is Jordan Butler. Photo by Connie Pearce

Officer gets two for one arrests Two Posey County residents were arrested within seconds of each other at the same intersection early Sunday morning. On Sunday morning, Sept. 26, 2010, at approximately 1:50 a.m., Trooper Wes Alexander was patrolling in Poseyville when he observed a black 1991 Honda motorcycle ride left of center before stopping in the middle of the intersection at Locust and Oak streets.

When the motorcycle stopped the rider almost dropped his bike.

As Alexander was approaching the motorcyclist, a 2002 Ford Ranger pickup truck almost collided with the trooper and the motorcyclist.

The driver of the Ford Ranger was stopped and identified as

Sheila Schapker, 38, of Wadesville. The driver of the motorcyclist was identified as Ruediger Schrepher, 49, of Poseyville. Further investigation revealed Schapker and Schrepher were both legally intoxicated. Schapker and Schrepher were arrested and taken to the Posey County Jail.

Ruediger J. Schrepher, 49, of 67 South Locust Street, Poseyville, Ind., and Sheila L. Schapker, 38, 7206 Pelt Street in Wadesville, Ind., were charged with Driving While Intoxicated, Class A Misdemeanors.

The Arresting Officer was Trooper Wes Alexander, Indiana State Police Assisting Officer and Trooper Ted Clamme, Indiana State Police officer.

On Saturday September 25, 2010 at approximately 1 p.m. Posey County Sheriff’s Deputies initiated a traffic stop on State Road 62 and Overpass Road. The suspect vehicle, a Red 1997 Ford Taurus belonging to Lori Cook of Mount Vernon, continued traveling East until finally pulling into the Busler’s Mini-Mart parking lot.

As deputies approached the vehicle, they observed the passenger, Thomas Benjamin Smith place something underneath the passenger seat of the vehicle. Deputies also saw two small children in the vehicle a well. One child belonged to Smith and the other small child belonged to Cook.

Deputies removed Cook and Smith from the vehicle. Deputies asked the driver Lori Ann Cook if they could search her vehicle and Cook denied Deputies access. A warrant check revealed that the driver, Lori Cook had a warrant out of Vanderburgh County.

During the impoundment procedure, deputies located ten individual bags of white powder that tested positive for methamphetamine ranging in weights from 5 1/2 grams to one-half gram underneath the passenger seat of the vehicle in a cigarette package.

Deputies arrested Thomas Benjamin Smith and Lori Ann Cook. The children ages 3 and 7 were transferred to the custody of family members at the request of the suspects.

The total weight of the suspected methamphetamine was 15.84 grams with an estimated street value of $1,575.

Both suspects are being held in the Posey County Jail without bond. Arrested were Thomas Benjamin Smith, 38, of Mount Vernon, Ind. He was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with intent to distribute (A) felony Neglect of a Dependent (C) felony.

Also arrested was Lori Ann Cook, 34, also of Mount Vernon, Ind. She is charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with intent to distribute (A) felony Neglect of a Dependent , a (C) felony and Possession of Schedule II Narcotic without prescription (D) felony.

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Litigation threat cuts New Harmony dialogue short

Cynthiana class reunion

The New Harmony Business Associates will be sponsoring a Flea Market on Oct. 2, 2010 from 8-4. It will be held in Church Park located at the corner of Church and Main Streets. This is also the same day as our city wide yard sale and the Golden Raintree Auto Show.

There will be a raffle for a gas grill, tickets $1 each or 6 for $5.00.

Drawing will be held on Oct. 6 for the grill. Food will be available.

For more information call Paula at 812-455-7876.

bulance service but we are concerned about the people in and around Poseyville,” Wilson said.

“The problem is that just within the last three weeks, there have been at least 13 to 15 times when it has taken an ambulance 20 to 27 minutes to get to calls in Poseyville, Stewartsville, Griffin, or Cynthiana. Then, if someone needs life-support transportation, it takes another 20 to 27 minutes to get back into Evansville. This is causing a lot of concern among the residents of these towns.”

Wilson went on to say that there are times when a response car sits idle in the community with no one manning it.

Wilson gave praise to the citizens of northern Posey County saying, “We look out for each

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North Posey’s first graduating class celebrates 50th reunion

By Dave Pearce Lots of fond memories were relived on Saturday evening at the Cambridge Golf Course Club House.

The Class of 1960, the first class to graduate from the “new” North Posey High School gathered to mark their fiftieth reunion and the fiftieth year for the school.

Following a delicious meal, a class picture was taken and members of the class were asked to share some of their memories of North Posey High School, especially during that first year. Many of them are included below.

Mr. Lloyd Hutchison, the school’s first principal, was present at the event and recalled telling the students that they could turn out to be ditch diggers but if they did, to be the very best ditch digger that they could be. One classmate remembered the basketball scrimmage against the teachers and recalled that Principal Hutchinson was “a very aggressive player.”

Coach Leonard Mauck, the coach of the school’s first basketball team was also on hand to enjoy the celebration.

Gary Motz, a member of the class, said he remembers the first day of school and there were no sidewalks and no driveway, only a concrete curb when the students were dropped off at the school. The senior classmates walked single file through the mud into the

The class of 1960 held their 50th class reunion on Saturday evening September 25, 2010 at Cambridge Club House. The members in attendance are from left to right, front row: Nancy Schweikarth Sutton, Norma Brown Miller, Phyllis Defur Rosenmeier, Nancy Heim Knowles, Gloria Davis Simmons, Annette Andry Gilmore, Nancy Southwood Scherer, Donnie Ripple, Leonard Mauck, coach and teacher and Eugene Kuehn. Second Row: Floyd Miller, Karen Sanders Appel, Mary Schnew building. Later on, the Future Farmers of America class planted the grass seed.

Joe Wiley wrote the lyrics to the new school song, sung to the tune of Northwestern University’s school song.

There were 74 graduates in the Class of 1950. The class sponsors were Charles Price and Dorothy Rumble and the colors were blue and white. The class motto was “Those who strive will be

rewarded.”

The school colors were represented by the consolidated schools of Griffin, Poseyville, Wadesville, and Cynthiana and students remember staying in their own little school groups for much of the first year.

Some students, who wished to remain anonymous, indicated that they did not want to leave their small schools and attend

neider McGrew, Alice Rust Cole, Linda Brown Gross, Sharon Colbert Gammon, Marvin Redman and Ronnie Ellis. Third Row: Jim Fathera, Betty McKinnies Stierley, Shirely Knapp Knote, Ruth Krietenstein Redman, Jim Rose, Daniel Lashbrook and Charles Roberts. Fourth Row: Frank Elpers, Terry Crawford, Neil Crowling, Gary Motz, Bill Ungetheium, Bill Butler, Sharon McIntire Byers, Larry Gambrel and John Krohn. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey High School.

“I didn’t want to go to North Posey. It was too scary,” one classmate wrote.

“It was too big and there were too many students.

I was afraid of those ‘bad boys.’”

One student commented that the new school had combination locks on the lockers and that was new to them. Some still remember the combinations to that first

locker.

Floyd Miller said he remembered when teacher Wayne Sharp dragged him into Mrs. Rumble’s office.

Others said they remembered a fight in the cafeteria being broken up by Mr. Mauck and Mr. Georges.

Others remembered students being “dragged” by Mr. Sharp through the halls because they had misbehaved.

And finally, on graduation night of that first class, class member Neil Cowling remembered that after marching in to graduate, there was no chair left for him.

Classes will continue to come and go at North Posey high School but no other class will ever be able to claim the honor this class lays claim to. “We are the first graduating class of North Posey High School.”

Mount Vernon High School graduate honored by National Society of Collegiate Scholars Kirstyn Brown of Evansville, MVHS class of 2009, has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).

Kirstyn will be honored during an Induction Convocation this fall on

the campus of University of Southern Indiana.

“NSCS is more than just a symbol of academic achievement.

Membership gives students access to a number of amazing benefits

including career and networking resources, scholarships, travel, and service projects both on campus and in the community,” says Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS executive director.

NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first- and second-year college students. Membership is by invi-

tation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has more than 675,000 lifetime members and 250 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

On November 2, 2010 the voters of Posey County will elect a prosecutor to serve our great community. There is a growing consensus among residents that new leadership is needed in this office. I believe that my values, experience, and energy make me the person for the job...

MY GOALS AS COUNTY PROSECUTOR: • Make prosecution of serious and dangerous felonies top priority over misdemeanor •

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and Protecting off P Posey C County ffrom serious and dangerous d traffi ffic cases. P i the h citizens ii i dd felonies will be my main concern.

Take a stand against meth labs and those who sell drugs in our community. Meth use is an epidemic in Posey County. I believe one way to counteract this problem is to be aggressive and prosecute "meth cooks" to the fullest extent. Posey County deserves a prosecutor who will tackle this problem head-on.

Increase communication and cooperation with local law enforcement. The officers in this county work hard to protect and serve. As prosecutor, I will work closely with law enforcement to help officers acheive their goals. I will be available for officers 24 hours a day to consult on cases and investigations.

Increase child support collections for single parents in our county. I have seen first hand the struggles of single parents not recieving child support and I will make increasing collections a top priority.

Reach out to the community and increase citizen involvement in community safety programs. I believe that residents taking ownership and an active role in community safety programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, makes for a stronger and safer community.

VOTE TRAVIS CLOWERS FOR POSEY COUNTY PROSECUTOR Paid for by y Travis Clowers for Posey y County y Prosecutor Committee

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OBITUARIES Sandra Stillwagoner Sandra J. (Schisler) Stillwagoner, 48, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at her residence.

She was born in Evansville, Ind., on Jan. 2, 1962, to Kenneth and Ann (Darnell) Schisler.

Sandy had worked with the Mount Vernon School yea She devoted her life to Corporation for over 18 years. caring for her family as well as her extended family.

She was preceded in death by her biological parents; her parents that loved and cared for her throughout her life, Albert and Kathleen Barker; father-in-law, Charles Stillwagoner, Sr.; and her infant twin brothers.

Sandy is survived by her husband of 30 years, Birchie Stillwagoner, Sr.; daughters Anna Stillwagoner and Katie (Harvey) Smith; sons, Birchie Stillwagoner, Jr., and Eric Smith; grandchildren, Miah Reighn Franklin, Gabrial Jolley, Angel Marie Smith, Coltyn Stillwagoner Phillips; sister, Carolyn McCord and families; brothers, Mike and Mitch Barker and families; mother-in-law, Bessie Stillwagoner; Godmother, Augusta Martin and families; and her stepdaughter, Angela Hawkins.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St. in Mtount Vernon with the Rev. Dennis King officiating and burial in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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

Memorial contributions may be made to a Memorial Fund in Memory of Sandy.

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Mary Loretta Greubel Mary Loretta (Schmitt) Greubel, age 91, formerly of Haubstadt, Ind., passed away from this life on Thur., Sept. 23, 2010, at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton, Ind. She was born June 13, 1919, in St. Wendel, Ind., to the late Martin and Elizabeth (Seib) Schmitt. l employed l d at Emge E Mary Loretta was previously Packing Co., Servel, Chrysler Corp. and St. James School Cafeteria. She retired from Wesselman’s Cafeteria.

She was a member of St. Wendel Catholic Church.

She loved playing Clabber, watching Lawrence Welk and dancing in her earlier years. Mary Loretta was also preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Norman in 2001; also three sisters, Barbara Will, Gertrude Utter and Marcella Greubel and three brothers; Albert, Clem and Sylvester Schmitt.

She is survived by her daughter, Betty Jo Greubel of Poseyville and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at St. Wendel Catholic Church with Father Ed Schnur as celebrant. Burial followed in St. James Cemetery in Haubstadt.

Friends called from 3 until 8 p.m. on Sunday at Wade Funeral Home, 119 S. Vine St., in Haubstadt, Ind. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Friends also called from 9 a.m. until Mass time Monday at the church.

The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff and nurses of River Oaks and Southern Care Hospice.

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Paul W. Field Paul W. Field, 84, passed away Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 at the Transcendent Healthcare of Owensville.

He was born Oct. 15, 1925 in Owensville to the late Erastus Emory Field and Martha Fannie (Clark) Field.

Paul had retired from PSI Duke Energy and Farming, G l Baptist B i Church Ch h he was a member of the First General of Owensville, Poseyville Masonic Lodge # 632 and the Owensville High School class of 1944. He had also served in the United States Navy.

He his survived by his wife of 62 years, Virginia (Maddex) Field; two daughters, Martha (Robert) Mounts of Bowling Green, Ky., and Pauletta (Michael) Hillebrandt of Owensville; two sons, John Field of Owensville, and Don (Betty) Field of Greenwood, Ind.; six grandchildren, Bobbi Miller, Traci McDonald, Jared, Preston, Isaac and Ben Field; two greatgrandchildren, John and Abigail McDonald; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Alice Spindler and two brothers, Emory and Ermal Field.

Services were held Mon. Sept. 27, 2010, at 10 a.m. at Holders Funeral Home in Owensville. The Rev. Bob Douglas officiated with burial in the Owensville Cemetery with military graveside services conducted by American Legion Post # 51 and VFW Post # 1147.

Visitation ws on Sunday from 3 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First General Baptist Church of Owensville.

Expressions of sympathy may be made online at www.holdersfuneralhome.com.

Jack Riddell inducted in IOGA Hall of Fame On Friday, October 1st, formation—the Renault— Griffin resident John T. that had been previously “Jack” Riddell will be in- overlooked. ducted into the Riddell began the Indiana Oil his geology caand Gas Assoreer in the late ciation’s Hall of 1950s in Liberty, Fame. The award Texas, where he being given him worked at Genhonors a lifetime eral Crude Oil of achievement in Company coverthe field of petroing drilling opJack Riddell leum production. erations in South Now eighty, Riddell won Texas and on the Upper a previous award for Dis- Gulf Coast. His studies tinguished Service from the of fault patterns of oil and Professional Geologists of gas reservoirs in salt domes Indiana (PGI) in 2004. In was published by the Housthe 1980s, Riddell was re- ton Geological Society and sponsible for significant oil included in the book Petrodiscoveries in Posey Coun- leum Geology of the United ty, including the Wadesville States. His geology work North Field. This field was laid the groundwork for recognized by the Indiana new discoveries within the Geological Survey on its Esperson Dome oilfield; list of most significant Il- by 1984, that oilfield overlinois Basin activity, as it all had produced a total of opened up an oil-producing over fifty million barrels of

John Anthony Davis, 19 of Mount Vernon, Ind., died on September 19, 2010, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born on Oct. 26, 1990, in Evansville, the son of John D. and Nancy (Stratton) Davis.

John was employed at GAF. He loved being outH was a member b off doors and hunting and fishing. He the Church of God Mission Church in Mount Vernon.

He is survived his parents, John D. and Nancy Davis of Mount Vernon; his maternal grandparents, John H. and Velma Stratton of Mount Vernon; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John Jack and Mary Lorene Davis.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Sat., Sept.

25, 2010 at the Austin-Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. Visitation was from 4 until 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Black Cemetery. On-line condolences may be left at www.austinfuneralhome.com.

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Stephen Pace Renown painter Stephen Pace passed away on Thursday, September 23 at St. Mary’s hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was 91. Pace retired to New Harmony in 2007 after living in New York City and Stonington, Maine.

The second of four sons, d JJohn h he was born in Charleston, Missourii to O Ora and Pace on December 12, 1918. Pace took his first art class in Evansville at the age of 17. His first art exhibition was held in New Harmony in 1939.

During World War II, Pace served in the US Army in Europe. Afterwards in New York City he met and married Palmina Natalini, his wife of 62 years who survives him. Pace painted nearly everyday until the day before he died. His works are included in many prominent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Whitney Museum of American Art, and National Museum of Art. The funeral service was held at the Werry Funeral Home, in New Harmony, Ind., at 2 p.m., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, with the viewing from 1 p.m. until service time, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery in New Harmony.

Memorial contributions on his behalf may be sent to the Stephen and Palmina Pace Scholarship Fund, Maine College of Art, 522 College Street, Portland, ME 04101.

crude oil.

After returning to work as an independent petroleum geologist in southwestern Indiana in 1966, Riddell served as president of the Indiana-Kentucky Geological Society and served as a delegate to the American Association of Petroleum

Geologists.

Riddell graduated from Indiana University in 1955, with his Bachelors degree in Geology. He is married to Audree Riddell, a former instructor at the University of Southern Indiana and teacher of high school English in Carmi, Illinois.

Mount Vernon Neighborhood Watch meeting set The Mount Vernon Police Department wants to inform citizens that there will be a Neighborhood Watch meeting on September 30, 2010 at 7 p.m. It will be held at the Hovey House located at 330 Walnut Street in the Commissioner’s meeting room.

This meeting is intended for any resident of City Council District 1, represented by Councilwoman Rita Askren, who would like to learn more about the Neighborhood Watch program. Some of the areas in this district are Water St., Second St., Third St., Fourth

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St. and Fifth St. If you have questions as to whether this meeting would include your neighborhood contact the Mount Vernon Police Department at 812838-8705.

Representatives from the Mount Vernon Police Department, Posey County EMA-Indiana Department of Homeland Security, and elected city officials will be present for the program.

There will be statistical data concerning police calls in these areas, information on home protection and security tips on preventing burglary and vandalism, as

well as other information that residents may find useful.

It is hoped that the event will be a success and the police department will be sponsoring additional meet-

ings in other neighborhoods during the year. Anyone with questions about the program may contact Chief Grant Beloat at the Mount Vernon Police Department by calling 812-838-8705.

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Kennedy to be remembered by Schmitt’s wood craftsmanship

Curt Schmitt stands next to the cross that will be placed a a memorial to Bill Kennedy at the First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon. Photo by Pam Robinson.

Applications now accepted for Christmas assistance Applications for the 2010 Posey County Christmas Assistance Program sponsored by the Mount Vernon/New Harmony Ministerial Association are now available from the office of Trinity United Church of Christ or from the Black Township Trustee’s Office.

Children under the age of 18 are eligible as well as those who are 18, as long as they are full-time students in high school. The

deadline for completed applications is 2:30 p.m. on November 5, 2010.

Applications may be turned in at either Trinity or the Black Township Trustee’s Office. No applications will be accepted after that time. Families will be notified of date(s) that gifts may be picked up. Changes in address or telephone number after an application has been submitted should be reported

to Trinity Church at 8383805.

This program would not be possible without the generous donations of time and treasure from individuals, businesses, churches, and other organizations.

In 2009, approximately 541 children benefited from all these efforts to provide them a joyous Christmas. For more information, contact Trinity Church at 838-3805.

By Pam Robinson The congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon will soon honor the late Bill Kennedy with an eight foot by six foot wooden Celtic cross, built through memorial donations from church members. Plans are to hang the cross in the sanctuary by the end of September or beginning of October. A couple of weeks later, Kennedy’s wife Kim and their two sons will join the congregation as the Rev. Monica Gould presides over dedication ceremonies.

Acting on a referral from a friend, Kim Kennedy commissioned local artist Curt Schmitt for the project. “I was real pleased to find Curt,� she says. “It was a God thing.�

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.

Schmitt moved to New Harmony with his wife of 29 years Paula, the treasurer of New Harmony School, in 2006. The Schmitts had traveled 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-style 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.�

In creating the cross for Kennedy and First Presbyterian Church, Schmitt says the biggest challenge came in bending the long, thick pieces of wood to turn out the right shape for the design. He spent as many as 100 hours working with the hackberry wood, indigenous to Indiana, until the cross met his own high standards. “I don’t really pay much attention to time,� he comments. “I spend as many hours as it takes to do the job right.�

His commitment to his artistry is rewarded in his clients’ satisfaction. “When I first saw the cross,� Kennedy says, “my breath was taken away. It is perfect.�

Woman of Zion Fall Bazaar set The Woman of Zion are hosting their 2nd annual Fall Bazaar on Saturday, October 9 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Zion-Lippe United Church of Christ at 9000 Copperline Road in Mount Vernon.

There will be quilted items, baked goods, frozen home-

made meals and lots of misc. items.

From Hwy 62 go north on Ford Rd. to Copperline to church or from Hwy 66 go south on St. Phillips Rd., right on Copperline or south on Stierly Rd. and left on Copperline. Everyone is welcome.

PC Right to Life event set LIFE CHAIN 2010: Sunday, October 3.

Stand in prayer for 1-hr. to help stop abortion; 12:30 p.m.-Meet at Brinker’s Jewelers for food and rally; 1-2 p.m.-Life Chain along Green River Rd.- Evansville, Ind. Free signs will be distrib-

uted beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Brinker’s parking lot.

Maintaining strong, visible support for the sanctity of life is the key to keeping Evansville free of abortion clinics.

For more information call (812)474-3195.

ized database to coordinate the distribution of holiday assistance in order to avoid duplication and reach the maximum number of families in need. For anyone who wises to give a monetary donation or cannot shop for gifts, committee members from Trinity will provide shopping service. Organiza-

tions wishing to participate are asked to respond no later than Friday, October 22, so that children’s requests can be distributed and gifts can be purchased. The Christmas Assistance Program has been very successful for several years because of the giving spirit of many people in this community.

Blessing of the animals at Trinity UCC Christmas Assistance Program gets underway By: Pam Robinson as the squirrel. Like St. Fran- “I’ll bless it.� She will come Rev. Cynthia Priem and the congregation of Trinity United Church of Christ in Mount Vernon invite everyone in the community to come for the blessing of the animals this coming Sunday, October 3, at 8:00 a.m. The service will take place in Trinity’s courtyard unless rain forces everyone inside the fellowship hall. Visitors are asked to enter through the white door on 5th Street for access to either the courtyard or the fellowship hall.

Priem notes that October 3 is the Sunday closest to the October 4 Feast Day of St. Francis, often pictured with birds or such small animals

cis, she wants to emphasize God’s care for all creation, not just humans, as evidenced in Genesis 1. “I meet people whose pet is more than just an animal,�

Priem says. “They are beloved companions, or they provide service, such as dogs to lead the blind and deaf and therapy dogs.�

Pets will be blessed along with their owners, if they so desire. Priem envisions a crowd of dogs and cats, rabbits and birds. She has been teased about how she might welcome owners of pet horses or cows. “If the owner goes to all the trouble of bringing a horse or a cow,� she chuckles,

out to the animal in the parking lot, of course.

Aggressive dogs and cats are asked to be kept in traveling containers for the blessing. Priem recommends bringing a photo of a hyperaggressive pet, such as a watch dog, instead of the pet itself for the blessing. Welltrained, sociable animals may be brought on leash, she said.

Pet owners are encouraged to wear casual clothing for the service. The hymn, “All Creatures of Our God and King,� based on St. Francis’ poem, “Canticle of the Creatures,� will be sung. A special prayer will be offered for each pet by name.

Trinity United Church of Christ will again coordinate the 2010 Posey County Christmas Assistance Program sponsored by the Mount Vernon/New Harmony Ministerial Association.

Local companies, organizations, and individuals as well as other churches are being encouraged to consider sponsoring children in need during the coming holiday season. Sponsor applications and donor information and guideline sheets have been mailed. Completed applications should be faxed or mailed to Trinity UCC. Trinity utilizes a central-

Sermon of the Week: Walk is not always going to be easy By: Pastor Russ Westbrook, Covenant Reformed Orthodox Presbyterian Church Acts 9:10-19. In World Magazine last year, there were a number of advertisements and then there was even a story about a ministry that to be honest I don’t know all about-I cannot put my full imprimatur on it. But it was two young men who were calling young adults of their generation to a message that said basically, you are called by God to do hard things. That was their motto, “Do Hard Things.� Their message was that discipleship that was easy wasn’t really discipleship. It’s easy to do that which is easy, there’s no investment. But discipleship is investment. So they were calling the people of their generation to “Do hard things.�

It’s a simple message yet it is very much a biblical message.

Ananias, in our Scripture text, is called to do a hard thing.

Go into the house of an enemy. Is he (the enemy) surrounded by others of like mind? Well, the text doesn’t say but it’s likely. Go into a den of danger and speak for the Lord. Lay your hands upon a man who is blind and I (God) will heal him at that time. Do something very hard, Ananias.

Saul is also being called to do something hard. Saul doesn’t know that yet but Ananias does because the Lord says exactly that to him. Yes, God said, Saul has been My enemy but now I’m going to make Him my servant and I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake. So far from having an Epicurean mindset, the text specifically says, will you be a servant of the Lord?

Well, you will see how many things you must suffer that that be true. Do hard things.

Both men in our text are called to do hard things. It is significant that our passage opens up not with “There was a minister of the gospel�, “There was a great evangelist� or “There was a missionary� but there was simply a certain disciple, a learner, a follower of Jesus Christ. There is nothing special about Ananias. There is nothing yet special about Saul but they are called to do hard things, difficult things. It is the very essence of being a disciple. It’s a good message. We are called by the Lord to do hard things. We are called joyfully to enter into a life that will include suffering, that will include hard things. It is necessary but we are disciples. It is our calling.

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Cynthiana native Seaton to perform local concert Grammy Nominated artist Ryan Seaton, who charmed fans all over the world during his tenure with Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will perform at Christian Fellowship Church on October 3, 2010..

Seaton who embarked on his solo career in June will sing songs from his first project, “The Stage is Bare.� The album is reminiscent of the Crooners’ style of the 1950s and has been to compared to secular artists such as Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble’.

The concert for Seaton is a homecoming having been on tour from North Carolina to California in the last few months. “I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to sing at CFC. It is my home church and I love the people. I cannot wait to perform for all my friends and family at such a wonderful place of worship.�

Seaton’s official CD release party and debut concert took place in Louisville, Ky. on Friday, June 4, 2010.

Ryan’s solo career has taken off and created lots of buzz in the Christian music industry.

Seaton has already been featured on Trinity Broadcast Network with over one-mil-

lion viewers as well as being featured in an upcoming issue of Singing News Magazine. Seaton has partnered with Crossroad’s Distribution to place his products in retail locations as well as provide radio support. Ryan has also been named a spokesperson for Compassion International, a non-profit whose mission is to release children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. “I feel honored that Compassion International has entrusted me to be a voice for the organization,� comments Seaton. “I cannot even begin to comprehend the level poverty that these children face everyday. If I can educate the public about Compassion then I can help the kids.�

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RETROSPECT RETROSPECT Pages of the Past compiled by Tammy Bergstrom 10 YEARS AGO, September 26, 2000 Wesley Harness and Madelaine Herrmann were crowned Little Mister and Miss of the Poseyville Autumnfest. Congratulations to Betty Ann and Herbert Rutledge who celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a surprise dinner hosted by their children.

Brian Webber, a 1991 graduate of Mount Vernon Senior High School was sworn in as Mount Vernon’s newest firefighter.

Clint Erbacher and Lisa Ahrens were crowned Mount Vernon’s football homecoming king and queen at the Charlotte Oglesby, CNA, of Grayville, Ill, retired after nine years of dedicated ser- Mount Vernon/Boonville vice from New Harmonie Healthcare Center. A reception was held to celebrate her football game Friday night. years of service Tuesday, Sept 21, 2010, at New Harmonie Healthcare Center.

North Posey crowned Justin Beach and Libby Reising as their football king and queen at homecoming festivities last Friday. The Evansville Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Rapp Granary in New Harmony on October 8.

The Moms on the Move Club is sponsoring a fall getaway tour to the new Opry Mills Shopping Complex in Nashville, Tennessee.

‘The Wall’ copies are available

neider, Bruce Layer, Terry Andry, Janel Lockwood, Christy Harris, Cheryl Garrett Deig, Tom Austin, Tony Thomas, Kate Linderman, Emily E. Wilson, Andrea Kurzendoerfer, Colton Spears.

October 4 - Flo Barlett, Joshua Kolley, Bryan J. Williams, Michael Lauf, Nic Pierce, Amy Williams, Patricia Gosh.

The Posey County Historical Society has for sale a limited number of copies of “The Wall,” the 25th anniversary edition of the story of the Vietnam Wall, both picture and narrative.

The book also includes a section on the Vietnam Moving Wall, also included is a photograph of James Alexander Myers, Jr., of New Harmony who was a casualty of the War and one of the seven from Posey County who lost his life in Vietnam.

The book is available at Printcrafters in Mount Vernon, 304 W. Fourth Street in Mount Vernon for $43, which includes tax.

My sister Peggy Powasnick called me Saturday, September 25 from South Florida and said they have had rain about every day. Floods are reported in some parts of our country. It has indeed been an unusual season over most of our world with the wild fires, floods, tornados, and so forth.

I read in the Posey County News that upper hills Wabash Township was having a school reunion Sunday, September 26 at the Owensville Community Center and I have been wondering when the last year of school was held at Upper Hills. If someone would be kind enough to call and tell me when the school closed it would be appreciated. My phone number is (812) 874-2855.

Two good long time friends have passed on recently; Verlin L. Effinger, 89, of Poseyville, died Monday, September 13 at the New Harmony Healthcare Center.

He was preceded in death by his wife Ruby (Ellis), and Leo and Amanda (Bender) his parents. He had retired from the Effinger and Sons GE appliance store on the corner of Main and Locust Streets in Poseyville. He faithfully served his country for three years and four months. He leaves a son Ronny (Beverly Ellis) and a brother Thomas, three grandchildren, Danny Ellis, Becky Kiesel, Amy Orman, and others. Rev. John Matsel was in charge of services at the Weary Funeral Home with burial in the Poseyville Cemetary.

Lloyd Shelby, 86, of Mount Vernon, died September 19 at Deaconess Hospital. Lloyd retired from GE in Mount Vernon. I knew Lloyd when he lived in the Griffin area when he was young. His father was Bill Shelby. He leaves a son and daughter-inlaw Don and Carla, brother and sister-in law Charles and

Martha Shelby, and sisters Betty and Sarah. The funeral was September 22 at AustinStendeback family funeral home. Our sympathy is offered to both of these families.

Congratulations to Ivan and Rosemary Alsop for their 60th wedding anniversary.

They were married September 30, 1950 in Hatfield, IN. They had their celebration and reception at the Ribeyre gymnasium annex Sunday, September 26 in New Harmony. They are the parents of Pat Wilson, Jim Alsop, and Melissa Peerman, Steve Alsop, and the late Gary Alsop. Ivan retired from DK Parker Construction Company as general manager and Rosemary continues to serve as secretary of the Johnson UMC church.

Elsewhere Tuesday, September 14, Gloria Sue Cox from Pantego, TX called me. We had a good phone visit. Bonnie and Janet also called me. I also went to Owensville and visited Lorena Wilder and Don and Randy Warren.

Wednesday, September 15 Janet called me and Gloria Sue Cox also called me. I also visited with my neighbor Tom Cook.

Thursday was a great day.

Tom and Steve Yancey came here to have me go with them for a long ride. We went to Crawleyville, then up the river roads past the power plant, to Mt. Carmel, Grayville, Cowling, Crossville, to New Harmony and back home. It was a swell day to be out. Friday, September 17, Janet called me and after dinner I went to Mount Vernon to Betty and Jesse’s home where several of us met for the evening meal.

Saturday, September the 18, Betty and Jesse came to take me to Brett Butler and Haley Wilson’s wedding at the Bluegrass UMC on

Ruth Dartt resident at New Harmonie Healthcare Center celebrated her 102 birthday, Wednesday, Sept 15 at New Harmonie Healthcare Center. Photo submitted

Happy Birthday Announcements September 28 - Lyndsay Keitel, Linda Huck, Isaac Hawley, Linda Butler, Nona Salisbury and Clay Will September 29- Nakia Gentry, Laura Wilson and Dwayne Straw September 30 - Mary Lou Curtis, Amber Reyes, Erin Leah Huck, Alisha Morgan, Steve Wilderman, Austin Storms, Am-

ber Reyes, Karla Goodson, Alivia Carol-Ann Maier, Melvin Williams and Sallie McIntoch October 1 - Larry Broerman, Stella Mcintire, Dr. Darin Keitel, Bart Robinson, Barbara Cochran, Carl A. Horstman Sr. October 2 - Tricia Tolliver, Susie Butler, Kyle Hoffman, Casey White October 3 - Bob Sch-

Out n’ About Autumn has finally arrived after the very long, hot days of summer; 90 degrees for many days in August and September.

Dry weather

50 YEARS AGO, September 30, 1960

Julie Schmitt, Pam Klenck, and Jennifer Davis are vying for the title of 1985 North Posey Football Queen.

Indiana’s oldest Ford dealership, Keck Ford of Mount Vernon, has recently completed an application to locate a dealership in downtown Poseyville at the corner of Main and Church Streets.

North Posey’s freshman class recently elected their class officers: PresidentMike Crandell, Vice-President- Charlene Hoehn, Secretary- Ashli Crawford, and Treasurer-Dana Saxe.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Overton of New Harmony as they celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with an open house given by their children, Donnie and Diana Mathews and Kathy Overton.

Linda Renae Warren and Wayne Keith Seib are proud to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

The Penny Brothers threering-circus is coming to Poseyville for 2 performances.

The renown “Riding Sanitagos” bareback riders will be headlining the show. Grand Ole Opry star Justin Tubb will be the featured guest of a folk music show being held at Memorial Coliseum in Mount Vernon. David Shirley, a five year old drummer will also be performing.

Herdis F. Clements, Verne S. McClellan, and K. Richard Hawley announce the opening of their ground floor law offices at 401 Main Street in Mount Vernon. The World War I veterans and auxiliary group held their September meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6576 in Wadesville.

Winners in the Kids’ Day Children’s Parade include best decorated boys’ bicycle-Byron Simpson, Jr., best decorated girls’ bicycle-Shelly Wade, best decorated boys’ tricycleBillie Pfister, best decorated girls’ tricycle-Betty Jane Butler, best dressed doll-Gerri Lynn Uhde, and most unusual pets-Danny Stratton (chickens).

In Remembrance In this peace and quiet as night begins to fall, I think about the soldiers whose names are on the wall.

I don’t know any as a personal friendBut I count each a hero- -our freedoms to defend.

To these soldiers who fought on distant shores, Saying thank you means so much more.

So thank you for your courage and your spirit and for your sacrificeFor your love of country, you paid paid a heavy price.

To all veterans of our great, free land, I hope people will reflect and honor, respect and understand.

And for the names inscribed, let us remember that some gave all- Never forget the names on the wall.

By Tamara S. Bergstrom September 5, 2010 (This poem was left at the Moving Wall when it was in Mount Vernon a couple of weeks ago.)

By Jesse Butler was also prevalent, we had only .82” of rain in August and only .26” in September, so this is only 1.08” for both August and September.

The County Cookbook Selection by Zach Straw

Huckleberry (or Blueberry) Muffins

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25 YEARS AGO, September 25, 1985

INGREDIENTS 5 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup creme fraiche, Greek yogurt or sour cream 1 1/2 cups all-purpose or cake flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda A heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 to 3/4 cup wild huckleberries or blueberries

DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease up a muffin pan.

2. Beat the butter and sugar together until they are light and airy. Add the egg and beat to combine.

3. Mix in the creme fraiche.

4. Whisk together all the dry ingredients until they are well combined, then mix it into the wet ingredients. Don’t overwork the batter, which will be thick. You just want to get all the flour incorporated into everything.

5. Fold in the huckleberries. Do this in small batches so you have as few clumps of berries in your muffins as possible.

You want to get them evenly distributed.

6. Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to fill the muffin pan — only fill them 2/3 to 3/4 of the way, as the batter expands a lot in cooking.

7. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until you see a little browning, and when a toothpick jammed into a muffin comes out clean (not including blueberry juice).

Yields: 9-11 Muffins

Petersburgh Road west of Evansville and then to the Discovery Lodge at Burdette Park for the reception. The hall was beautifully decorated and the meal was very good. We wish Brett and Haley a wonderful and blessed marriage. It was a beautiful day and we are happy to have Haley join the Butler family.

Sunday, September 19 I was in Owensville to go to church with Lorena Wilder at the General Baptist church which is led by Pastor Bob Douglass. We then had dinner at the Main Street Café.

Janet called me in the late afternoon. Monday, September 20 Donna Butler was here to visit me. Janet called me on both Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 22, Bonnie and her granddaughter Zoe Straw were here to visit me. Bonnie also did my laundry while she was here.

Thursday, Janet called me.

Friday, Jesse Montgomery was here to visit and was going on to Owensville to take his mother and dad Bunny and Charles Montgomery to Louisville Airport to go on a vacation in the mountains for Bunny’s birthday with Bill and Mary Kay Montgomery.

In the afternoon, I visited several residents at the New Harmony Healthcare and then onto Bonnie and Jim Straw’s home where several of our families gathered for the evening meal and visitation.

Saturday, Janet called from Oklahoma and said her son Bradley left for a trip out East with one of his college classes. Peggy and Bonnie both called me on this day.

Sunday morning I was at the Poseyville Christian church for a short service and communion, then on to the Autumn Fest combined service where our choir as well as others did a great job. I also enjoyed Pastor Lee Brown’s message very much. I then

rode on the Posey County News float at the 3:00pm parade. All in all it was a great day. I might also add that I started writing the “Out ‘N About” over 60 years ago, when the late Edith Kilroy was owner and editor of the then Poseyville News. I have written for every owner and editor since then; Edith Kilroy, Jim Greenfield, Mark Quette, Jim Kohlmeyer, and now Dave Pearce. The Posey County News used to be on Locust Street in between the drug store and the old Dr. Paul Boren office.

I had dinner in the Community Center served by the Relay for Life ladies where I got to talk to many people.

The food was great. We can be thankful for the many people who work so hard to put the Autumn Fest on each year. I say “Thank you” to all!

Next Saturday, October 1 at 4:00pm the Stewardsville Methodist Church will be serving their delicious chowder, both indoor and outdoor serving. I plan on being there, Lord willing.

I have heard it said every 28 days that human shed and re-grow their skin. It seems to me I have had the same face for the last 97 years and 2 months!

Be in the church of your choice next Sunday.

Poseyville’s regular gas price as of Sunday night is Poseyville’s rainfall the past two weeks is September 10 .21”, September 11th .05” so the two week’s total is .26.” The total for August was .82” and the total for August and September is 1.08.”

I was told that it was a very light drizzle in Wadesville early Sunday morning and another person told me it was a very light drizzle up in the Sands and in Mount Vernon, but in the South part of Poseyville I did not see any moisture at all.

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Winners of the Autumnfest Junior Womens’ Cooking contest are Margaret Schafer (third.), Maddi Koontz (representing her mother Tammy), second, and Connie Pearce (first),. Photo by Kristy Downey.

Ford Home seeks exempt status

By Pam Robinson The New Harmony Town Council faced controversy and celebration at its Thursday, September 16, meeting. Stacey and Gary Owen appeared to request council reconsider a sewer fee waiver for 1115 Linwood Avenue. Previously, council had denied the waiver. The Owenses said the property holds a garage used for storage with no utilities and constitutes an unimproved lot eligible for a sewer fee waiver. Discussion was cut short when the couple said they had consulted a property law attorney, who believes they have a case. Town President David Campbell tabled the matter, citing the threat of litigation.

On a positive note, Martha Raske, representing the current three-member board of the Charles Ford Home, appeared to request council to verify the petition to terminate their trust and pave the way for the Ford Home to become a non-for-profit organization. Raske said the nonprofit status would enable the Ford Home to complete further renovations, to expand its services, and to be eligible for certain donations and grants.

Council approved the request in the form of a resolution that will also end the connection between the Ford Home and the council. Councilman Don Gibbs called the move “wise” in meeting the needs of the community’s aging.

In other business: •Council announced important dates for upcoming public hearings at Town Hall: Monday, October 4, at 7 p.m. regarding the grant application for the proposed new fire and ambulance station; Monday, October 11, at 10 a.m. regarding the 2011 budget.

Adoption date for the 2011 budget has been scheduled for Friday, October 29, at 10 a.m.

•Council adopted an ordinance (2010-9) to annex 12 acres located between New Harmonie Healthcare and the proposed site of the new fire and ambulance station.

•Council approved one addition to the existing credit card ordinance: that the card

maybe used to pay for web hosting and maintenance of the town website.

•Council held the public hearing for and adopted resolution 2010-3 regarding additional appropriations in the total amount of $14,661 for Maple Hill Cemetery operating expenses, a transfer to the bicentennial fund, and the town’s contribution to the Posey County Economic Development Partnership.

•Council approved a sewer fee waiver for 510 and 518 Steam Mill Street.

•Council approved the use of $700-$900 from the tree service and removal line item for the purchase and planting of two new male gingko trees near the post office.

•Council approved the use of funds as necessary for materials and labor to take care of the storm drain behind Yellow Tavern.

•Council approved the closing of the alley behind the American Legion during Kunstfest.

•Council approved the closing of Main Street from Church Street down to Steam Mill Street from 7– 11 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, for the Rock Around The Clock celebration.

•Council is looking for two people to serve as members on the Maple Hill Cemetery Board.

•The following events were announced: Saturday, October 9, Town Picnic at Elliott Farms; Chili Cookoff at Murphy Park on Saturday, October 16, following the Arbor Day celebration at 3 p.m.; Friday, October 22, Fall Cleanup. Residents are asked to separate their items for disposal.

The New Harmony Town Council will meet again on Monday, October 4, at 7 p.m. for the public hearing regarding the grant application for the proposed new fire and ambulance station. On Monday, October 11, at 10 a.m., the public hearing will be held on the 2011 budget. The next regularly scheduled meeting of town council will be Thursday, October 21, at 7 p.m. All meetings will be held in the Town Hall.

Annual fall clean-up day set for October 22 Clean up day will be October22 for residents of the Town of New Harmony.

Bulky items such as T.V.’s, washers, dryers, sofas, mattress’s and etc. will be taken at this time.

Due to certain rules and regulations, refrigerators, freezers, and other appliances with refrigerants in them CAN NOT be taken

without proper certification.

To be certified, the appliances must have all refrigerants removed by a qualified techncian.

Other items that CAN NOT be taken include: Yard waste, waste oil and other petroleum products, any liquids, large concrete items, tires, anti-freeze and other items considered to be haz-

The Posey Humane Society Noah is an all white male kitten, 16 wks old with beautiful soft whisky-colored eyes. Noah seems to get along with other cats well and enjoys playing and sleeping with them. He’s enjoys petting and loving attention. He’s enough of a kitten to be playful g but will curl upp for a great cuddle also.

Aero is a 16 week old female ggraykitten with white markings. Areo is aalready spayed and up-to-date on shots.

H Her Gold eyes are quick to notice toys tto pounce and play. She also enjoys bbeing held and cuddled and gets along w well with othAero eer cats.

Lillyy is a 1 year y ar old ffemale corgi/ yea terrier mix, with a smooth tan coat and white markings markings. L Lilly is a little timid when she first meets a new dog, with a patient introduction, she has done well Lily with the other dogs at the shelter and will play in a group. und 100 cats of all ssizes, The Posey Humane Society has around ccolors and ages. s. We also are hou housing aapproximately 20 dogs, both large and ssmall. Please stop out during regular hhours, Thursday - Sunday 12:00 - 6:00 ppm, or call 838-3211 to make an apppointment on other days to view all tthe wonderful animals. Our cats are Noah ssocialized by our junior volunteers and aare used to being handled. The dogs are getting handled h dl d daily d l and receiving basic obedience training.

PHS will be hosting ho a dog walk on October 23rd at Harmonie State Park! Please watch this article space as flyers all around Posey County for details!

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

ardous or medical waste, ALL items set out for disposal should be containerized or bundled for handling.

Any items not containerized or bundled will be left To help insure compliance with this requirement, we are asking that items not be set out for pick-up more than three days prior to clean-up day.

N Harmony town New wide sale October 2 w New Harmony will be h having a Town-Wide Yard S on Saturday, October 2.

Sale Maps will be available on F Friday, Oct. 1. You can pay $ by Setpember 29 to be put $5 o the map and cover newson p paper ads and flyers. Contact O Mill Mart.

Old This will be held in conj junction with the car show a flea market. and

Town Hall: Monday, October 4, at 7 p.m. regarding the grant application for the proposed new fire and ambulance station; Monday, October 11, at 10 a.m. regarding the 2011 budget.

Adoption date for the 2011 budget has been scheduled for Friday, October 29, at 10 a.m.

•Council adopted an ordinance (2010-9) to annex 12 acres located between New Harmonie Healthcare and the proposed site of the new fire and ambulance station.

•Council approved one addition to the existing credit card ordinance: that the card maybe used to pay for web hosting and maintenance of the town website.

•Council held the public hearing for and adopted resolution 2010-3 regarding additional appropriations in the total amount of $14,661 for Maple Hill Cemetery operating expenses, a transfer to the bicentennial fund, and the town’s contribution to the Posey County Economic Development Partnership.

•Council approved a sewer fee waiver for 510 and 518 Steam Mill Street.

•Council approved the use of $700-$900 from the tree service and removal line item for the purchase and planting of two new male gingko trees near the post office.

•Council approved the use of funds as necessary for materials and labor to take care of the storm drain behind Yellow Tavern.

•Council approved the closing of the alley behind the American Legion during Kunstfest.

•Council approved the closing of Main Street from Church Street down to Steam Mill Street from 7– 11 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, for the Rock Around The Clock celebration.

•Council is looking for two people to serve as members on the Maple Hill Cemetery Board.

•The following events were announced: Saturday, October 9, Town Picnic at Elliott Farms; Chili Cookoff at Murphy Park on Saturday, October 16, following the Arbor Day celebration at 3 p.m.; Friday, October 22, Fall Cleanup. Residents are asked to separate their items for disposal.

The New Harmony Town Council will meet again on Monday, October 4, at 7 p.m. for the public hearing regarding the grant application for the proposed new fire and ambulance station.

On Monday, October 11, at 10 a.m., the public hearing will be held on the 2011 budget. The next regularly scheduled meeting of town council will be Thursday, October 21, at 7 p.m. All meetings will be held in the Town Hall.

Fish Fry set for October 9 Elberfeld Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring their annual “all you can eat” Fish & Chicken Fry starting at 4 p.m. on October 9, 2010 at the Fire Station. Rain or shine. Adults $10 and children $5. Drink and dessert included. Carry-outs available at adult prices.

Brat cookout sale September 30 B New Harmonie Healthcare iis having a Brat Cookout S Sale on September 30 from 110 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New H Harmonie Healthcare Center, 2251 Hwy 66, New Harmony, IInd. The cost is a $6 donation.

A All proceeds will be donated tto the Alzheimer Association M Memory Walk. Lunch in-

cludes: brat, chips and drink.

Call ahead orders: 682-4104.

Ask about buying a $1 chance ticket on our gift baskets, over six different prize baskets are available to win.

Winning tickets drawing will be on October 22. Tickets are available at New Harmonie Healthcare in the Social Service Office.

Gamma Psi annual pecan sale The Gamma Psi chapter of Tri Kappa is now selling pecans.

Several varieties are available in 1 pound bags for your baking needs and eating enjoyment. Pecan pieces are sold for $8.50 a bag while pecan halves are sold for $9 a bag. Also available are chocolate pecans, white chocolate pecans, praline pecans, cashews, and new this year, roasted/salted pecan halves for $9 a bag.

For more information or to order pecans, contact any Gamma Psi member or call Nancy Hasting at 838-0202 or Sherri Rapp at 838-2466. Orders will be taken until November 1, 2010 and be delivered just in time for the holidays.

Carl & Judy Redman Carl and Judy Redman of Mount Vernon plan to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Saturday, October 9, 2010 with a reception at the Trinity United Church of Christ, 505 Mulberry Street in Mount Vernon. The reception will be held from 2-4 p.m.

Carl and the former Judy Saltzman were married on October 15, 1960 at the

First Christian Church in Mount Vernon, Ind. They are the parents of Leah Meier of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Kevin and Jason Redman of Mount Vernon. They have six grandchildren. Carl retired from the Posey County Co-op after 35 years. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. The couple requests no gifts.

Popcorn sales for area Cub and Boy Scouts began this past weekend. From left are Poseyville Pack 387 leader Julie Reynolds, Levi Miller, Jacob Lingafelter and Julayne Miller selling popcorn during Poseyville’s Autumnfest. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Legion Auxiliary sale planned The American Legion Auxiliary Post #5 is planning a craft rummage and bake sale on Saturday, November 13 from 10 .m. - 2 p.m.

The event will be held at 203 Walnut Street in Mount Vernon at the Legion home. Anyone interested in renting a table, items for rummage or bake

sale, call Jenny Witt at 838-5341.

Chili and burgers will be served.

The Legion also is reminding area residents that they have some chowder left over from the recent Kunstfest and it is available at the home.

For more information, please call 682-3873.

Marrs Burgoo October 2 Marrs Elementary PTO will be having their 50th annual Burgoo on Saturday, October 2 at Marrs Elementary School, Hwy. 62 between Evansville and Mount Vernon at 4 p.m.

There will be Burgoo,

chili, hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, coffee and homemade pies for sale.

There will also be a Chinese and Quilt Auction.

Dining available inside out out. Glass jars only for carry out service.

Artisan Fest planned in Carmi The Carmi Kiwanis Club invites the public to participate in it's fourth annual ARTISAN FEST as part of our fifth annual Corn Days Celebration in Carmi.

The Artisan Fest will be held from 9 am to 5 p.m.

Saturday, October 9, 2010 on Main Street in between the buildings of Old National Bank and WRUL/WROY Radio Station.

“The Fest will showcase area artists and their various talents and skills, as well give our high school art students a chance to exhibit their works,” explained the program chairperson. Such works which will be available for sale may include original paintings (watercolors, oils, pastels, etc.), gourd designs, handcrafted brooms, jew-

elry, pottery, wood carvings, sculpture, and other original works of art.

There are still openings available if you would like to become a vendor. Call the Artisan Fest Chairperson, Marty Arnold, at 618-382-4141 to request further information and application forms. You may also send an email to arnoldmarty66@yahoo.com.

My name is Marty Arnold and I'm the Chairperson for the Artisan Fest this year.

I'm hoping to generate some interest and spread some information about the Fest.

I'm hoping you will run the above article in your respective newspaper. If you have any questions, please call me at 1-618-382-4141, or email me at arnoldmarty66@yahoo.com.

Baby photo contest set for Fall Festival week Right to Life of Posey County will be sponsoring a Baby Photo Contest, and the photos will be displayed at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival - October 4- 9.

Prizes for all contestants: U.S. Savings Bonds for First Three Places.

Entry Rules: Children < 2 years old. Must have birthday on or after Oct. 3, 2008.

Submit: 5X7 photo size - Photo MUST accompany $10 entry fee.

Winner by popular vote.

100 votes per $1 Accepting photos: Sunday, October 3 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Life Choices Maternity and Youth Home Parking Lot, Corner of Indiana St. & 12th Ave., and Monday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. until all slots are filled at Right to Life of Posey County Booth #74 Questions? 812- 7819293 www.evansvilleforlife.com

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COMMUNITY Harmony Haus to show Dalai Lama documentaries The Blooming Lotus Sangha is pleased to co-sponsor with Bodyworks Massage Institute and Penny Lane Coffeehouse the screening of two film documentaries on His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The films will be shown at the Harmony Haus Theatre in New Harmony on Sunday,

APL News

Members of the Shotokan Elite Martial Arts Academy put on a display at the Autumnfest on Sunday. Pictured are, in front, Faith Bittner, Jacob Downey, and Kyle Downey In row two are Rachel Jones, Sophie Bittner, Lily Bittner, and Katlyn Downey.

In the back row are Sara Brock, Sensei Peggy Cooper, and Zach Hogan.

Habitat Humanity Woman Build looking for volunteers Women across the Tristate are coming together September 11 - October 2 to build a home for a family in need as part of the Glenwood Community Development Initiative. Be a part of it!

Help build the house of

Amanda Bratcher in Shadewood Place or bring food or serve food or be a greeter. . . .all are welcome!

Go to our web site www. evansvillehabitat.org or Facebook page for full information or to sign up. We

want all Tri-state women to be a part of this. Donations of $10 or more make you a part of our Link by Link program.

Call 423-5623 to learn more about Evansville Women Build.

Hancock family reunion set for October 3 The annual Hancock family reunion will be held on October 3, 2010 in the Annex of the old Ribeyre Gymnasium in New Harmony, Ind. located one block south of the flashing red light on the corner of Main and Tavern Streets.

Handicap accessible for Senior Citizens through the Annex, joining the gym.

Pot luck at noon, bring your own table service and drinks, and a few items for the flea market. Kids, bring your basketballs, hula

hoops and skip ropes to play in the gym.

Games, prizes, treasure chest, door prizes, and who knows what else in the afternoon.

Quilt raffle about 3 p.m. Bring any item you would like to display or tell about in your family. Family line history books and scrap books will be there to browse through. Please bring ;your family line up to date. Anyone interested in the Hancock family of Harmony Township is welcome. Anyone with questions may call Eva L. Allen 618-968-2383.

Deadline draws near for art contest Just a reminder that all entries for Gamma Psi’s River Days Art Contest should be received by Thursday, September 30. All children of Posey County are asked to submit their visions of what they think the new MountVernon riverfront should look like. All entries should be drawn on white paper no larger than 11” X 15” in size. Crayons, colored pencils, markers, and ink may

WMI News The Workingmen’s Institute (WMI) received a $44,000 matching grant for stabilization and rehabilitation of the tower and west wall of the building located at 407 W. Tavern St. in New Harmony due to damage received in the April 2008 earthquake. Work began this past June and was completed by the end of August.

Built in the Romanesque Revival style, known for tall towers, arched windows and doorways and belts of stone, the WMI is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Built in 1894, it is one of New Harmony’s finest examples of Victorian architecture.

The project stabilized and rehabilitated the exterior masonry that was dam-

be used on the drawings. No computer generated entries please. The child’s name, address, phone number, age, date of birth, school name and name of teacher should be neatly included on the back of the entry. All entries should be mailed to Amber Doty at 1210 Dereham Drive, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620. Winners will be announced in October and prizes will be awarded to the

winner in each age category (Preschool (ages 0-5 years), kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grade, and sixth through eighth grade.

The River Days Art Contest is sponsored by the Gamma Psi chapter of Tri Kappa, a philanthropic women’s sorority whose purpose is to promote culture, education, and charity in our community.

By Sherri Graves aged during the earthquake.

The east wall lintels over the second floor exhibited major cracks in the mortar joints that were repaired.

Displaced and shifted masonry units were reset. The east and west walls were tied to the first and second floor system with metal exterior anchor plates, threaded rods, and wood blocking between floor joists. This was necessary to prevent any further movement of the floors away from the walls. Finally, the project stabilized the tower, a significant architectural feature of the building, which exhibited serious damage in cracks and displaced masonry unites. The tower was also stabilized with steel rods and steel anchor plates to protect it against future dam-

age from seismic activity.

The stabilization of the tower paved the way for the second phase of construction, installation of an elevator in the tower that will allow easy access from ground level to the library and the museum.

This project has been funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

Visit www.workingmensinstitute.org and click on the Our Town Series to view a presentation on work completed during June, July and August.

APL On-Line Databases This for those of you seeking information on exotic places or just need to learn how to do simple car repairs.

If you have Internet access and an Alexandrian Public Library library card you have free access to several useful databases. All you need do is go to the library website: www.apl.lib.in.us.

Family Storytime Looking for good family fun that is absolutely free?

Then this Family Storytime is per-fect. Moms, dads, caregivers, and kids of all ages are welcome! It’s as easy as ABC and fun, too. Join us September 28 at 6 p.m. as we view Chicka Chicka Boom Boom on video, climb the letters up a coconut tree and paint with letters.

James Whitcomb Riley You are invited to attend a live performance by Lee Ann Wambach as Elizabeth Riley, the mother of James Whitcomb Riley, on September 30 at 6:30 p.m. as she talks about James Whitcomb Riley, his childhood and his poems.

This program is free and open to all ages.

Sew Happy This is something new for you adults. Sew Happy is going to be a bi-weekly gathering of crafters - we will meet at 10 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.

Our first meeting will be October 13. If you quilt, knit, do tatting, crochet, etc. come and join the fun! This program is free.

Book Discussion Group The LITerally Speaking book discussion group will discuss The Help by Kathryn Stock-ett on October 19 at 1 p.m. If you have read the

October 10, 2010 at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for both films or $12 for one and may be purchased by calling 490-9009.

Film producer/director Khashyar Darvich from Hollywood, Calif., will be visiting our area then. The Dalai Lama Renaissance films, narrated by

Harrison Ford, offer insights on world peace and personal transformation. These films have been screened around the world, and we consider it a great honor that these films, along with the producer, will be in our area. You can find a trailer for the film at www. dalailamafilm.com.

By Stanley Campbell book you are invited to attend this lively discussion.

Legos Club This is our second Legos club meeting this school year.

The Legos Club is for anyone age 6 and older who loves working with Legos. We will be meeting at 3:30 p.m. October 19. We will build things from Legos so be prepared to be creative. Regis-tration is required.

Quilting Classes Quilting classes with Naomi Overton will begin on Friday, October 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring your own machine, and sewing supplies and Naomi will have the pattern.

Used Books And DVDs Needed Our book sale is coming up in November and we still need donated books. The Friends of the APL are accepting all pocket size and larger paperback fiction, all non-fiction books in paperback and hardback, audiotapes, CDs, DVDs, VHSs and graphic novels for their next book sale. All items must be clean, dry, mold-free,

and have their original covers.

Donations will be accepted during regular library hours.

Gift Donations Gift donations in the form of cash are used to provide books and other useful materials for the library. Unless specified, donations made to the library will be used where there is the greatest need.

If you wish to make a gift donation please fill out the printable Gift Form found on our website: www.apl.lib. in.us. Print out the form, fill it in, and mail the form along with your gift donation to: Alexandrian Public Library, 115 West Fifth Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620.

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

SPONSORED BY THE POSEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

FREE RABIES CLINIC Posey Co. 4-H Fairgrounds Livestock Barn, Hwy 69 From 1pm - 3pm October 9th

ANIMALS MUST BE AT LEAST 4 MONTHS OLD. All Dogs Must Be On A Leash And Cats In Carriers.

Failure To Do So, And They Will Be Turned Away.

(No Other Immunization Services Will Be Performed)

Arts Council October performances set The Arts Council offers another month of great performances for its October Brown Bag Performance Series. Performances take place EVERY WEDNESDAY at noon, in the Arts Council’s Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery. The public is invited to attend any or all of the scheduled Brown Bag series performances, free of charge. The Gallery is located at 318 Main Street in Innovation Pointe.

• October 13 – Tales & Scales: HOP on down for Tales & Scales' performance of THE FROG WHO WANTED TO BE A SINGER! This interactive, jazz-infused African American tale about the birth of rhythm and blues illustrates that through imagination, plenty of practice, and steadfast determination one can develop the self-confidence to achieve one's dream!

Join the fun and help welcome the new troupe, featuring Ashley Frary (vocalist), Zach Guenzel (keyboards), Chris Martin (percussion), and Monte Skelton (woodwinds).

• October 20 – Eykamp String Quartet: Members of the Eykamp String Quartet serve as principal string players of the Evansville Phil-

harmonic Orchestra and as Artists in Residence at the University of Evansville. The 2010-2011 members include Gared Crawford, Violinist, Jung-Min Shin, Violinist, Craig Bate, Violist, and Kevin Bate, Cellist The Eykamp String Quartet provides classical music performances of artistic excellence and passion. This dynamic quartet is committed to ensuring that both chamber and orchestral music are a vital part of our community and beyond.

The Eykamp Family established the quartet and vision in 2002.

• October 27 –Bob Minnette Ensemble, featuring Bob Minnette and David Schnerr: Whether you enjoy rock or Bach, this ensemble’s musical talents are sure to please. Bob Minnette has been a trumpet soloist and vocal musician for

many years in the Evansville and Tri-State area. His love of light jazz and old standards has led to countless live performances and movies as well.

Performing often with Bob is David Schnerr, who is at home as a performer whether he is playing a classical guitar recital or doing a progressive jazz gig at a local hot-spot.

David has also received much acclaim as a classical, jazz and media music composer.

He is available for solo and ensemble performances for a variety of occasions.

The BSF Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. Call 422-2111 for additional information or visit the Arts Council website at www. artswin.evansville.net for updates on current arts events in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, as well as those in our community.

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SCHOOL United Way Pacesetters begin campaign Chris Diaz is Faculty of the Month Again this year, the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County is one of the Pacesetters for the United Way campaign. They ran their United Way campaign during August and results were announced at the United Way of Posey County campaign kick-off on September 16th to get the United Way campaign off to a good start.

The Metropolitan School District of North Posey County was formed in 1957 with the consolidation of Bethel, Center, Robb, Robinson, and Smith Townships.

Currently there are four (4) schools: North Posey High School with an enrollment of 503; North Posey Junior High School with an enrollment of 210; North Elementary School with an enrollment of 345; and South Terrace Elementary School with an enrollment of 355. Total enrollment for the 2010-11 school year is 1313.

The professional certified

staff consists of 1 Central Office Administrator, 4 building principals, 1 assistant principal, 3 counselors, 2 librarians, 89 teachers, 4 therapists and 2 social workers. The non-certified support staff is made up of a Central Pay Roll/Deputy Treasurer, a Business Officer/Treasurer, Human Resource Officer, 16 instructional assistants, 25 school bus drivers, 2 school bus mechanics, 19 cafeteria workers, 11 custodians, 3 school nurses, 4 computer coordinators, and 7 school secretaries.

Striving for academic excellence is an important part of student activities in the School District. The success of many of the academic teams has been numerous.

The Spell Bowl Teams from North Posey Junior High School have won 14 State Spell Bowl Championships.

North Posey High School Spell Bowl Teams have won 5 State Championships.

North Posey High School Hoosier Academic Bowl teams have won 13 State Championships. South Terrace Elementary School has been an Indiana Four Star School six (6) times. North Posey Junior High School has been an Indiana Four Star School two (2) times. North Posey High School has been an Indiana Four Star School four (4) times.

Funds raised in the United Way Campaign go to support 21 local agencies and more than 75 programs that provide services to the people of Posey County, including 2-1-1, the easy-to-remember number to call for information and assistance about needs and resources, and the new prescription drug discount program. For more information about services provided by the United Way of Posey County or volunteer opportunities available, call 838-3637 or email uwposey@sbcglobal.net.

North Posey yearbooks to be available Friday The 2009-2010 North Posey High School yearbooks have arrived. They can be picked up at the homecoming football

game against Tell City on Friday October 1, 2010 before the game.

There are a limited number of books for sale

for $50 if you did not order in advance. Books may also be purchased at the North Posey High School office.

Christopher Diaz has been chosen as the to take charge.

“I have to stay emotionally detached to Faculty of the Month for September. Chris has been a part of MVHS for 12 years. help my athletes in the best way possible.

I think of them as my kids,” Teaching a health education said Diaz. class and tending to numerStarting at Miami Kilous injuries weekly as Mount lian High School as an AthVernon’s Athletic Trainer is letic Trainer, P.E teacher what he does best. and health teacher then led Diaz has been a certified to Diaz becoming the head trainer for 28 years and has of Athletic Trainers and an been contributing his talent in instructor of Physical Edumany places. He attended the cation at the University of Pan American Games to help Southern Indiana. Diaz got with athletic training as well the privilege of receiving a as spent two weeks in ColoNational Championship ring rado to help at the Olympic in 1995 when USI won the Training Center. Chris was NCAA Division II Men’s also appointed by Ind. Gov. Basketball Championship.

Evan Bayh to be a part of the A day in the life of Chris Licensing Board of Athletic CHRIS DIAZ Diaz is typically a busy one.

Trainers from 1994 to 2007.

Originally from Tampa, Fla., Diaz went to He gets to school around 7:30 in the morning school at Leto High School. He then went on and normally doesn’t get to leave until 8:30 to receive his Associates Degree in Arts and or 9. “I arrive at 7:30, get things ready for Physical Education at Hillsbourgh Commu- class, and teach the first two periods of the nity College. After that, he decided to gain day. I get the last part of the day for my planhis Bachelors in Arts of Physical Education ning period, then open up the training room at the University of South Florida in Tampa. until about 3:30,” said Diaz.

“Fall sports are typically more dangerous Upon graduating, he moved on to Indiana University to get his Masters of Science in than spring sports. I usually have to go back Physical Education. Diaz also received a and forth between the games, which means minor in Health Education certifying him to I’m there longer,” states Diaz.

Chris has twin daughters whom are 21 teach health to grades K-12.

Being selected as the “Number One Ath- years old and are both currently studying letic Trainer” in the state of Indiana in 2004 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. was one of Diaz’s greatest accomplishments. Lauren is studying Architecture and Ellery is He was also the recipient of the Darwin going for Art Education. Chris likes spendRueger Service Award in 2007 from the M- ing time with his basset hound, Chuck, in his free time when he is not contributing his Club.

Chris says his favorite thing about his job prodigious talent for Mount Vernon High is being able to use his skills and being able School.

Caden Meredith and Olivia Summers were chosen as the Poseyville Autumnfest Little Mr. and Little Miss. Caden, age five, is the son of Cindy and Odis Meredith of Poseyville. Olivia is the five-year-old daughter of Lindsay Knight and Anthony Summers. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Immunization clinic to be held on October 20, 27 The Posey County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at North Elementary School in Poseyville from 3 p.m. — 5 p.m. and Wednesday Oct. 27, 2010 at the Coliseum in Mount Vernon from 2 p.m.

— 6 p.m. An appointment is not needed for these clinics.

Required immunization additions for the 2010 —2011 school year are as follows:

• All KINDERGARTEN students will be required to have 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 6th — 12th 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 dis-

ease documented by the parent/guardian.

• All 6th — 12th grade students will be required to have 1 dose of tetanus-diphtheriaacellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) given on or after the 10th birthday.

• All 6th — 12th grade students will be required to have 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4).

Please bring shot records for each child receiving immunizations.

Farmersville protects environment, raises money It’s a time-honored tradition with a twist. Along with the usual fundraising activities at Farmersville Elementary School, there is a new and profitable way to make money that benefits the environment as well. Farmersville is tackling the growing problem of electronic waste and literally turning it into cash.

Farmersville is participating in the Think Recycle program, which gathers old print cartridges, digital cameras, and cell phones in the community and exchanges them for money. Greentec, the

company behind Think Recycle, then collects, processes and recycles the cartridges, cameras, and cell phones, diverting the electronic waste from local landfill sites.

“Our usual fundraising activities are great, but the Think Recycle program directly protects the environment, “says Mrs. Woolsey, Computer Lab Assistant at Farmersville. This way we can stop filling up our landfills with electronic waste and fundraise at the same time.”

Over 300 million empty printer cartridges are gener-

ated in North America every year, or 900,000,000 pounds of waste that can potentially end up in a landfill. The Think Recycle program has been responsible for the diversion of more than one million cartridges from landfills and has provided nearly three million dollars in funding to its participants. More than 20,000 schools in North America participate in the Think Recycle program, says Tony Perrotta, President of Greentec.

In addition to giving money for these used printer cartridges and cell phones, Greentec also donates one tree to either the Tree Canada, or American Forests for every 24 qualifying cell phones, cameras, or cartridges that Farmersville returns. The Think Recycle program has paid for the planting of more than 50,000 trees, effectively removing 8,700 tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

“With Think Recycle, not only are you helping Farmersville raise money for school items and student activities, but you get to directly protect the environment and do a good thing,” says Mrs. Woolsey.

The public can drop off old cell phones, digital cameras, or printer cartridges at Farmersville during normal school hours.

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SCENES FROM AUTUMNFEST

Members of the Posey County Fair royalty participate in the Autumnfest Parade.

Allie smiles for the camera.

These walking cookies represent the local Brownie Troop.

Dominique DePriest was crowned Autumnfest Princess while first runner-up is Jeri Ann Neuffer and second runner-up is Olivea Glaser. Glaser was also Miss Congeniality.

Bruce and Lynda Baker served as this year’s grand marshals.

Jim Tomes greets well-wishers. The Republican walkers were trophy-winners in the walking division.

Ambulance, from Page 1A

other, and we have great paramedic service.”

Wilson also stated that in doing research, she has found that in the event of a severe emergency such as a heart attack or a bad accident, emergency help needs to be on the scene in the first eight to ten minutes.

“We believe that the emphasis should be placed not necessarily on the number of calls but on the response time,” Wilson said. “I believe that all residents should have as near equal response time as possible.”

Commissioner President Scott Moye quoted figures that indicate that there are many more calls in the Mount Vernon area but Wilson said that the number of calls is not so significant as is the response time to get to those calls.

Wilson went on to say there are several businesses in the Poseyville area which handle heavy equipment and have several employees.

“JL (Farm Equipment) employs 75 people and (Stone and Stemle) John Deere employs 20 and Tri-County has 17-plus and Pearson’s has 80,” Wilson explained. “If there is an accident at one of these places, they are still waiting 20 to 27 minutes. And the schools in our area…North Elementary has 345 students and South Terrace has 253 students.

North Posey Junior High has 210 and the high school has over 500 students. At any time during the day, there are nearly 1200 students. At any given time in the summer, there are 400 kids on sports fields in the area.

And, Interstate 64 borders the northern end of the county. And, farm accidents are the worst and we have a lot of farming in the area.”

Wilson concluded that of the calls that come in to 911, the important thing is to provide equal response time based on the severity of the call. Broadhead and Pearison expressed similar sentiments.

Sydney Redman rides on the Posey County News float.

County Commissioner John Sherretz advised the group to go to the Posey County Council with the problem while Commissioner Jim Alsop suggested that perhaps a study should be conducted to determine response time. He also told the group that he appreciated them coming and to keep in mind that nothing happens quickly when it comes to government. He did, however, encourage the group to remain active and to take a proactive attitude regarding the ambulance service.

Wilson indicated that she plans to attend the next meeting of the Posey County Council to again voice her concerns.

In other action: •The Commissioners listened to proposals for web development for the county’s website. Three proposals were discussed with the lowest price coming from a company (Anything Computers) that does work for the business where Posey County Council-

man Tracy Ripple is employed. The County is also concerned because many employees are currently having to use personal email addresses to send some county business. The Commissioners decided to ask a representative from Anything Computers to attend the next meeting.

•The commissioners heard a proposal from WTH Company’s Rex Jones regarding updating the county’s GIS system. Other area counties are looking at a similar service which would help tie all the county’s offices together. Commissioner President Scott Moye advised the group to keep a close eye on what the company does in nearby Gibson County. The company has offered to waive the initial upfront cost of $4,500 and maintain the service for $3,600 per year.

The County Commissioners will meet again on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m. at the Hovey House.

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OPINION

Trophy brings out pride, best in marital memories The people who judged the Autumnfest cooking contest this weekend found out something that I already knew. My wife is a great cook. Unfortunately, my wife is also usually the one I pick on in my little articles I write each TRUTH... week. But this week, the ar- STRANGER ticle is going to tell the rest of THAN the story.

FICTION For those of you who do not know me (or us) well, BY DAVE Connie and I will celebrate PEARCE our 21st wedding anniversary on October 27. We have a unique story to tell about our courtship and I have not told it for many years, at least not in print.

When I moved to Posey County in the mid-1980s, I was just finishing my (second) degree at the University of Southern Indiana and much like today, I didn’t have much in the way of time or money. I agreed to take a job as a sportswriter in Mount Vernon as an intern to help finish my senior year of college.

Mostly, again much like now, I worked and I attended athletic events. I dated occasionally but working a full-time job and attending school full time does not lend itself to much of a social life. So I worked and went to school.

After almost three years on the job in Mount Vernon, I decided it was time to settle down a bit and try and find a church home.

I had visited a couple of churches in Mount Vernon but having been raised in church, I realized the need for spiritual contentment in my life. As I look back now, it was the first step in trying to begin to put the rest of my life together.

And just as now, there are not a lot of people out there who are willing to talk to you

about religion or their church. I grew up in a General Baptist Church so when time came for me to look for a church, I literally looked in the phone book to try and find a small church like the one where I grew up.

Mt. Zion Church seemed like a good name for a church and it was in the country so I figured I would give it a try.

So on a Sunday back in June of 1989, I made my way to Mt. Zion Church for a Sunday morning service. I enjoyed the church and the people all seemed friendly so as I began to get to know them a little, I began to attend the church regularly.

Everyone there seemed concerned about me being single. As a matter of fact, I had been going to church only about a month when people began to tell me that I should meet “Connie.” I, of course, had no idea who Connie was.

About two or three weeks later, I had invited a few people from the church over to my small apartment in Mount Vernon. Everyone had encouraged me to call and invite Connie.

I got her number from someone and finally got up the nerve to call. She said she would try to make it.

I was a little apprehensive, at first, because I really wasn’t sure what this “Connie” was going to be like. After all, we had only talked on the phone and it was almost like a blind date. I knew that everyone who knew both of us were wanting us to get together. So I was looking quite forward to meeting her when I got a phone call from her one evening. From the other end of the phone came a devastating question.

“Do you mind if I bring Eric along?” she

dy Jones (a pheasant-tail nymph and a Parmachene Belle sending him on his way to girlfriend happiness with Katie Burchell). But

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there were others out there.

There had to be others.

Other advice counselors, the ones who just sat there taking notes, managed to find any number of unhappy potential love victims, but the Fly Tying Love Center was noticeably short of them at the moment.

Oh, he had taken Marjorie’s advice and tied up a mess of streamer flies with the points and barbs taken off and made earrings out of them. He sold a bunch, too. The problem with that was, he’d really enjoyed being asked for advice. Ad-

vice, not earrings. And it wasn’t happening.

Marjorie walked in and gave him a kiss. “I’m headed out to the beauty parlor, Honey. Wish me luck.”

“You don’t need any luck,” Marvin said. “You were born beautiful and you keep improving every day.”

“If you give that kind of love advice with your fishing flies, Hon, I’ll spread the word and every woman in town will send her husband over here to fill their tackle boxes.”

As the front door closed behind Marjorie, Marvin sipped more coffee and smiled. It just might work.

I mean, she could tell some of the women, and the word could spread …

It could happen.

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Gavel Gamut’s “Target Practice” The McFadden/McFadin/ McFaddin, etc., families have lived and served in Posey County since before there was a Posey County. Douglas Bruce McFadden who was born in 1940, reared in the community of Savah and now practices law in Washington, D.C., sets out the various permutations in his book, The McFaddens: A Family of Frontiersmen 1250 to 1950.

Doug says the original Scottish spelling was MacFadyen, but with the clan migrating to Ireland then America several variations resulted. As Doug says, “The McFadden name has different spellings depending on the mood of the individual member of the family.” The McFaddens, p.3.

Doug’s older brother, Don McFadden, and I have been friends for over thirty years, but had never discussed the lynchings of 1878 until last week. Doug called me to talk about those events during the Christmas season of 2008. Both brothers related the same story told to them on several occasions by their grandfather, Benoia (Ben) McFadden (October 9, 1869 – June 19, 1949).

Ben McFadden’s father was Philocles Polk McFadden who was born November 4, 1844. Doug sets forth in his book the strong southern sentiment in Posey County:

“Their roots were in the southern states. This was true of many southern Indiana families and gave rise to the strong movement of the Copperheads in Indiana. It was, also, the strong belief of many that it was a political war in-

GAVEL GAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE stigated by the new Republican Party and the abolitionists.”

The McFaddens, p. 100.

And citing to Smith’s History of Indiana Doug states: “The organization and work of the Knights of the Golden Circle, or Sons of Liberty, as they were called at different times cannot be passed over …. Perhaps there was not a northern state which held so many persons who sympathized with the South, as did Indiana.”

The McFaddens, p. 101.

Ben McFadden told Doug and Don that when Ben was nine years old his father, Polk McFadden, took him to the courthouse square in Mt. Vernon on October 13, 1878 to view the bodies of the four young African American men still hanging from locust

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out that she had a heart attack while we were there and the subsequent triple bypass that followed in the next week. Only a week or two into the relationship, Connie and I both realized just how important our families were to both of us. Right away, she informed me that she and Eric came as a package deal.

Three short months (yes, 90 days) later, we were married in a small ceremony. And for 21 years she has been gracious enough to put up with me in my many moods. She has accepted most of my little quirks and knows that I still enjoy high school athletics. She listens to me when I rant and rave about the newspaper and about the issues I have with customers and co-workers in my other job. She takes care of most of the things around the house besides working at a bank during the day. She spent the biggest part of last week, with the help of family and friends, putting together a float for Autumnfest.

As for family, it is still important for both of us. Connie was with me during the time my mother had a stroke and even helped keep her in out home until it was no longer manageable. Every major holiday is still celebrated at our home with both sides of our families joining together for the meal and the fellowship. Our “blended” family has become one larger loving family.

While Eric has grown up and moved off to Kentucky, his mother and I have landed back in Posey County. She spent most of last week working with family and friends on a float for Sunday’s Autumnfest parade.

But even as I tell her how much I love and appreciate her, I can’t help but get in one final job. Now that I know she won the Autumnfest Cooking Contest, I understand why she doesn’t cook at home. I guess she no longer needs the practice.

Look for Pam Robinson’s For The Record in Today’s Ag Section

Home Country Slim Randles Marvin Pincus sipped his coffee, looked out the window at his sign proclaiming the Pincus house the “Fly Tying Love Center,” and sighed. Business wasn’t good.

Before Marvin retired, he would’ve attacked this problem with what amounted to a public-relations blitz, but time and the tides and the occasional need for linimental help with aching muscles had taken effect.

What, he wondered, could he do in a … casual … way to stir up business.

He realized he was a pioneer … perhaps the pioneer … in combining fly tying and romance advice, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t quietly hope for his neighbors to have more love problems. His advice had worked well with Dewey (a lead-wire-wrapped wooly bugger leading to the suggestion he showers before he asks a girl out on a date), and with Ran-

asked as my chin dropped to the floor.

All this time I had thought I might be meeting someone I could date and then I get a phone call and apparently she was wanting to bring a date? Oh well, I figured. “Sure, why not? Go ahead and bring Eric along,” I said.

The day of the gathering and I was on a mission to find out why this person everyone was wanting to fix me up with was going to bring a date to my gathering. Finally, just a few hours before the meeting, I got an answer I was not expecting.

Apparently, Eric was Connie’s 3-year-old son. Little did I know that Connie and Eric had been involved in an automobile accident and she had lost her husband, North Posey High School graduate and Marrs Elementary teacher Brian Morlock.

At that point, I remember going to the store to buy some green fruit juice (called ‘Slime’ at the time) for “Eric.” Connie and I hit it off well and I asked her out for the following Saturday. She would go, she said, but only if we could go to Chuckee Cheese. Eric was going to a birthday party there with one of his friends and she had already committed. Since I had never been there, I agreed.

At the end of the party, one of Connie’s friends agreed to take Eric to her house so we could have a little time to talk and get to know each other. We literally drove around and talked until after 3 a.m. It was a magical night and I knew right away I had found the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

I had made plans to go to French Lick to receive the Governor’s School Bell Award for Excellence in Education Reporting the next weekend. Since I did not have a date and had just met Connie, I had already invited my mom to go with me to the gathering. Turns

trees.

Ben vividly recalled seeing the lynching victims and watching as several white men used the hanging bodies for target practice with shotguns. Ben, also, recalled a man’s eye being shot out with one of the errant pellets.

This account is corroborated by newspaper editor, John Leffel who was an eyewitness to the lynchings. On the front page of the October 17, 1878 Western Star he reported: “The only accidents that occurred was the shooting of Alex Crunk, Sheriff elect, who was shot in the eye, and from the effects of which will lose that member. John Crunk was shot in the head and neck, the wounds, although painful, are not considered dangerous.

Ab. Crunk and John Patterson also received slight scalp wounds. These gentlemen were all standing together on the south side of the square, and the supposition is that one shot wounded all.”

I thank Doug and Don for sharing their family history with me. That such significant events in our county’s history should be preserved, especially when there is much to learn from the events, appears clear to me. Therefore, should you have any information on the events of October 1878, please let me know. The facts, as facts, should be aired.

Letters to the Editor Thanks for the map Anyone attending the New Harmony Kunstfest should carry a copy of the map which you published September 14. It was great.

A person would probably miss their par-

ticular thing of interest without the map. At first the amount and scope of information is a little intimidating but over all a good work.

Many thanks, Bud Tolliver

Did Council vote send the right message?

Dear Council Members, Posey County is in the middle of some very tough economic times. Aventine started, stopped, and started again. We had two years of late tax billings followed by one year of double tax billings. We voted on a school tax referendum as monies had gotten tight. On the national level there is even more confusion, and we do not sense that we are out of the woods yet. Concerning tax abatements, we are at a decision point that could help us enormously or hurt us dramatically.

As you deliberate over the tax abatement decision, please consider all of the reasons that Posey County needs to project a business friendly mind-set, now, and from this point forward. Businesses bring jobs and increased cash flow to the community. Restaurants, car washes, and hardware stores grow and expand. Homes are built and those homes stay on the tax rolls forever. Older homes are repaired and upgraded, also raising the tax rolls. Satellite businesses spring up to support the major industries. School enrollment increases and consolidation discussions diminish. The economic pluses far outweigh

any negative.

Many cities in this county, and the county itself, have invested in an economic development specialist to cultivate a growth friendly environment. Let’s not spend tax dollars to support him on one hand as we collapse his efforts with the other hand.

Also, we understand that there were labor issues with Aventine. Some were justified, some were not. In any event, that is water under the bridge at this point. It is imperative that you council members reconfirm that you are servants of the citizens of Posey County first and union supporters somewhere further down the list.

The people of Posey County need you more than ever to be open, honest, forward thinking and on their side without any reservations. Please move in a positive direction for all of us and find a way to approve the abatements. It is a very small investment for a very large and long-term pay off.

Posey County Republican Council Candidates, Jerry Walden – District 2, Don Mattingly – District 3, and Wayne Nall – District 4

Blunt is the right person for school board Shelly Blunt is a taxpayer friendly candidate running for school board in Mount Vernon. Shelly, a PhD chemist, is the associate dean at USI’s Pott College of Science and Engineering and also a chemistry professor.

At USI she has gained considerable classroom experience while also managing budgets and schedules.

Shelly has worked at USI for 12 years and resides in Mount Vernon with her husband, Steve. They have 3 children currently attending Mount Vernon schools.

Shelly is a fiscal conservative and fully intends to be a watchdog for the Mount Vernon

taxpayer. Shelly intends to work with the administration and other school board members to find solutions that will provide the most bang for the buck. Shelly will seek ways to improve the quality of education that our kids receive while staying within the constraints of the budget.

I have known Shelly for over 12 years.

She is fair, honest, smart, and will undoubtedly be a great asset to the MSDMV school system, teachers, and also to local taxpayers.

I’m asking for you to vote for her.

Thanks, Vince Frazier

Ellsworth’s vote for Obamacare apaulling I was appalled when I learned that the Veterans of Foreign Wars political action committee had endorsed Brad Ellsworth for U.S. Senate. As a conservative, I remained wary but neutral on Congressman Ellsworth until he made his one fatal mistake. He voted in favor of Obamacare. I will never forget the politicians who supported this disastrous legislation when 70% of Americans were not in favor of it.

Obamacare is the most flagrant power grab and theft of freedom that Americans have ever faced since the birth of our nation and if it survives the inevitable Supreme Court challenge, a legal precedent could be established that will allow the federal government to force it's will upon the American people in ways they cannot

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even imagine.

As a war veteran and lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars I am ashamed of this endorsement. All organizations making endorsements should first consider whether a federal politician is upholding his oath of office by preserving and protecting the Constitution and the interests of the United States of America before consider-

ing their own self interests.

The membership of the VFW is quite familiar with the price of freedom. Our war veterans deserve to be taken care of and have more than earned the benefits they receive from the federal government but the pursuit of veterans benefits should not be place above the protection of freedom for all Americans.

Scott Straw

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Vikings play final home game, prepare for sectional At left, North Posey soccer Coach Scott Butrum is inundated with silly string following the teams’s 1-0 senior night loss to Heritage Hills on Thursday. Below, the seniors were honored following the game. The seniors are, left to right, Rylan Gentil, Jordan Fisher, Addison Schmitt, and Andrew Reich. Parents and supporters had cake and small gifts for the four players who were playing their final home game in a North Posey Viking uniform.

Sectional drawings were held late Monday evening.

Photos by Dave Pearce

By Dave Pearce To every thing there is a time and a place.

A time to heal, hopefully, for the North Posey boy’s soccer team.

It has been a very rough week for the boys’ soccer program.

To begin the week, Coach Scott Butrum was notified that unknown to him, the team had used an academically ineligible player in four of their games this season and they would be forced to forfeit those contests. That took the Vikings record to 2-5-5 following Thursday night’s 1-0 loss to Heritage Hills.

“We’re much better than that record looks,” Butrum said. “Our issues all year have been about the same. We don’t play the ball well to each other. We have very talented skilled players who love to play by themselves and they are not playing together as a unit. And until they get that, they are not going to be any better than anyone else. We looked very good tonight when we played together but when we don’t play together, we don’t create opportunities.

We do that defensively and offensively.”

Injuries continue to plague the Vikings as the Vikings’ goalie Rylan Gentil continued to be out of action with a pulled groin muscle.

Other illnesses and scrapes and bruises have contributed to the tough week but when the week was done, North Posey Coach Scott Butrum was still smiling.

“We played really hard tonight,” Butrum said following his team’s narrow 1-0 loss to Heritage Hills on senior night. “I anticipated a very close game. They are always very well coached and they know how to play soccer.

They are very quick. They have had an up and down season like we have and I figured it would be a very close game.”

Addison Schmitt, Andrew Reich, Ryan Pritchett and Kyle Swope all were gimpy following Thursday evening’s loss, despite most of them playing most of the game.

“With Rylan Gentil down, we have had to try and overcome losing our senior goalie,” Butrum said. “He is part of the heart and soul of this team and that has been tough to overcome. We have had more goals scored on us recently than we have all season.”

The two teams played even most of the

night but in the final ten minutes of the contest, it seemed that more and more of the game was being played on the Vikings’ end of the field. And them with about 6:30 showing on the clock. Goalie Alex Kelley got his hands on a shot well over his head but was unable to deflect it high enough to keep it from hitting the back of the net. And with the Vikings already tired and the Patriots in control of the game, it became just a matter of allowing the time to run out.

“We didn’t mark up outside the box and we gave him too much space,” Butrum said.

Butrum said that Gentil might have been able to play on Thursday but in the interest of the team’s post-season hopes and Gentil’s future in soccer, Butrum and Gentil’s physician decided it would be best for Gentil to rest the injury at least one more game.

The Vikings have just one game remaining on their schedule, a game at Tell City tonight (Tuesday). The sectional draw was held on Monday evening but well after press time. The pairings may be found on the Posey County News website at www.poseycountynews.com.

The Vikings actually had another game scheduled for the Saturday before entering sectional play. That game was with New Harmony. Since the Rappites did not field a team this year, that date was canceled.

“One thing I asked for is that we not reschedule a game for that night,” Butrum said.

“I want that healing time before sectionals and I want practice time. We’re going to give the boys a little break and then hit it hard before sectionals.”

Butrum took time to thank his four seniors and their parents on senior night.

“They have been the heart and soul of this team,” Butrum said.

The four seniors are Gentil, Reich, Schmitt, and Jordan Fisher, a starting senior playing in only his third year of organized soccer.

“Fisher has come a long way this year and has earned his spot on this team and has kept it.

He goes hard all the time,” Buturm said. “Addison and Andrew are my two senior midfielders and when they play together, they are very hard to beat because they have played together since the seventh grade.”

Wildcats manhandle Pioneers to celebrate homecoming Win moves ‘Cats to 4-2 heading to Mater Dei

By Steve Joos The Mount Vernon football team struggles against a stronger opponent one week and takes it out on a less competitive squad the next.

That seems to be a pattern so far this season and it happened again last week.

One week after losing to state-ranked Washington, the Cats stomped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead and went from there to pound the visiting Boonville Pioneers 48-17 as a homecoming crowd watched Jason Stemple rewrite the record books Friday night.

The senior quarterback completed 13 of 18 passes for 280 yards and five touchdowns, giving him 22 for the season and bettering Dustin Boyer’s old mark of 18 touchdown passes.

And there’s still at least four games left in the season.

The Wildcats took control of the game early, showing what they had learned in practice leading up to the contest.

“The kids played hard,” coach Paul Maier said. “It mainly had to do with what we did this week in practice. There are some things we stressed this week in practice. The kids executed and did a nice job.”

Fundamentals and discipline were stressed in practice and it showed, as Mount Vernon was whistled for just three penalties that cost them just 24 yards. It wasn’t as low as Maier wanted, but it was better as both the offensive and defensive line took control.

After being flagged eight times and losing 69 yards in a loss to the Hatchets the previous week, Mount Vernon was penalized once on offense, once on defense and once on special teams this week.

And there was Stemple, who rushed for another score while picking up 42 yards on the ground.

“Any opposing coach I’ve talked to during the course of this year, the first thing they say is ‘Wow! I can’t believe how far he’s come in a year,’” Maier explained. “He’s really worked hard and certainly deserves that honor.”

Mount Vernon’s offensive philosophy is partly centered around taking what the other team’s defense gives them and the Pioneers defense gave Blake Marshall an opening.

Another senior taking the limelight on Senior Night, Marshall hauled in five passes for 179 yards and three of Stemple’s scoring

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The Harvest Moon and fall were in the air as the Wildcats rolled over visiting conference foe Boonville as Mount Vernon hosted a full house for Homecoming festivities Friday night. Photo by Dave Koch

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Lady Volleycats tearing it up

By Steve Joos Take advantage of the other team’s mistakes, hit the ball hard up front, find the opposition’s weaknesses.

Find a way to win.

That’s what the Mount Vernon volleyball team has been doing so far this season and has it ever been paying off.

The Lady Wildcats raised their record to 17-4 on the year with four more wins last week, including a sweep of their double-dual meets with Vincennes and Tell City, this time on the Lady Marksmen’s home court.

The Lady Wildcats outdueled the Lady Alices in a key Big Eight Conference battle 23-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-16, 15-11 and then outlasted Tell City 25-21, 25-23.

Earlier in the week, Mount Venron toppled Marker Dei 25-19, 25-17, 25-17, and Bosse 25-11, 26-24, 25-7.

“We had a very good week,” coach Andi Allford said. “We knew we had the talent, we just needed to get them to play together.

They’ve learned a lot this season. I’m very proud of them.”

The start is the team’s best in Allford’s five years with the Lady Wildcats and may be the best since the 1996 Sectional championship team.

The Lady Cats were stretched a bit in Saturday’s first match against a solid, hard-hitting Vincennes team that featured a number of back row attacks.

They were also a quick squad that threw a lot of different looks their opponents.

In a way, they sounded familiar.

“We face a lot of what Vincennes had in practice,” Allford explained. “We also play a quicker game, so to see six players on the other side of the net, made us feel a bit more comfortable.”

Mount Vernon’s drumline performs during opening ceremonies of the Homecoming Comfortable or not, the Lady Cats were in game on Friday night. Photo by Terri Koch for a rough morning and needed five hard-

fought stets to subdue the Lady Alices. Vincennes’ back row attacks were a big reason why the match went the distance, according to the coach.

The Lady Cats were successful in tipping the ball over the net in order to get the upper hand on Vincennes.

They are now 4-0 in the conference and could nail down a Big Eight title by getting past Mount Carmel and Washington this week.

Going five rounds with Vincennes left the Lady Wildcats a little exhausted for their match with Tell City, Allford said. The team had its ups and downs. The Lady Wildcats may have been prettier than the way they played, but did what was necessary in order to win the match.

The Lady Wildcat reserve teams won both of their contests.

Mount Vernon earned one of its biggest wins of the year Thursday with a three set triumph at Mater Dei 25-19, 25-17, 25-17.

“It was a little hit and miss,” Allford said.

“They gave us some trouble with serve-receive, which we hadn’t been having trouble with.”

Mater Dei made a series of crucial mistakes which the Lady Cats were able to take advantage of throughout the contest.

Carynn Koch once again carne up big, with four aces, 12 blocks and 14 kills, while Meagan Martin registered 28 assists and Lauren Stemple had 30 digs.

Martin has been developing into a strong offensive threat, while sophomore Jacey Ritzert has become a strong front-row complement to Koch, giving the team two strong hitters, according to Allford.

The coach also praised Stemple for her efforts defensively, but she added that the entire team has been doing their jobs well.

When they’re 17-4, that’s to be expected.

Lady Wildcat soccer team returns to the plus column

By Steve Joos Four key players are hurt, including the team’s top scorer, who sat out part of Saturday’s game with a headache.

The coach has been battling a sinus infection.

And the Mount Vernon girls’ soccer team is back on track.

Katie Cox scored two goals and added an assist Saturday, as the Lady Wildcats toppled the visiting Vincennes Lady Alices 4-2, after snapping their slump by slapping around South Knox Tuesday 6-1.

“We’re doing much better this week,” a hoarse coach Liz Castle said after the Lady Cats overcame a stronger Vincennes attack in the second half to pull out their second Big Eight Conference win of the season.

“We got two wins under

out belt and that gave us the confidence and the momentum that we needed to go forward.”

After trading goals with the Lady Alices in the first half, Cox drilled in a shot with 2:26 left in the half to put the Lady Cats in front 3-2. The Lady Alices had the upper hand in the second half, getting 12 shots, but the Mount Vernon defense was able to keep them at bay, while Jenna Reidford made the most of the Lady Wildcats’ chances, putting one in the back of the net for insurance goal with 17:12 to go in the game.

How was Mount Vernon able to hold off Vincennes defensively after the intermission?

For one thing Castle said that Cox’s second goal gave the Lady Cats a boost heading into the second half and

the confidence to play well in the second half.

Defensively, Mount Vernon was trying to hold the outside trap and went manto-man, while keeping the Lady Alices offsides without much of a chance for a good shot. Vincennes had a few shots, but goalkeeper Ellen Searcy was there for a pair of acrobatic saves.

They also stifled Vincennes’ Madison Brower, who scored both Lady Alices goals in first half, including a unassisted shot with 14:18 left in the first half that knotted the score at 2-2.

“We were a little more focused,” Castle said. “We worked on things in practice that really prepared us for these two games.”

The Lady Cats had more shots on goal in the first half and were able to earn corners that they finished off, the coach added.

Jenny Koch scored the other Mount Vernon goal of the day, with helf from Cox. Koch was one of five seniors honored at halftime of the game as part of senior day festivities. Castle praised the seniors for their contributions over the course of the last four years.

“We’re just thankful to our seniors,” the coach said.

“They have really worked hard for us and have done a great job for us this year.”

The Lady Cats broke out of their slump Tuesday. Cox and Koch each booted in two goals, but it was a rough game physically for Mount Vernon.

“Two of our players collided four minutes into the game,” Castle said. “The paramedics had to be called and we were really, really off after that. We tried to regain our composure, but then we

had another injury which required more attention and one of those two girls went to the hospital.”

Sam Scheu and Lacy Johnson were hurt in one collision, while Haley Thorne ran into Reidford in the other incident, which landed one in the hospital.

Cox scored 27 seconds into the game and despite the injuries, the Lady Cats kept things up, Castle said.

Koch added another two goals, while Kinsey Johnson stepped up to score and Megan Randall added the other goal. Cox had the other assist on the day.

Reidford had two assists, while Cox and Koch each added one. The Lady Spartans’ lone goal was put in by Kara Holscher.

The injuries at South Knox and Cox’s problems Saturday forced Mount Vernon to play the second half Saturday with just 10 players and may force them to play Tuesday’s game with Forest Park short-handed.

Castle expects ho have everyone back in time for the Sectional.

The Lady Cats are now 7-6 on the season and snapped a five-game losing streak, but it was painful in a lot of ways.

Wildcat freshman Charity Konrath traps this pass during Saturday’s conference win against Vincennes putting the Mount Vernon team back in the winning side after some hard fought games in the past weeks. Photo

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Vikings fall victim to big plays at undefeated Forest Park

By Dave Pearce The North Posey Vikings gave it a good effort but big plays proved to be their downfall Friday night at Ferdinand as the Forest Park Rangers defeated the Vikings 39-34. The Vikings dominated every statistic except the score in the loss.

The Rangers were not able to stop the Viking offense most of the night as Cameron Calvert had a break-out game, rushing for 145 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns.

Quarterback Colton Motz got the better of his counterpart at Forest Park as Motz hit for 14-of-27 passes for 255 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Motz also had a pair of interceptions. But all the offensive statistics in the world don’t matter if you are unable to stop the big play, as Coach Joe Gengelbach said following the game.

Things looked good at the outset of the game on Forest Park’s homecoming night.

The Rangers won the toss and elected to take the ball. But the Vikings were up to the challenge and it was three and out.

It took the Vikings only about two minutes to out a score on the board as Cameron Calvert had three runs and two pass receptions on the first drive and when he took the ball into the end zone, the Vikings led 7-0 at the 8:34 mark.

“Cameron had a good game,” Gengelbach said. “They started crowding the box on us and we didn’t complete some of the passes we needed to complete. We got three big ones and had some great trap runs but we got caught from behind so that tells you we are probably not quite as fast as they are.”

But the Rangers, not to be outdone, took only two plays to score their first touchdown of the night and the Vikings led 7-6 at 5:19 of the first period.

On the second score of the night, it was Jourdan Cox and Calvert who did most of the damage and Jared Reidford chipped in as Motz hit Reidfor for 14 out to the 39. Calvert got six and Cox matched that run before Cox got loose for a big reception to the Forest Park 25. A Motz-to-Nick Neidig pass play finished it off as the Vikings took a 14-6 just a minute after giving up a touchdown.

Again the Viking defense forced a punt and the Vikings controlled the ball the remainder of the first quarter and into the second before Calvert got his second touchdown of the night on a third-and-3 from the 9-yard line. The Vikings appeared to be in control leading 21-6 just a minute into the second period.

But the Rangers had a play or two up their sleeve as the Vikings appeared to have the Rangers stopped when on fourth-and-one at the 44, a fake punt and Welp found Braunecker unattended and the big caught one of his three touchdown passes on the night. As a matter of fact, he caught only three passes on the night but all lthree were for touchdowns and a total of 141 yards. The Rangers had pulled back to within 21-12 on that play.

“Big plays have been their forte all year.

We have watched several films and Welp, Schwinghammer, and Braunecker have made play after play,” Gengelbach said. “They go for the ball 100 percent. If the ball is in the air, it is theirs. They don’t very high percentage passes like fences and curls. They are throwing things down the field a mile and they just say ‘this is ours’ and they go get it.”

The Viking offense went stale and the momentum had clearly swung the other direction

as the Vikings were forced to punt and that was when the punt was returned for a touchdown and when the extra point sailed through, the Rangers were within 21-19. That was the half-time score as neither team was able to put together a sustainable drive and Motz was intercepted to end a Viking scoring threat.

The second half started much like the first as the Vikings were able to move the ball and their first possession ended in a 14-yard Motz-to-Reiford touchdown pass with 9:11 showing on the third-quarter clock. The Vikings then led 28-19.

On the ensuing drive, the Viking defense had stepped up big but the Ranger punt from their own 36 was short and hit Cox in the back and the Rangers recovered the punt for a first down at the 49.

“We have had a terrible time with special teams,” Gengelbach said. “We have worked and worked and worked and we just, for some reason, the combination is not clicking yet.

We are just giving people tremendous field position on kick-offs and punts. And we have now had two punts returned for touchdowns in the last two games…one in the Heritage game and one in this one. Those are just backbreakers.

A 39-yard pass play, again to Braunecker pulled the Rangers back to within 28-25 at the 6:50 mark of the third quarter, “We have to try to find a way to get our kids to know where they have to be and get them to realize that when the ball goes up into the air, they have to be aware of where it is at and get in the lane and cover it,” Gengelbach said.

On their ensuing possession, the Vikings were unable to score, despite moving the ball 50 yards to the 38 at the 2:24 mark. That’s when, following a Viking punt, quarterback Welp was able to get loose on a quarterback draw and rumble 70 yards to give the Rangers their first lead of the night at 32-28.

The final Viking touchdown came when Wes Harness ran one in from three yards out to give the Vikings a 34-32 lead.

The teams traded fruitless possessions and the Vikings’ Neidig then nailed the Rangers in the shadow of their own goalpost with a punt that angled out of bounds at the Rangers’ own six. But after gaining four yards on first down, the Rangers handed the ball to Travis Schnell at the 10 and he ran untouched for the 90-yard score that kept the Rangers undefeated and handed the Vikings their fourth loss in six games.

“We had an opportunity to slow them down when we were still up by two and they ran a straight hand-off play and I have no idea where our people were at because they went almost 90 yards for a touchdown. We never really seemed to get things going again after that.”

The Vikings did have one final opportunity when the Rangers appeared to be ready to tack on another touchdown. With 1:17 to go and the Rangers looking at second-and-goal on the two, they fumbled and the Vikings recovered. But the Vikings were unable to connect on four straight passing attempts and the Rangers took over the ball and took a knee to end the contest.

“Their line did a good job. That’s what they do and I’m sure that’s what they work on,” the coach said. “They let their quarterback have all kinds of time to run around and scramble and he is a good runner and

Motz fifth, Wildcats in top 10 at Pride’s Creek

By Steve Joos Hunter Motz finishes in the top five.

The Mount Vernon boys’ team is among the top 10 in the boys’ race.

The girls are pretty far back in the pack.

The same pattern which has been followed by the Posey County cross country teams held again Saturday in the Charger Invitational at Pride’s Creek.

Motz was fifth in the boys’ race at Petersburg with a time of 16:13, while his North Posey Viking teammates were 18th overall, scoring 483 points.

The Wildcat boys, meanwhile took sixth place with 206 points.

The Lady Vikings were 12th in the girls’ meet with 293 points, while the Lady Wildcats took 15th with 375.

Memorial dominated both races, winning the boys race with 84 points and the girls’ meet with 32. Castle was second among the boys with 132 points, while Mater Dei (153) was third. North Knox and North tied for fourth with 166 points each and Reitz came in sixth with 172.

Forest Park (232), Vincennes Rivet (259), Washington (269), Signature (308) and Pike Central (342) finished between the Cats and

Wildcats win, from Page B1 strikes, matching some great catches in the process.

The Wildcats stormed out early in the opening chapter, taking the ball 61 yards in less than 90 seconds for their first touchdown of the night.

After stopping Boonville on its opening possession of the game, the Cats got a 19yard punt return from Will Terbeck to their own 39-yard line. Seven plays (four of them first downs) and 80 seconds later, Stemple found Aaron Straub in the end zone from five yards out. The first of six Zac Deig extra points put the Cats up 7-0 with 9:01 to go in the first quarter.

The Pioneers tried to the move the ball downfield on their second possession and were have some success, reaching the Mount Vernon 11-yard line on a pass interference call.

But Boonville fumbled on their next play and the Cats recovered it on the 24.

It took Mount Vernon 48 seconds to get the ball into the end zone.

Stemple fired passes to Marshall and Terbeck for big gains and then Tim Davis polished off the drive (although blitzkrieg would

Viking tight end Nick Neidig takes his would-be tackler to the ground after making a move to get outside and into the end zone during action at Forest Park on Friday night.

Photo by Dave Pearce

Jourdan Cox breaks loose for a big gain at Forest Park. Photo by Dave Pearce a great athlete. He has a cannon for an arm.

He throws the ball 60 yards just as easy as he throws for five. And he does a great job of laying the ball out there and letting those three receivers go to it.”

The key to the game?

“We made crucial mistakes at bad times,” Gengelbach said. “We just have to go back and work to get things tightened up a little bit.”

Calvert finished with 145 yards on 19 carries while Cox had 83 on seven and Harness had eight yards on nine carries. Five different Viking receivers caught passes as Reidford and Calvert had four apiece, for 90 and 62 yards, respectively. Neidig had three catches for 38 yards and Cox had two for 65. Harness also had a reception.

Patriots blank Lady Vikings

Vikings.

By Steve Joos North was a very distant second to the The Heritage Hills girls’ soccer team Lady Tigers in the girls’ race, scoring 103 was on a roll Thursday at North Posey. points. Forest Park (108) was third, followed Or should we say “Rohle”?

by Central (137), Mater Dei (150), Castle As in Sarina Rohle.

(185), Gibson Southern (214) Harrison (220) The Heritage Hills junior booted in and South Knox (249), Boonville (257) three goals as the Lady Patriots erupted rounded out the top 10, while Pike central for five scores in the second half and (2640 came in just ahead of the Lady Viblew past the Lady Vikings 6-0. kings. Reitz (309) and Princeton (323) came The loss was a tough one for North in between North Posey and Mount Vernon.

Posey and coach Pleasant Dike left withMotz posted a time of 17:20 in winning out commenting on the game. the boys’ race at Thursday’s Gibson SouthSophie Etienne started things off for ern triangular. the Lady Patriots, burying a pass from The Viking senior was over a minute faster Kelly Pund with 15:25 left in the first than Princeton’s Will Neiderhaus (18:45). half. The 1-0 lead held through halftime, The bad news for North Posey was their but it didn’t take Heritage Hills too long to start stretching things out. third-place finish in both races, despite Rohle scored the first of her goals less Motz’s win and three top-15 finishes for the than seven minutes into the second half Lady Vikings. The boys scored 69 points, when she connected off a pass from Eticompared to 29 for Gibson Southern and enne. She added another on a fast break 40 for Princeton. The girls finished with with just under 28 minutes left in the 47 points, while the Lady Titans outran the contest, making the score 3-0 Heritage Lady Tigers 35-42.

Hills.

Olivia Goeble (23:29) and Jessica Smith Kelly Pund provided the assist on Roh(23:48) finished 2-3 behind Gibson Southle’s second goal and then she knocked ern’s Courtney Naas (21:26) in the girls’ one in with 22:35 to go and Missy Brown meet, while Meagan Bender (27:25) came Maggie Camp brings the ball upfield for added one a minute later. Rohle finished in 12th. the Vikings. Photo by Dave Pearce things off with just over a minute to play, making the final score 6-0.

Thursday’s game was the Lady Vibe a more appropriate term) with a 14-yard was the guy who happened to be open and Jakings’ only contest of the week and folrun. Deig’s kick made it 14-0 with 5:04 left in son did a great job of hitting him.” the first chapter.

The number ones finished their work with lowed a stretch where they split four The third scoring drive of the night started 5:36 to go in the third quarter, when Stemple games.

North Posey shut out the Day School with 3:21 to go in the first quarter and took up found Marshall from five yards out and Deig Lady Eagles 2-0 in Evansville and posted all but the last eight seconds of that period. added the extra point.

A 15-yard strike from Stemple to Marshall The reserves took over after that and got a 2-1 win at Boonville, while they were capped and the drive and the extra point made some experience that will help later on, Maier shut out by Harrison Tuesday night 5-0, it 21-0 at the break. said, although the Pioneers nicked them for and dropped a 6-2 decision at Sullivan.

Nichole Perry and Haley Allen did the The Cats got another break when Terbeck 17 points in the second half. stepped in and picked off an Evan HendrickJake McConnell booted a 38-yard field goal heavy lifting offensively for the Lady son pass on the Boonville 33-yard line less to get Boonville on the scoreboard with over Vikings, scoring a goal each against Day than two minutes into the second quarter. a minute gone in the fourth quarter, then Da- School and Boonville, receptively. Allen Forty-four seconds later, on third and nine, vid Underhill got away for a 71-yard run and knocked in both goals against Sullivan.

Stemple connected with Davis for a 32-yard Hendrickson connected with Cullen Baumscoring strike and Mount Vernon stretched gart for a 36-yard touchdown pass play. the lead to 28-0.

The Cats are back at .500 in the Big Eight Stemple did it himself with 4:42 left in the Conference with a 4-2 overall record heading first half, scoring from four yards out to cap into this week’s game with Mater Dei, which an 11-play drive which took over four minutes follows the same pattern as the last four weeks, and then closed out the first half scoring with as the Evansville school is state-ranked just a toss to Mitchell that the senior receiver took like Mount Carmel and Washington.

79 yards for a score with 1:33 to go. Deig’s “That’s just the way the schedule worked kick put the Cats up 41-0 at halftime. this season,” Maier said. “We’re just happy to “We were moving ball well all night with be playing again this week.” our number ones and we were able to do a They’re going to work hard and do what lot of things offensively,” Maier said. “Blake they can to get a win.

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Elise Lewis, Mallory Lowe, and Evelyn Mauer pose for a picture after winning 1st place at the Rumble on the River Tournament in Owensboro, Ky. The girls were part of the Rural Girls 10U all-Star Team which was coached by Jack Lowe. Photo submitted

Arena Friday, Oct. 1 FOOTBALL: Mater Dei at Mount Vernon, Tell City at North Posey.

Saturday, Oct. 2 VOLLEYBALL: Washington at Mount Vernon, North Posey at Tell City; GIRLS’ SOCCER: Mount Vernon at South Spencer; BOYS’ TENNIS: Mount Vernon Sectional Semifinals and Finals; CROSS COUNTRY: Mount Vernon in the Big Eight Conference meet at the University of Evansville course, North Posey in the PAC meet at Southridge; JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY: North Posey in the Middle School PAC meet at Southridge .

Monday, Oct. 4 VOLLEYBALL: New Harmony at North; RESERVE FOOTBALL: Mount Vernon at Mater Dei, North Posey at Tell City; JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL: North Posey at Tell City.

Conservation Officer Dan Belwood will offer the Indiana Hunter Safety Course open to the public.

There is no charge for the course. The course is a minimum 10 hours which covers topics dealing with hunter responsibility, firearms safety, water safety, atv laws, archery, muzzleloader hunting handguns, and wildlife management.

The dates for the course will be October 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. Attendance each day is required for certification.

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Three golfers represent Posey in regional tourney

Allie Koester comes through on this chip shot during a fine round at the Eagle Valley Regional held Saturday. Koester missed advancing to the state finals by two strokes. Photo by Dave Pearce

Meredith Warren attempts to catch up to this pass during this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Heritage hills. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Steve Joos The atmosphere may have been a little bit much.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one way to describe what happened to Posey Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contingent in the Evansville Regional girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; golf tournament.

Mount Vernonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kendyl Ahrens was able to shave nine strokes offer her score on the back nine Saturday at the Eagle Valley Golf Course, but North Poseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allison Koester lost four strokes and her teammate, Kendyl Ahrens, never really got untracked.

Koester fell two strokes short of being in the mix for advancing to this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Indiana State meet at Bloomington, shooting a 78 after going from a 37 to a 41 on the back side. Ahrens shot a 100 (48-52), while Bourne struggled on the front side before fashioning a 49 and closing out her season with a 48-39-87. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple of things went wrong for Kendyl on the front side,â&#x20AC;? Mount Vernon coach Dave Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She knows sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capable of shooting in the high 30s and low 40s. I was pleased with the way she sucked it up on the back side, came back and shot a good round.â&#x20AC;?

Bell saw the Regional as a good learning experience for his junior golfer, who double-bogied the first hole and got off to a rough start. She calmed down after making the turn, with underpar shots on two holes while fashioning a 39 to finish with a 48-39-87. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She could have let those early holes cause her to just give it up on the back nine,â&#x20AC;?

Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, she sucked it up and had a good round on the back side. Kendyl can be a good golfer and she can take it to the next level.â&#x20AC;?

Bourne had a better ending to her day, but the Lady Vikings at Eagle Valley werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as fortunate, even though Koester had the best round of the three county golfers in the Regional as individual qualifiers from the Evansville Sectional.

Koester was in the thick of the hunt after the first nine holes, with a two-over par 37, one stroke ahead of Floyd Centralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Janice Heffernan (who eventually advanced with a 76), but she had an eight on the 12th hole and never recovered.

For Ahrens, it was even worse, as she carded a 12 on the 12th and finished with a 100.

Two members of qualifying teams from Evansville did advance to the finals, as Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natalie Schmett (72) and Chanice Young of Reitz (73) were the top two individual qualifiers. Kayla

Senior Regional golf qualifier Kendyl Ahrens concentrates while preparing to chip onto the green during regional action on Saturday. Photo by Dave Pearce Katerhenry of Castle (75) and Heffernan rounded out the top four.

Even with her troubles on the back side, Koester could still have had a shot at advancing if the team standings had been just a stroke different.

Jasper won the Regional with a 331, followed by Memorial (335) and Washington, which edged the Lady Panthers 341-342 for the third spot. The Lady Tigers advanced for the 12th straight season.

Had Reitz overtaken the Lady Hatchets, Koester and Alex Kotter of Vincennes would have tied for the fourth spot among the individuals, and would have advanced.

Nonetheless, for a team fielding a girls golf team for only the third year, qualifying two for the Regional is quite an accomplishment. Now Coach Kevin Wassmer needs new golfers to step up as three of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top five golfers will graduate.

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Mount Vernon High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kendyl Bourne is flanked by coaches Jimmy Key and Dave Bell prior to beginning her regional round at Eagle Valley Golf Course on Saturday. The junior will be back next season. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Lady Rappites continue to fight, improve as season unfolds

Megan Redman serves up a winner in the match against New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Steve Joos Megan Cumbee served nine straight points in the first set of last week’s volleyball match between the North Posey Lady Vikings and the visiting New Harmony Lady Rappites.

Caitlin Herrmann dished up six in a row and almost served out in the second game.

Then Jessica Everley put over five straight in the third contest.

Those runs were key to North Posey’s success as the Lady Vikings toppled the Lady Rappites 25-11, 25-12, 25-14 in a county battle.

The Lady Vikings wanted to work on their attacks, according to coach Gary Gentil, and they were able to do that, among other things, but they had to settle down early.

“The first game of the match, they called time out with the score 10-9 in our favor,” Gentil said. “I told the girls to play our game and focus on what we could do. They had a young lady (Kelsey Owen) who was attacking hard and hitting hard in the back row and they got some momentum on that. I told them to take care of the little things and cover the back row. They were able to do that and we got on a nice run.”

Lady Rappites coach Emily Pruitt really didn’t have that much to say about the match, but she was pleased with one thing.

“I will say we beat last year’s record already,” Pruitt said. “So that’s good. We still have eight more games to play and a tournament. I think my girls know how to win now, they know how

it feels. We’re still a little timid about the big schools and their hard hits, we just need to work on the little things.”

Some of those little things include communication and floor position, something which caused Pruitt to take to the floor between the second and third sets and talk about positioning.

New Harmony responded a little better in the third game, but once again, the Lady Vikings went on one of those long runs and what was a tie score at 5-5 became an 11-7 North Posey lead after a volley ricocheted off two North Posey players, breaking Mason’s serve. New Harmony tried to hang around, but never got closer than five points the rest of the way.

Pruitt is proud of the way her team has worked and how they have played, but feels that they need to carry that into their matches with the larger schools.

The Lady Viking streak in the third set wasn’t the only time that they went on big run against the Lady Rappites. In fact, the biggest may have come in the first game.

Before Cumbee went to the line, things were fairly close between the two teams as North Posey had just opened a 13-10 lead on the New Harmony serving error.

Four straight points stretched the lead to 17-10, forcing Pruitt to call a time out. When play resumed, so did the Lady Vikings’ hard hitting, as they scored another five points, the last three on net errors, before Cumbee served it into her net and North Posey gave up the ball and still held a 22-11 lead.

All that was left was for the Lady Vikings to finishing things off, which they did on a New Harmony blocking error and two points off Jordan Wassmer’s offerings.

Gentil felt that his team has been playing better, even with Katelyn Esche sidelined by an injury.

The Lady Rappites used some things in the third set which North Posey hadn’t seen before and that often, such as playing for the third hit and attacking from the back row. Those things caught the Lady Vikings out of position at times. Even though New Harmony stayed close in the last set, North Posey was able to pull away at the end.

North Posey nearly rode a strong service streak to victory in the second game, scoring six points off Herrmann’s offerings. That all but put away New Harmony in the second contest, as a volley went off Meagan Reidford. A volley went between two New Harmony players on the next offering and that put the Lady Vikings up 2-0.

North Posey took the reserve match 25-14, 25-7 as Meagan Durcholz registered five kills and had four assists. Kayla Hoenhert served four aces and Meagan Baehl had three digs.

The Lady Rappites had their moments, but couldn’t get a win in Saturday’s invitational tournament, dropping their matches to Bosse 25-11, 25-10, Cannelton 26-24, 28-26 and Tecumseh 25-11, 25-6.

“It was not a very good day,” Pruitt said. “We had spurts Morgan Mathews goes for a kill from the middle row durwhere we did good and spurts where we did bad.” ing action this week at North Posey. Photo by Dave Pearce Pruitt thinks that the team is developing the confidence it need to be competitive, but now needs some consistency.

A seven-point streak with Morgan Mathews at the line put For example, the Lady Rappites hung around for much of New Harmony in the driver’s seat with a 14-11 lead, but Cantheir first set against Tecumseh trailing just 10-8 on a service er- nelton came back to force a tiebreaker and got the winning ror. But they lost the ball in the net and Becca Broun dished up points on a pair of dump kills with Taylor Lawlin doing the eight unanswered points to put the Lady Braves up 19-9. serving.

The loss to Cannelton was especially shocking, since New “That just shows us how much we’ve improved,” Pruitt said.

Harmony had beaten them earlier in the season.

“It shows that we can come back after being down and that’s “We underestimated them,” Pruitt said. “The came back with a great confidence booster, but at the same time, we’ve beaten that desire to win and we thought that it was just going to be Cannelton before and we expect to beat them again.” given to us. Three’s only so much you can do about that.”

Pruitt thinks that the Lady Rappites can compete with the New Harmony dug itself in an early hole against Cannelton bigger schools, but that they have be prepared for whomever after the lady Bulldogs scored seven points off Sarah Whit- they play, adding that Cannelton came in with more determinaworth’s serves to open a 7-1 lead in the first game. tion and had improved from the first time New Harmony had New Harmony chipped away and finally caught Cannelton seen them. on three points off Sarah Smotherman’s offerings and then tying The Lady Rappites did pull out a win over Washington Caththe score several times until a net error gave the Lady Bulldogs olic recently, beating the Lady Cardinals 25-14, 26-24, 22-25, the win.

15-25, 15-8.

In the second game, New Harmony took a 4-0 lead, only to The Lady Cardinal reserves posted a 25-14, 26-24 victory have Cannelton answer with four points of their own. over New Harmony in the preliminary.

Wildcat tennis falls 5-0 to Vikings, then goes on tear

By Steve Joos Lose a big one, win another and another and another.

This is becoming a pattern for the Mount Vernon boys’ tennis team.

The Wildcats were shut out by their county rivals from North Posey, a team which is also a prospective Sectional foe, then snapped back for a conference win for the second straight week.

That was last week. This week, the Cats beat a conference foe and then took down two Evansville schools.

The Cats started this week by whitewashing Boonville 5-0 and then blanked Bosse 5-0 on Wednesday, with a 3-1 win over North sandwiched in between.

Layton Hopper and Kurt Crabtree had the toughest fight against Boonville, as they were pushed to three sets before Kriag Laiping and Dillon Pate 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.

Crabtree and Hopper were also left out on the courts Tuesday, as their second doubles match with North’s Alex McCune and Cole Samples was suspended with the Huskie duo up by one set.

Mount Vernon controlled the first sets at most of the other spots before winning in fairly convincing fashion.

Jevin Redman topped Zac Green 6-1, 6-4 at first singles, while Todd Scheffer took down Jeremy Rittenberry 6-0, 6-4 at third singles. Second singles and first doubles were even bigger wins for the Cats, as Ross Canada was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Dan Broadhead and the first doubles duo of Riley Oberle and Jacob Steinhart were 6-1, 6-2 winners over Dalton Simpson and Justin Beard.

The singles spots made the difference for the Wildcats Tuesday in their suspended 3-1 win at North.

Not that the doubles teams didn’t try.

Steinhart and Oberle pushed Justin Poirer and Nick Carey to three sets before falling 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 at first doubles in addition to second doubles, which was halted by darkens.

Redman was 6-2, 6-3 winner over Addison Hill, Canada outbattled Caleb Heiman 6-4, 7-6 and Sheffer needed three sets to put away Brandon Elpers 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

If North was more competitive further down the line, the Wildcats didn’t have any trouble with Bosse, except possibly at fist singles.

That’s where Redman beat Tyler Richie 6-4, 6-4, the only spot where the Bulldogs won any sets. It was 6-0, 6-0 at second singles (Canada over Daniel Vallies), third singles Sheffer over Alex Norton), first doubles (Steinhart and Oberle over Jake Douhitt and Jalen Langley) and second doubles (Hopper and Crabtree and Bryson Johnson and Austin Hamilton).

The Wildcat reserves were only in action once last week, beating Boonville 3-1.

The Wildcats were put though a fairly tough learning experience at North Posey, losing 5-0.

“I guess we competed in spots, but I wasn’t real pleased,” Mount Vernon coach Vicki Oehmler said. “I keep talking to them about getting to the point where you’re close and you’re still pushing and in the second set, you’re playing better than the first set. We didn’t do that. I’m not unhappy with the way we played, we did some good things and we did compete, I just want us to have that mental fortitude to break through and win some close matches.”

The coach said that she will have to work with the team to help get them ready to breakthrough in the closer matches.

Vikings’ coach Charlie Grimes was impressed with the Cats and felt that his team played well.

“Mount Vernon has probably one of the better teams around that we’ve played,” he said. “To come out here and get a 5-0 victory is big because they’re in our Sectional.”

The Cats played up to their capabilities in the first set at

each position, but didn’t seem to have the focus to pull things out.

Oberle and Steinhart pushed Dillon Davenport and Tyler Butler to a first-set tiebreaker, but came up short 7-6(7-1), 6-2. Canada forced Dylan Krohn to three sets at second singles, but the Viking came away with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 decision.

Redman and Scheffer were steady at first and third singles, but both made too many errors and each came up short. Sheffer actually did better in his second set with Alex Wade before falling 6-2, 6-3, while Redman lost to Nick Scheller 6-3, 6-3.

At second doubles, Brandon Spahn and Eric Wargel beat Crabtree and Hopper 6-2, 6-0.

Grimes said that his team played as well as they have been and was especially pleased with Krohn, who avenged an earlier loss to Canada in the Washington Invitational and hit the ball harder.

“I just seemed like we were just going through the motions,” Grimes said. “It seemed like they’re ready for Sectional and ready for Regionals.”

Oehmler was concerned about her team’s anticipation on the court and get that this was learning experience, since all but a few doubles players were adjusting to new positions.

The Viking reserves nipped Mount Vernon in their match 2-1.

Mount Vernon snapped back in their next meet, edging Vincennes 3-2 at home.

Redman topped Brady Brown 6-1, 6-2, at first singles and the second doubles duo of Crabtee and Hopper were 6-3, 6-0 winners over Blake Claycomb and Aaron Luce, but it was the spots where Vincennes won that provided the suspense, other than Canada’s 7-5,6-1 decision over Will Debrock.

First doubles started with a marathon tiebreaker, as David Brune and Shawn Kahre 7-6(10-8), 4-6, 7-5, and then Garrett McCray needed three sets to take Sheffer at third singles 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Mount Vernon won the reserve meet 3-1.

Lose a big one, then come back and win another clutch contest.

Last week sounded a lot like the previous week for the Cats.

The Wildcats opened with a 5-0 loss at Jasper, but they shook that off with two wins, including a Big Eight Conference win at home over Washington.

At first singles, Redman beat Justin Hammer 6-1, 6-1, while Canada beat Corey Thompson 6-2, 6-0 at second singles and Scheffer was a 6-0, 6-2 winner over Matt Pancake at third singles.

Steinhart and Oberle didn’t lead Washington’s first doubles combo flat as a pancake, but they did beat two guys named Tyler, topping the Hatchets’ Tyler Stoll and Tyler Schnarr 6-4, 6-2.

Second doubles was a trough spot for Mount Vernon, as Heath Goodwin and Jared Robinson outlasted Hopper and Crabtree in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, but that was the only sore spot for the Wildcats and the only spot to go three sets.

Mount Vernon was a 3-1 winner over Washington in the reserve meet.

The Cats had little trouble containing Day School, winning 5-0.

Straight-set wins were the order of the day, as Redman beat Will Hodge 6-0, 6-0 at first singles, while both doubles teams rolled to 6-0, 6-0 wins (Oberle and Steinhart over Andrew Beck and Casey Phillips at first doubles and Crabtree and Hopper over Ogby Volz and Ty Bohls at second doubles).

Canada topped Matt Dickerson at second singles, winning 6-2, 6-3 despite a few scratches, while Sheffer shook off a

touch first set to beat Lucas Hodge 6-4, 6-1 at third singles.

The Wildcat reserves won their meet 2-0.

The regular season finale at Mater Dei set for Thursday was postponed until today (Tuesday).

Posey Lanes Recap League: Jolleytime High Game High Series 1. Ginny Murphy 222 1. Ginny Murphy 557 2. Becky Smyth 199 2. Marge Cordle 555 3. Pete Rohlman 197 3. Dorothy Rueger 542 4. Kathy Ridley 196 4. Vicki Straw 523 5. Vicki Straw 195 5. Kathy Ridley 517 League: Mini Access Storage High Game High Series 1. Debbie Boarman 199 1. Pam Hickey 518 2. Pam Hickey 188 2. Sandy Wilson 507 3. Sandy Wilson 184 3. Debbie Boarman 495 4. Marcia Lange 4. Marcia Lange 448 5.

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League: Men’s Major High Game High Series 1. Dile Wilson 289 1. Dile Wilson 723 2. Scott Smith 279 2. Scott Smith 695 3. Jim Gruber 247 3. Dirk Danks 668 4. Dirk Danks 243 4. Jordan Burton 657 5. Corey Kohlmeyer 240 5. Jim Gruber 652 League: First Bank High Game High Series 1. Teresa Weir 274 1. Judy Troxell 514 2. Judy Troxell 213 2. Pete Rohlman 505 3. Wanda Redman 186 3. Teresa Weir 499 4. Marge Cordle 179 4. Marge Cordle 484 5. Donna Anderson 172 5. Wanda Redman 439 League: T.M.I. Hotshots High Game High Series 1. Sandy Wilson 181 1. Sandy Wilson 489 2. Donna Delong 179 2. Dana Deckard 483 3. Gerri Steele 170 3. Donna Delong 483 4. Joyce Jackson 169 4. Barb Smith 462 5. Dana Deckard 169 5. Mary Phillips 459 League: Men’s Commercial High Game High Series 1. Corey Kohlmeyer 267 1. Cory Kohlmeyer 759 2. Nathan Pearce 266 2. Joe Anderson 690 3. Gene Fleming 255 3. Nathan Pearce 676 4. Joe Anderson 253 4. Gene Fleming 676 5. Dick Wilson 245 5. Greg Brown 641 League: Jr.-Sr. High League: Elementary High Game High Game 1. Dame Wilson 214 1. Gary Griffin 146 2. Matt Strupp 213 2. Jack Valier 136 3. Logan Cox 205 3. Wes Sollman 120 4. Myles Utley 203 4. Mathew Crofton 117 5. Sam Caroll 200 5. Jake Robinson 107 League: Bumpers High Game 1. Zarak Serdensticker 119 2. Lauren Carr 100

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Legal Ads 2010-150 ORDINANCE NO. 2010-9 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING REAL ESTATE INTO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARY OF NEW HARMONY, INDIANA WHEREAS, the Town desires to annex certain property into the Town of New Harmony; and WHEREAS, the owner of said property desires to be annexed into the Town.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the following described real estate shall be annexed into the corporate limits of the Town of New Harmony, Indiana: Part of section Thirty-six (36), Township Four (4) South, Range Fourteen (14) West, Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of said Section (36); thence along the east line of said Section (36) North 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds East nine-hundred nine and twenty-seven hundredths (909.27) feet to a point (said point is also South 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds West 4430.34 feet from a stone found marking the northeast corner of said section) thence South 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds West twenty-four and forty-two hundredths (24.42) feet; thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds East thirty-nine and eighty-nine hundredths (39.89) feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin with cap inscribed Fred Kuester IN RLS 90137 (hereinafter referred to as a 5/8 inch iron pin) found on the north right-of-way line of State Road #66 and being the initial point of beginning of the following described real estate; thence continue North 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds East one-thousand-two-hundred fifty-eight and sixty hundredths (1258.60) feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; thence South 68 degrees 05 minutes 21 seconds West four-hundred fifty-two and seventy hundredths (452.70) feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; thence continue South 68 degrees 05 minutes 21 seconds West fifteen and no hundredths (15.00) feet, which is also on the existing corporate boundary of the Town of New Harmony as described in deed record 20100675 in the office of the Posey Co. Recorder; thence South on existing corporate boundary 00 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds West one-thousand one-hundred thirty and no hundredths (1130.00) feet to a 1 inch iron pipe found 4 inches below grade marking the Southeast corner of Deed Book 178, page 532 and being on the north right-of-way line of State Road #66;thence along said right-of-way the following courses: North 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds East one-hundred sixty-nine and two hundredths (169.02) feet; thence North 62 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds East fifty-five and ninety hundredths (55.90) feet; thence North 89 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East fifty and no hundredths (50.00) feet; thence North 84 degrees 16 minutes 34 seconds East one hundred seventy-two and eighty-two hundredths (172.82) feet to the point of beginning.

CONTAINING 12.00 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Subject to an Access & Utility Easement being 30 feet in width and being Part of Section Thirty-six (36), Township Four (4) South, Range Fourteen (14) West, Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of said Section (36), thence along the east line of said Section (36) North 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds East nine-hundred nine and twenty-seven hundredths (909.27) feet to a point (said point is also South 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds West 4430.34 feet from a stone found marking the northeast corner of said section) thence South 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds West twenty-four and forty-two hundredths (24.42) feet; thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds East thirty-nine and eighty-nine hundredths (39.89) feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin with cap inscribed Fred Kuester IN RLS 90137 (hereinafter referred to as a 5/8 inch iron pin) found on the north right-of way line of State Road #66 and being the initial point of beginning of the following described easement; thence continue North 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds East one-thousand two-hundred fifty-eight and sixty hundredths (1258.60) feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; thence South 68 degrees 05 minutes 21 seconds West thirty-two and thirty-eight hundredths (32.38) feet; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds West one-thousand two-hundred nineteen and thirty-six hundredths (1219.36) feet; thence South 84 degrees 16 minutes 34 seconds West seventy and thirty-seven hundredths (70.37) feet; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds West thirty and sixteen hundredths (30.16) feet to the north right-of way line of State Road #66; thence along said right-of-way North 84 degrees 16 minutes 34 seconds East one-hundred and fifty-four hundredths (100.54) feet to the initial point of beginning of said easement.

Subject to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements.

Also including a part of Section (36), Township (4) South, Range (14) West, Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana and more particularly described as follows: commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section (36); thence along the east line of said Section (36) North 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds East nine-hundred nine and twenty-seven hundredths (909.27) feet to a point; thence South 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds West twenty-four and forty-two hundredths (24.42) feet; thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds East thirty-nine and eighty-nine hundredths (39.89) feet to a 5/8” iron pin with cap inscribed Fred Kuester IN RLS 90137 found on the North right-of-way line of State Road #66 and being the initial point of beginning of the following described real estate: thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 38 seconds West thirty-nine and eighty-nine hundredths (39.89) feet; thence South 00 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds West fifty-nine and twenty-six hundredths (59.26); thence South 00 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds twenty-five and one hundredths (25.01) feet or there about to the South line of State Road #66; thence along the South line of State Road #66 South 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds West two-hundred twenty-one and four hundredths (221.04) feet; thence North 63 degrees 01 minutes 48 seconds West fifty-five and ninety hundredths (55.90) feet; thence South 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds West onehundred sixty-five and thirty-five hundredths (165.35) feet; then leaving the South line of State Road #66, North 00 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East fifty-nine and twenty-six hundredths (59.26) feet or there about to the North line of State Road #66 and a 1” iron pipe found four inches below grade marking the Southeast corner of Deed Book 178, page 532 and being on the north right-of-way line of State Road #66; thence along said right-of-way the following courses: North 89 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds East one-hundred sixty-nine and two-hundredths (169.02) feet; thence North 62 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds East fifty-five and ninety hundredths (55.90) feet; thence North 89 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East fifty and no hundredths (50.00) feet; thence North 84 degrees 16 minutes 34 seconds East one-hundred seventy-two and eighty-two hundredths (172.82) feet to the point of beginning.

CONTAINING 0.912 ACRES MORE OR LESS. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage.

Another Autumnfest favorite is barbecued pork, chicken or ribs by Boy Scout Troop 387. Manning the grill is Troop leader Mitch Wagner and Chris Martin. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest On 9/21/10, uniformed patrol officers of the Posey County Sheriff’s Department made a routine traffic stop during the early morning hours on Farmersville Road, Officers identified the driver as Brent E. Jeffries, age 27 of Mount Vernon.

During the traffic stop, uniformed officers observed items related to the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine.

Personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit were summoned to the scene to further investigate the suspected meth lab. As a result of the investigation, Brent Jeffries was arrested on charges of Manufacturing Methamphetamine and also was found to be a suspended driver. Jeffries was arrested and lodged in the Posey County Jail without incident.

Additionally on 9/21/10, uniformed patrol officers of the Posey County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana

State Police were dispatched to a complaint of trespass at a residence located in Poseyville.

During their investigation at the scene, they observed items related to the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine.

Personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit were summoned to the scene to investigate the possible clandestine meth lab. Uniformed officers had located two males and a female at the location.

Following the investigation at the scene, Jeremy W. Hisch, age 35 of Poseyville, Kristifer L. Weddle, age 24 of Poseyville and William L. Wind, age 35 of Evansville were arrested on charges of Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine and Trespass.

Additionally, officers discovered stolen property at the residence. All three subjects were lodged in the Posey County Jail without incident.

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David Cambell Don Gibbs Linda Warrum Joe Straw Karen s. Walker ATTEST: Karla L. Atkins Karla L. Atkins, Clerk-Treasurer Published in the Posey County News on September 28, 2010.

2010-149 Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed Additional Appropriations Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Posey County that the proper legal officers of The Posey County Council will meet at 330 Walnut St., Mt. Vernon, Indiana on October 12, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the following additional appropriation in excess of the budget for the current year.

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2010-145 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The additional appropriation as finally approved will be referred to the Department of Local Government Financing. The Department will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriation within (15) days of receipt of a certified copy of the action taken at the above meeting.

Joleen R. Elpers Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on September 28, 2010.

2010-143 The Black Township Trustee’s office, 5773 Industrial Rd., Mt. Vernon, IN, 47620 (located in with the Black Township Volunteer Fire Department) will be accepting sealed bids to be opened : At 12 P.M. (Noon), October 21, 2010 for a 1992 GMC Truck, Odometer: 27728, used as a Brush Truck for the Black Township Volunteer Fire Department.

Bids will begin at $5,000.00. Bids should be in sealed envelopes with the name, address and telephone number of bidder and submitted to the trustee’s office no later than: 2 P.M., October 20, 2010 between the hours of 7 AM - 11 AM and 1 PM - 3 PM, Monday thru Thursday. Sealed bids will be opened by a member of the fire department at this township public meeting and truck will go to highest bidder. Funds will go back into the Cum Fire & Bld. & Equip.

Fund.

Truck will be at station 1 for inspection October 15, 2010 through Oct 20, 2 P.M. Call either: Jay Price at 307-0247 or the trustee’s office: 838-3851 if you have questions.

Published in the Posey County News on September 28 & October 12, 2010.

2010-142 Black Township Fire & Rescue/Black Township Trustee Facility In compliance with 327 IAC 15-6 (Rule 5), notice is hereby given that construction of BLACK TOWNSHIP FIRE & RESCUE/BLACK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE FACILITY in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana is scheduled to commence in the Fall of 2010 and should be completed by the Fall of 2013. The project is located in the Southwest Corner of Section 32; Township 6 South; Range 13 West of the Second Principal Meridian more commonly known as 5773 Industrial Drive, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Questions should be directed to Mr. Steven E. Hahn, P.E., 3830 Cobblefield, Evansville, Indiana, 47711. (812) 303-1185.

Published in the Posey County News on September 28, 2010.

2010-151 The following County Operating Claims have been filed with the Auditor's Office and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, POSEY COUNTY, IN at the regular session on February 2, 2010.

BAIER & BAIER, ATTYS AT LAW CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT FARRIS REPORTING SCOTT FUNKHOUSER ALLYN & GIVENS, PC WILLIAM W GOODEN JEAN E HADLEY LEGAL DIRECTORIES PUBLISHING CO. LEXISNEXIS KATRINA S MANN MATTHEW BENDER & CO INC MCFADIN HIGGINS & FOLZ POPAI PRINTCRAFTERS INC SMITH & BUTTERFIELD CO INC SOUTHWEST INDIANA REGIONAL WEST GROUP WORD SYSTEMS INC YOUTH CARE CENTER Grand Total: Joleen R. Elpers Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on September 28, 2010.

Published in the Posey County News on September 28, 2010.

5,140.83 130.00 1,320.26 4,550.05 190.00 6,241.00 1,923.75 67.75 235.52 612.00 235.52 6,598.13 550.00 78.43 339.94 129.85 705.00 1,805.20 3,762.40 34,616.13

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Arrests and Complaints Arrests September 17 Joseph Jackson—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Failure to Appear—PCS James Elliott—Evansville— Possession of Marijuana— MVPD Joseph Davis—Mount Vernon—Possession of a Controlled Substance—MVPD Robin Ricketts—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Failure to Appear-Driving While Suspended—MVPD September 18 Samuel Turpen—Mount Vernon—Minor in Consumption of Alcohol—MVPD Michael Beshears— Poseyville—Battery—PPD James Schroeder—Mount Vernon—Driving While Suspended Prior—PCS Brandon Jernigan—Mount Vernon—Attempted Burglary, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor—MVPD Eric J. Thomas—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery, Battery in Front of a Minor—MVPD Theresa Whitley—Dexter, MI—Obstructing Traffic, Operating While Intoxicated, Public Intoxication—ISP September 29 John Rose—Mount Vernon— Domestic Battery, Strangulation and Interfering With the Reporting of a Crime—MVPD Travis Sutton—Mount Vernon—Driving While Intoxicated—PCS Alexander Priest—Evansville—Invasion of Privacy— ISP September 21 Brittany Bauman—Mount Vernon—Driving While Intoxicated, Possession of Marijuana—ISP Brent Jeffries—Mount Vernon—Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Illegal Possession of Anhydrous—PCS Kristopher Weddle— Poseyville—Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Methamphetamine, Trespass—PCS William Ward—Evansville— Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine, Trespass—PCS Jeremy Hisch—Poseyville— Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Methamphetamine, Trespass—ISP Jeffrey Bulla—Mount Vernon—Criminal Mischief, Battery, Public Intoxication— MVPD Tammy Mello—Mount Vernon—Criminal Mischief, Battery, Public Intoxication, Attempted Residential Entry— MVPD

Complaints September 14 9:55 a.m.—Theft—Stolen 4-wheeler. Occurred sometime after 8:00 p.m. last night. Was sitting between the house and the garage. Keys were not in it—Oliver-Springfield Road, Mount Vernon 4:07 p.m.—Phone Harassment—Subject wants to speak with an officer about phone harassment—Lower MT. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 4:44 p.m.—Phone Harassment—Subject is receiving harassing phone calls from (number). Would like to speak with an officer—Ford Ln, Evansville 6:14 p.m.—Road Hazard— Tire retread in the middle of the roadway. Between the lanes on the center line—I 64, Griffin 6:18 p.m.—Found Property—Found a 4-wheeler in field where he is farming—Mile east of Oliver on gravel road, Wadesville 6:43 p.m.—Harassment— Silver van with a Viking decal on the back keeps driving by.

Subject stopped at the house and argued with the caller because the caller has reported her kids driving reckless—Black Chapel Road, Poseyville 9:58 p.m.—Noise—Caller advised there were several subjects out at the above address making lots of noise. Another call advised that the music is back on and it’s very loud—Elk Trail, Evansville 10:44 p.m.—Threatening— Caller advised that a (name) and (name) tired to run him over. He advised one is a white Dodge Ram and the other is in a red Mitsubishi. He advised they would have hit him but he jumped on the hood. He advised they’ve threatened to beat him up and have been circling where they are. One of the subject’s called in and advised there are some people parked at the end of his driveway in a green SUV and he’s being threatened by the initial caller. He advised that one subject jumped on his buddy’s car and they’ve been threatening him—S Cale St, Poseyville September 15 1:13 a.m.—Drugs—Caller advised there are people behind her house in an abandoned trailer by the shed, possibly involved in drug activity. Couldn’t say how many people were out there but she knows the other night her and her husband counted about 20—Schissler Road, Evansville 5:06 a.m.—Alarm—Alarm canceled—Refinery Road, Mount Vernon 8:14 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller was feeding son’s horses and cars were parked there.

She thinks there is a meth lab

inside. No one is living there.

They have left—Welborn Road, Evansville 10:14 a.m.—VIN Inspection—Golf cart—N Nix St, Poseyville 9:31 p.m.—Traffic Hazard— Semi stuck in ditch blocking the roadway, was crossing the road—Hwy 68 and Chestnut, Poseyville 10:24—Alarm—Cynbar Performance Minerals, fire alarm— Bluff Road, Mount Vernon September 16 4:17 a.m.—Suspicious— Officer see’s people with flashlights walking around outside— Romaine Road, New Harmony 9:54 a.m.—VIN Inspection—2006 Yamaha—Indian Mounds Road South, Mount Vernon 10:08 a.m.— VIN Inspection—Homemade trailer— Posey County Line Road North, Mount Vernon 10:41 a.m.-- VIN Inspection—Two 4-wheelers, recently purchased—Lower MT. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 11:20 a.m.—Accident—18 wheeler rear ended him. Left.

Caller is driving 2010 Dodge Caravan, red—I 64, Poseyville 11:30 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller got an email that concerned her. She wanted to speak to someone about it. Very similar scam to the grandson case— Tere Ln, Evansville 5:05 p.m.—Noise—Caller advised loud music and yelling coming from residence—N Main, Griffin 7:02 p.m.—Information— Male subject driving older gray car, possibly 80’s model. Caller advised she assumes he does not have a license, last seen going towards Hwy 69—Old Sand Road, Mount Vernon 7:56 p.m.—Custodial—Caller advised father of child was not suppose to let the child see (name). Advised he has let the child see him. Wants to talk to an officer, caller is wanting to get the child—Duplex across from the 4-H Fairgrounds, New Harmony 11:51 p.m.—Theft—Caller advised someone stole lights off this blue barn and is requesting a deputy come to the location— Hwy 62, Mount Vernon September 17 7:35 a.m.—Theft—Copper wiring stolen from irrigation equipment. Not sure when it happened—Hwy 69, New Harmony 7:48 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller advised suspicious white male, wearing a gray t-shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes is talking to himself and throwing his hands up in the air. Unsure of the problem. Request the area to be checked due to chil-

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dren going to the school—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon 9:12 a.m.—Theft—Caller advised personal 4-wheeler was taken from property. Advised was physically seen September 6th. Noticed it was gone on the 15th of September. Advised they have waited to call to make sure it was not placed in a different area—Port Road, Mount Vernon 11:32 a.m.—Extra Patrol— Neighbors are having parties every weekend. Caller would like extra patrol in the area at night on the weekends—Marrs Manor, Mount Vernon 1:39 p.m.—Wanted Person— Caller was advised by officer to contact dispatch when (name) came into the area. Caller advised this subject came to his daughter-in-laws residence and asked to borrow a phone. Advised the subject used the phone and returned to a residence—N Oliver Road, Mount Vernon 2:02 p.m.—Accident—2 vehicles, no injury—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 3:11 p.m.—Accident—Silver Pontiac Grand A.m. and a purple Probe. The Probe has left the scene but the they know who the subject is—North Posey High School, Poseyville 4:53 p.m.—Accident—2 vehicles, no injuries. Caller called back and advised the subject that rear ended him has left.

Said he has to go to work. White Mercury.—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 5:36 p.m.—Accident—2 vehicle accident, no injuries— Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 7:56 p.m.—Shots Fired— Caller has heard 15-20 shots in the past 30 minutes. Shots are very close but believes they are coming from Blackford Road area—Lakewood Dr, Mount Vernon 9:08 p.m.—Reckless— Chevy Trailblazer, red in color, crossing over yellow line, all over the roadway—Hwy 66, Wadesville 9:14 p.m.—ATV—Caller advised approximately three 4-wheelers going up and down Diamond Island has been going on for about an hour, very loud—Diamond Island Road, Wadesville 10:22 p.m.—Domestic— Caller advised he put his hands on me—E First ST, Poseyville 11:09 p.m.—Domestic— Received call from neighbor, advised officer and male subject on ground wrestling around.

Advised male subject was handcuffed—First St, Poseyville 11:18 p.m.—Suspicious— Caller called in, advised she has a cornfield behind her home, can hear several people back there, believes there could be a fight— Eastgate Dr, Mount Vernon September 18 12:24 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller advised she said there is people inside this residence. No one is suppose to be there—E First St, Poseyville 1:16 a.m.—Noise—Caller advised a shindig taking place at the Conservation Club. Stated they need to quiet it down or shut it down—MT. Vernon Conservation Club, Mount Vernon 6:47 a.m.—Vandalism— Saran wrap, toilet paper and balloons wrapped around her car and front door. No officers needed, would like extra patrol—Diamond Island Road, Wadesville 3:02 p.m.—Accident—Advised another vehicle has hit her on driver’s side head on, no injuries—Pine St/Kraft Ln, Poseyville 3:56 p.m.—Threatening— Caller advised male subject is

threatening to break into caller’s mother’s home. Caller does not know where subject lives. Was just advised by caller if he did not do what he wanted him to he was going to break into his family’s home as revenge. Caller advised he does not need to speak with an officer, just would like extra patrol—N West St, Griffin 6:37 p.m.—Accident—Caller advised 16 year old male flipped his 4-wheeler in a ditch and has a broken leg. Advised is conscious and breathing—Upper MT. Vernon, Mount Vernon 7:58 p.m.—ATV—2 different 3-wheelers or 4-wheelers, male subject and female on front one.

Possibly 2 male subject on second 4-wheeler. Throwing items at mailboxes, being followed by a red passenger car, not sure if the red car is with the 4-wheelers. Caller does not want to speak with a officer. Mailbox is not destroyed but would like officers to look for the atv’s. Also advised she is going to be sitting by the mailbox—Huey Road, Wadesville 7:07 p.m.—Reckless— Advised juveniles in a yellow GTO with a convertible top are using the road as a “drag strip.” Advised children are still out playing. Request the area be checked. Does not need to speak with an officer—Hausman Road, Mount Vernon 7:49 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Advised juvenile subjects on a go-kart keep crossing highway and going back to parking lot. Advised no lights are on the go-kart and caller almost hi them. Advised subjects are at the gas pumps at this time— Hwy 62, Evansville 10:40 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Advised she can hear a lot of screaming and yelling coming from this area. Was advised to call if she thought subjects were near the ball diamond, possibly messing around or vandalizing—Baseball diamond on West Franklin, Evansville 10:49 p.m.—Car-Deer—Hit a deer, needs a report—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 10:54 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Caller advised approximately 50 juveniles in the parking lot. Several girls fighting in the parking lot—Baseball Diamond , Creamery Road, Evansville 11:03 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Advised juveniles have made a path next to the creek in between these two residences near the creek and they are having an underage drinking party.

Also advised they are being very loud. Request the area to be checked—Creek between Middle MT. Vernon, Evansville 11:59 p.m.—Noise—Caller advised she is on Turner Road and can hear a band playing from the Conservation Club.

Advised it’s loud and she can’t sleep—Mount Vernon September 19 12:10 a.m.—Juvenile Problem—Advised black SUV with 3 juveniles, keeps driving by harassing his mentally challenged Uncle. Advised subjects keep pulling up in the yard and shining lights and throwing fireworks. Also turning stereo up as loud as they can. Does not need to speak with an officer, just would like the area checked— W North St, Griffin 1:03 a.m.—Harassment— Caller advised male subject screamed at him when he drove past his residence at 15 mph.

Caller advised if he can call on him every day, he will do the same. Advised he does not need to speak with an officers, requested this be on file—Story

ST, Poseyville 2:15 a.m.—Suspicious— Caller advised about 10 vehicles at this location with possibly several subjects moving around.

Advised a couple of the storage units are open—Mine Storage, Wadesville 6:42 a.m.—Suspicious— Black male subject lying on the side of the road. Caller isn’t sure if he is injured or just passed out. Caller will stay until someone arrives—North of Expressway, Mount Vernon 7:55 a.m.—Car-Deer— Female hit a deer and it is still alive—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 8:43 a.m.—Vandalism— Sometime after 11:00 p.m. someone has tore off mailbox from the post. Would like extra patrol—Boberg Road, Mount Vernon 8:43 a.m.—Repossession—2003 Ford F 350, owner not aware—Hwy 66, Poseyville 9:41 a.m.—Control Burn— Brush pile, will be attended— Downen Road, Wadesville 1:13 p.m.—Suspicious— Maroon Ford pickup heading towards town. White male, blue tank and jean shorts with short brown hair with balding on the top. Male subject asked caller if the “old man” was around and when she said her husband was home, he changed his attitude.

He then asked her if they had any scrap metal they wanted to haul off and she told him no.

Said he acted kind of “cagey”— Upton Road, Mount Vernon 3:13 p.m.—Alarm— Poseyville Service Center, entry door—W Main, Poseyville 3:33 p.m.—Custodial—Advised ex-husband has taken their child out of the county without notifying the female subject 48 hours in advance. Caller advised according to court papers, t his is part of the agreement.

Female states male subject has moved and will not give her his new address—Springfield Road, Wadesville 4:17 p.m.—Reckless—Red Mazda, black roof, all over the roadway off on the shoulder, tailgating—I 64, no city listed 5:46 p.m.—Shots Fired— Male subject with his son, shooting pistols, parking lot just above the boat ramp, shooting guns at the trees. Caller asked the male subject to stop shooting close to the boat ramp and he got mad and said it is a public place, he can shoot where he wants. Tan, Silverado—Hovey Lake Boat Ramp, Mount Vernon 6:06 p.m.—Custodial—Caller advised she has guardianship of her 6 year old granddaughter. Granddaughter is at her mother’s house in Poseyville.

Advised the police were called to this residence Friday night for a domestic. Caller is wanting to see about going and getting the child—First Av, Poseyville 7:18 p.m.—Domestic— Caller advised him and his father just had a physical fight.

Advised they are separated at this time. Both male subjects were screaming at each other in the background. No weapons involved—W. Franklin, Evansville 7:25 p.m.—Citizen Dispute—Caller advised the cops were called back in August for a broken window on a neighbor’s house. Advised received a bill from male subject for the window. He wants an officer to come to his residence because he did not break the window— Shoreline Dr, Wadesville 9:43 p.m.—Domestic—Caller advised subject is intoxicated in the home. Advised she is outside at this time needing an of-

Published in the Posey County News on September 28, October 5 & 12, 2010.

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ATTORNEY: LINDSAY B. SCHMITT JOHN P. BROADHEAD Attorneys for Personal Representative Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP 20 N.W. Fourth Street P.O. Box 657 Evansville, IN 47704 Ph: (812) 425-1591 Fax: (812) 421-4936 Email: lschmitt@bamberger.com jbroadhead@bamberger.com

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NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that JAMES D. BUTLER was on the 17th day of September, 2010, appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of ALBERT E. ROSE, Deceased, who died testate on August 19, 2010 and was authorized to proceed with the administration of said decedent’s estate without Court Supervision.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

DATED at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 17th day of September, 2010.

DONNA K. BUTLER, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana By: Jaime L. Simpson Deputy Published in the Posey County News on September 28 & October 5, 2010.

NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that JEFFREY A. MEMMER was on the 17th day of September, 2010, appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of ALLEEN L. MEMMER, Deceased, who died testate on August 18, 2010 and was authorized to proceed with the administration of said decedent’s estate without Court Supervision.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

DATED at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 17th day of September, 2010.

DONNA K. BUTLER, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana By: Jaime L. Simpson Deputy Published in the Posey County News on September 28 & October 5, 2010.

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Arrests and Complaints Cont. ficer, no weapons—Lower MT. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 9:54 p.m.—Reckless—Tan Toyota Camry all over the roadway tailgating other vehicles—Hwy 66, Wadesville

September 20 2:46 a.m.—Traffic Stop— Stopping black Grand A.m.— Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 3:52 a.m.—Traffic Stop— Driveway on Farmersville Road, yellow Chevy, Hwy 69,

Mount Vernon 4:54—Reckless—Complaining of subjects speeding every day. Approximately 80 mph. Believes subjects are going to GE—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

6;03 a.m.—Noise—Caller advised she’s called several times about a loud green pickup that has a muffler violation.

She advised it happens every morning when this guest leaves and he’s been a guest since

May. She advised she’s been listening to this every morning since May it doesn’t bother her but now her guess are complaining about it rattling their windows--4-Seasons, Mount Vernon

10:06 a.m.—Accident—2 vehicle accident, no injuries— Oak and Sharp, Poseyville 1:21 p.m.—Theft—Stolen wedding ring.

Missing 2 weeks Friday—Oak View Court, Wadesville

Capital One Bank vs Edward Zell GE Money Bank vs Jennifer Strader Misty Waters vs Benjamin Gentry Royal Motor Sales vs Paula Burris Deaconess Hospital, Incorporated vs Terry heath Deaconess Hospital, Incorporated vs Crista Konsler Deaconess Hospital, Incorporated vs Dorothy Slonka and Stan Slonka BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP vs Brian Crossen, Jeanna Crossen and State of Indiana Department of Revenue Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs Brian Allen and Beth Allen Bank of America vs Debra Reidford, Brian Reidford and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Incorporated Superior Court Civil Citibank vs Kathleen Grosheart LVNV Funding, LLC vs Gena Blackwell and Ryan Blackwell Med-1 Solutions, LLC vs Lewis E. Hall Med-1 Solutions, LLC vs Sharon Marvel Cavalry Portfolio Services, LLC vs Angelina Summers Midland Funding, LLV vs Ju-

lie Stevens PHH Mortgage Corporation vs Michael Clark, Amy Clark and The Unknown Tenant Metlife Home Loans vs Misty Pharr, Occupant(s) Swartz and Brough, Incorporated vs Suzette Morgan U.S. Bank National Association vs S. Chaplin, Mary Chaplin and Beneficial Financial, Incorporated HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. vs Walter Walker American Acceptance Company, LLC vs Charles Sims American Acceptance Company, LLC vs Michael Fowler American Acceptance Company, LLC vs Roberta Whitler Arrow Financial Services, LLC vs Jacquelyn Kimmel GE Money Bank vs Rita Martin Keith Hart, Jr. vs Brandy E. Hart Midland Funding, LLC vs Roxanna Gibson Midland Funding, LLC vs Mindi Bazan Midland Funding, LLC vs Tisha Arvin Midland Funding, LLC vs Larry Ripple Midland Funding, LLC vs Christopher Garza Midland Funding, LLC vs Robert Weiss

Capital One Bank vs Mindi Bazan Capital One Bank vs Britini Huck Capital One Bank USA vs Erin Rickabaugh Capital One Bank USA vs Marvin Craig Capital One Bank USA vs Dennis Robison Capital One Bank USA vs Darren Buchenberger Capital One Bank USA vs Michael Castaneda James Beyer vs Ryan Kopp and Jessica Kopp Estate of Carolyn Sue Cox vs Kevin Ellison Bert Eger and Priscilla Eger vs Coy Green Misty Waters vs Benjamin Gentry Twin Lakes Mobile Home Court vs Joyce Brakie Dickinson Financial, LLC vs Albert Spiehler, Jr. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs Jamie Dillworth Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs James Schmitt Somerhill Capital vs Crystal Mohr Equable Ascent Financial vs Terry Embrey Cach, LLC vs James Cohlmeyer Deaconess Hospital, Incorporated vs Jacqueline Overton

Beneficial Financial, Incorporated vs Mitchell Collins Chase Home Finance, LLC vs Dustin Stevens and Julie Stevens Citimortgage, Incorporated vs Carolyn Riley, Frank Riley and United States of America Citimortgage, Incorporated vs Ricky Russell and Jo Ann Russell State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company vs Veronica Lahmann Jack Finck vs John Lutz Tower Construction vs Allison Ward Ronald Sells vs Brandon Wolf Hoosier Accounts Service vs Andrei Sharygin Hoosier Accounts Service vs Cheral Ricketts Hoosier Accounts Service vs Kristie Medcalf Hoosier Accounts Service vs Suzanne Harris and Joshua Harris Hoosier Accounts Service vs Melvin Viner and Penny Viner Paula Garrett vs Tommy Gott and Rachel Gott Andrei Sharygin vs Coila Bradford Mary Puckett vs Jim Keith Marriage Applications Casey F. Collins, 32, Louisville, Ky. and Christine L. Mc-

Mahon, 25, Louisville, Ky. John R. Sydnor, 45, Mount Vernon and Lisa Marie Labrecque, 32, Mount Vernon Matthew G. Horrall, 29, Mount Carmel, Ill. and Tara E. Kennard, 31, Mount Carmel, Ill. Eric Scott Will, 39, Evansville and Tracey L. Evans, 39, Evansville Aaron R. Moyer, 24, Evansville and Amanda B. Lashley, 22, Evansville Brent M. Kissel, 25, Wadesville and Kellie R. Newett, 27, Wadesville Mark A. Wolf, 40, Mount Vernon and Kara D. Wade, 33, Mount Vernon Matthew R. Johnson, 45, Norris City, Ill. and Jamie K. Hall, 47, Carmi, Ill. Connor E. Dixon, 24, Olney, Ill. and Brittany P. Shawver, 22, Olney, Ill. Jerome L. Weis, 52, Evansville and Patricia L. Garrett, 56, Evansville William E. Robb Jr., 34, Mount Vernon and Destiny L. Dowden, 30, Mount Vernon James K. Gardner, 63, Wadesville and Laura A. Inkenbrandt, 46, Wadesville Christopher L. Baldwin, 36, New Harmony and Royale N. Holder, 31, New Harmony

61, Limestone, Tenn., following too close, $5.50 plus costs; Christopher Davis, 25, Mount Vernon, expired registration, failure to appear.

Mark J. Davis, 45, St. Charles, Mo., 80/70, $5.50 plus costs; Richard M. Davis, 37, Evansville, 66/55, court trial, failure to appear; James D. Devault, 28, Mount Vernon, 74/60, $5.50 plus costs; Misty Dew, 26, Miramar, FL, 84/70, $5.50 plus costs; Nathaniel Duckworth, 18, Mount Vernon, noise violation, $6 plus costs; Honesty R. Eaton, 25, Mount Vernon, 76/55, $15.50 plus costs; Honesty R. Eaton, 25, Mount Vernon, no insurance, $10 plus costs, costs suspended; Honesty R. Eaton, 25, Mount Vernon, false and fictitious registration, $10 plus costs, costs suspended; Godfrey I. Egwu, 29, Evansville,

driving while suspended, $5.50 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 90 days; Andrew Lloyd Eldridge, 20, O’Fallon, Mo., 83/70, failure to appear.

Wayne A. Elpers, 68, Evansville, no trailer plate, dismissed; Frederick G. Freimiller, 61, Mount Vernon, 45/30, $5.50 plus costs; Miriam S. Gauger, 52, Evansville, 83/70, $5.50 plus costs; Jeffery E. Gesinger, 36, Buncombe, Ill., 70/65, $5.50 plus costs; Jacob A. Giles, 27, Gentryville, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; Kathryn Gillard, 23, Ballwin, Mo., driving while suspended, failure to appear; Richard J. Granderson, 24, Evansville, no insurance, dismissed; Betty Griffin, 27, Carmi, Ill., no operator’s license when required, dismissed; Alfredo Guevarra, 28, Pasco, WA, 68/55, $5.50 plus costs; Eric

Hintz, 28, Carlyle, Ill., 84/70, $5.50 plus costs; Lawanda Hollifield, 25, Marion, Ill., no insurance, $5.50 plus costs; Lea Ann Irvin, 42, Mount Vernon, expired registration, dismissed.

Jerry Johnson, 39, Norris City, Ill., 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Jacob Keepes, 29, Mount Vernon, 51/30, failure to appear; Kristy Markham, 28, Evansville, 78/60, $10.50 plus costs; Jason Martin, 34, Altamont, Ill., 74/65, $5.50 plus costs; Amanda Mastison, 24, Mount Vernon, 71/55, failure to appear; Sue McBride, 53,Evansville, failure to register, $5.50 plus costs; Sue McBride, 53, Evansville, no brake or signal lights, $5.50 plus costs; Juan Mexicano-Barceras, 21, Evansville, no operator’s license when required, failure to appear; Wayne Nobe, 51, Addieville, Ill., 63/55, $5.50 plus

costs; John Owen, 20, Mount Vernon, 74/55, failure to appear; John Owen, 20, Mount Vernon, tinting/glazing or sun screening, failure to appear.

Kevin Owen, 17, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, $5.50 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 90 days; Kevin Owen, 17, Mount Vernon, disregarding stop sign, $1 plus costs, costs suspended; Dennis Petrullo, 55, St. Louis, Mo., failure to signal lane change, failure to appear; Glendall Piper, 59, Mount Vernon, 76/65, failure to appear; Alexander Priest, 22, Evansville, 75/60, $5.50 plus costs; Randy Ricketts, 49, Evansville, 62/40, $15.50 plus costs; Larry Riley, 38, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, failure to appear; Larry Riley, 38, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, failure to appear; Brandon Riordan, 29, Poseyville, expired motorboat registration, $6 plus costs; Brandon Riordan, 29, Poseyville, no valid license when required/motorboat, $5.50 plus costs, costs suspended.

Cory Robinson, 17, Bethany, Ill., 90/70, $10.50 plus costs; Michelle Rowlan, 41, Mount Vernon, 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Brett Sanders, 19, Evansville, 70/55, $5.50 plus costs; William Sardeson, 53, Mount Carmel, Ill., Illegal U-Turn, $5.50 plus costs; John R. Schmidt, 22, Mount Vernon, no off-road vehicle permit, $5.50 plus costs; Shawn Schmidt, 21, Mount Vernon, no motorcycle endorsement, $5.50 plus costs; Bradley Schoettlin, 20, Mount Vernon, 71/55, $10.50 plus costs; Birchel Smith, 26, Mount Vernon, false/ fictitious registration, $5.50 plus costs; Bethany Stephens, 30, Carmi, Ill., expired license plate, dismissed; Marvin Titzer, 81, Poseyville, improper passing on left, failure to appear; Davis Toe, 34, St. Louis, Mo., 80/70, failure to appear; Kayla Toon, 21, Evansville, 73/60, $5.50 plus costs.

Antonio Villarreal, 61, Crystal City, Texas, 75/65, $5.50 plus costs; Timothy Walker, 24, Evansville, 70/60, failure to appear; Brooke Wallace, 46, Evansville, 82/70, $5.50 plus costs; Bruce Whitten, 38, Mount Vernon, 70/55, failure to appear; Don Windell, 53, Evansville, driving while suspended, failure to appear; Feng Yang, 35, Carmi, Ill., 40/30, $5.50 plus costs.

Court News Probate Jannie P. Walker Laura DeKemper Herbert Rowe Kay Murray John Breeze Hulda Brandt Delbert Hill Charles Thompson William David Circuit Court Civil Buckeye Portfolio II, Incorporated vs Jose M. Rodriguez Riverwalk Holdings, LLC vs Marcia Farrar LVNV Funding, LLC vs Amanda Johnson Citibank vs Don Sapp Citibank vs Jeffery Grant GOJO Industries vs River City Supply, Incorporated Capital One vs Melanie Will Betty hart vs Katie Miller Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs Marlene King, Credit Adjustments, Incorporated and Fifth Third Bank BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP vs Vaughn Adams Jr. and Marlene Adams Wells Fargo Bank vs Deeann Parker and Integra Bank Wells Fargo Bank vs Dennis Stone and Old National Bank SCP, LLC vs William Ross Discover Bank vs Willie Simpson Capital One vs Mark Potter

Traffice Violations Traffic Violations for July 26, 2010 Uriah L. Alldredge, 20, Evansville, 84/70, $5.50 plus costs; Kenneth R. Anderson, 63, Lakeland, FL, 76/65, $5.50 plus costs; Farima Aslami, 23, Lexington, Ky., 95/70, failure to appear; Willie J. Baker, 52, St. Louis, Mo., 68/55, $5.50 plus costs; Timothy W. Benson, 40, Fort Worth, Texas, 74/65, dismissed; Ashley N. Bland, 21, Evansville, 70/50, $5.50 plus costs; Curtis W. Bradley, 42, New Haven, Ill., 65/55, $5.50 plus costs; Blair E. Bremer, 41, Mount Vernon, 69/55, $5.50 plus costs; Rhyan A. Brockey, 20, Wadesville, 50/30, $10.50 plus costs; Tiffany R. Brown, 33, St. Louis, Mo., 79/70, $5.50 plus costs; Kenneth E. Burgdorf, 24, Evansville, failure to yield at through highway, $5.50

plus costs; Lauren N. Busiere, 26, St. Louis, Mo., 80/70, failure to appear.

Matthew E. Byrd, 26, Corydon, Ky., 70/55, failure to appear; Nathaniel Case, 27, Evansville, driving while suspended, $5.50 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 90 days; Dakoda C. Choate, 19, Louisville, Ky., failure to change address on license, dismissed; O. Lateon Cochran, 46, Evansville, no insurance, dismissed; Carl J. Conner, 33, Evansville, 75/55, $10.50 plus costs; James Cook, 37, Poseyville, 50/35, $5.50 plus costs; Guadalupe M. Coronado, 23, Mount Vernon, no insurance, $5.50 plus costs; David M. Cox, 45, Mount Vernon, no license plate, failure to appear; David L. Curtis, 48, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, dismissed; Larry J. Cutshaw,

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OPEN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD: 1 – 3 PM 824 BREWERY STREET, NEW HARMONY, IN. 1-STORY BUNGALOW W/APPROX 1960 SQ. FT. 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH, KITCHEN/DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, SUN PORCH, W/DETACHED BLOCK POKER HOUSE/STUDIO & GARAGE W/LOFT ON 50’x 110’ LOT. LIST PRICE: $59,800.00

OPEN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD: 1 – 3 PM O 620 GRANARY STREET, NEW HARMONY, IN. 2-STORY HOME W/APPROX 2700 SQ. FT. 5 BEDROOMS, 1.5 BATHS, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, 1-CAR ATTACHED GARAGE & CARRIAGE HOUSE ON 50’x 110’ LOT W/FENCED YARD. LIST PRICE: $135,000.00 337 WEST TAVERN STREET, NEW HARMONY, IN. 2-STORY FRAME HOME W/APPROX 1802 SQ. FT. 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, FAMILY ROOM/DEN, UTILITY ROOM W/DETACHED 2-CAR GARAGE ON 75’ x 115’ LOT LIST PRICE: $89,900.00

733 TAVERN STREET, NEW HARMONY, IN. 1-STORY FRAME HOME W/APPROX 1119 SQ. FT. 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, UTILITY ROOM & 1-CAR DETACHED GARAGE ON 82’ x 99’ LOT. LIST PRICE: $99,900.00 609 TAVERN STREET, NEW HARMONY, IN. 1-STORY COTTAGE W/APPROX 1152 SQ. FT. 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH, KITCHEN, GREAT ROOM W/ GAS FIREPLACE, ATTACHED CARPORT ON 75’x 115’ LOT. LIST PRICE: $121,900.00

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12th at 6:00 PM 11901 OLD HWY 66 - EVANSVILLE (ROBINSON TWP, POSEY COUNTY) CUTE HOME & BARN ON BEAUTIFUL 10+/- ROLLING ACRESOFFERED in 4 TRACTS & COMBO’S GORGEOUS POTENTIAL BUILDING SITES -MANY PERFECT FOR WALK-OUT BASEMENTS-NATURAL POTENTIAL LAKE SITE-PAVED FRONTAGE ON OLD HWY 66 & BOBERG RD-GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL w/PUBLIC WATERPERFECT FOR HORSES or MINI FARM

Directions to Property: From Evansville, go West on Diamond Ave (Hwy 66), continue past the Posey County line and turn left on Old Hwy 66. The property is at the corner of Old 66 & Boberg OR from Posey County go East on Hwy 66 through Parker’s Settlement to right on Old Hwy 66.

Auction Location: Sohn & Associates - 4600 O’Hara Drive in Evansville.

Showing: At Tract 1 on SUN, OCT 3rd from 11-1, or you can call for an appointment.

Tract #1: Will consist of a very pretty 1+/- acre corner lot improved with a nice home. This well-maintained bungalow offers over 850 square feet of finished living area, including 2 bedrooms, living room, eat-in kitchen, full bath, and storage room. Other features include an inviting covered front porch, a detached 1+ car garage, central air, and an unfinished basement. Please be sure to stop by the Public Showing for complete details. Tract #2: Will consist of 2+/- acres fronting on Old Hwy 66.

This rectangular lot offers a beautiful potential building site. Tract #3: Consists of 2.2+/- rolling acres with lots of frontage on Boberg Rd. It is open and wooded, and it is improved with a 30x20 barn built in 1940.

If offers more picturesque potential building sites. Tract #4: Offers another beautiful rolling 4.6 acres. It has lots of frontage on Boberg and more great potential building sites.

Note: The entire property is fenced. There is also a fantastic natural potential lake site. TERMS: No Buyer’s Premium! A 10% deposit will be required on the day of the auction, with the balance due at closing within 60 days, The property is being sold “as-is” and subject to seller’s approval.

Seller: Charlotte Thacker Trent Sohn #AU19700067 Please call or visit our website for addt’l terms & more information

www.SohnAndAssociates.com AUCTION WHAT YOU OWN WITH SOHN!!

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FOR SALE OR RENT: 1023 EAST CHURCH STREET, NEW HARMONY

WADESVILLE FAMILY HOME ON LARGE CORNER LOT W 4228 PELT STREET, WADESVILLE, INDIANA 1-STORY BRICK HOME W/APPROX 1742 SQ. FT. 2 BEDROOMS, 1 ½- BATHS, LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN/ D DINING ROOM, 21’x 26’ CARPORT LIST PRICE: $60,000.00

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EXCELLENT commercial/personal property in historic New Harmony with 1,728 ft2. The upstairs is a nice two bedroom apartment, and the main floor is ideal for a retail shop or could be easily converted to living space. The property has been well maintained, and the owner is willing to help with build-out costs if needed.

FOR SALE: Cost of only $29,500!

RENTAL INFORMATION: Main floor – retail rent space available 900 square feet – build to suit $500 monthly Upstairs – 2 bedroom, 1 bath, fully updated and like new – $500 monthly QUESTION? Call 1-812-480-0500 for More Information.

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Real Estate Continued 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2003 Manufactured Home on 3 acres in Poseyville. Quiet country setting. Home is approximately 1600sqft. With covered front porch, back patio, detached 2.5 Car Garage and lots of nice concrete work. Call 812-56810/5 7531 for more information.

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Mt. Vernon $149,000 3541 Bufkin Springfield Road • 4 BR/2 1/2 BA ranch on 1.48 Ac. w. lake • 2082 Sq. Ft. w. walkout bsmt. 2 1/2 Car gar • 48’x24’ barn. Nature-lovers property.

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Mt. Vernon $116,900 745 Smith Road • 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

Wadesville $107,900 8720 Boberg Rd. • 2 BR remodeled home on 1 acre • 2 car gar, shop area, brick patio • Beautiful private county setting Call Julia Vantlin @ 455-0461

Mt. Vernon $79,900 531 E. 3rd Street • 4 br, 1 1/2 ba w/garage & fenced yard • 1900 sq ft of living space + bsmt • Updated kitchen incl appliances Call Michelle Hudson @ 457-4928.

Real Estate FOR SALE 11617 BOBERG RD Zero Down - Eligible buyers could own this home which qualifies for a USDA mortgage and requires no down payment. 3 bedrooms, 2 car garage, and a brick patio overlooking more than an acre of yard. The interior of this home is practically new. $132,000 call RANDY 985-9072 today for an appointment.

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Mt. Vernon $34,900 600 E. 5th Street • 2 - 3 br, 1222 sq ft, living room • Kitchen, laundry, storage shed • Newer windows, doors, carpeting Call Loretta Englebright @ 431-8458

Residential Lot Acreage between MV & Eíville 1708 Greenbrier Circle 1105 Tanglewood Drive 4110 Blackford Road 1451 Springfield Road 607 N County Line Road 624 Raintree Circle 300 Roosevelt Drive 310 The Riviera 4312 E Blackford Road 212 N Main Street 830 Canal Street 421 West 2nd Street 415 West 3rd Street 423 West 8th Street 227 Pearl 1112 West 2nd Street 329 West 8th Street 331 East Grant Street 330 Mulberry 1018 East Sycamore 214 Munchoff

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Very nice 2005 modular home with open floor plan located on 2.9 acres. This home has 3 bedrooms ,2 full baths, Dining area, Breakfast nook, Master-bath with garden tub, above ground pool with deck, and a children’s playset. The lot is mostly cleared except for mature trees creating a beautiful country setting. Owner is including a small tractor with several implements. ONLY $90,000 Call RANDY 985-9072 for an Appointment.

139 N CHURCH ST  POSEYVILLE 1738 sq ft home includes 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, large living-room, and a very nice kitchen next to a dining area and large 2 car garage and full basement. While this 1957 home offers some nostalgic remembrances, it has since been recently upgraded by the current owner. The original home was added on to in 1998. The garage is heated/cooled and offers a 1/2 bath. The basement offers 2 unfinished storage rooms. Nearly 500 square feet has been finished and makes for a very comfortable TV room and office area. With high vaulted ceilings, ample storage room, and a beautiful setting this is sure to be a nice family home in Posey County. REDUCED TO JUST $145,000 Call Randy at 985-9072

148 MAIN ST.  POSEYVILLE OPEN SUNDAY: OCTOBER 2ND FROM 1 TO 3 PM Updated Poseyville home with a large kitchen and lots of cabinet space. Home has laminate flooring, 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The buyer of this home will also have the opportunity to purchase an investment property located on the property that currently has a tenant. Includes 2 bedroom rental house for family or to help make your payments.”.

ONLY $120,000 Call Randy at 985-9072

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Linda L. Dickens 455-1490

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Large 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment. New Furnace/central air. Stove and Fridge included. Washer and Dryer Hookups. Large bedrooms, living room has hardwood floors. Lawn care, trash and water included. Located at the corner of Highway 66 and St. Phillips Rd. $500/ mo. SORRY NO PETS. Call 812-457-7645.

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Harvest conjures up memories of a farm life past With the coming of harvest, my memory takes me back to my ole Kentucky home and scenes of a lost world.

During their burley tobacco harvest, my parents, share- FOR THE croppers themselves, paid RECORD for half the labor to cut the tall, leafy stalks and hang them in the barn. After clear- BY PAM ing the breakfast dishes, my ROBINSON mother Estelle (pronounced Es – till) rushed from helping to milk the dairy herd and spent the rest of the morning cooking for the field hands. She cooked dozens of these meals in her lifetime, and I remember the particulars of the table she laid, crowded with enough food to put Cracker Barrel to shame.

She would surround the entrée, beef roast or fried chicken, with potatoes (mashed or cooked in butter), skilletfried sweet corn, green beans or blackeyed peas, deviled eggs, some boiled cabbage or steamed carrots, and her signature biscuits, the perfect circles rounded not by a cookie cutter but by her hands. The men would wash it down with water, Kool-Aid, or milk from our Grade A dairy farm. Surprisingly, Mama hated sweet tea, so she never served it. While they were eating, the men kept one eye on the kitchen counter. Mama set the dessert there that she’d prepared the evening before—usually blackberry cobbler or fried

apple pies, but sometimes coconut crème or chocolate meringue pies.

Almost the entire meal came from our farm, from the fat calf to the plump chicken, and all had received the magic touch of my mother’s hands. She fed the calves and the chickens, helped to milk the cows and cleaned the dairy, gathered the eggs, planted and tilled and harvested and stored the vegetables, and picked and put up her own blackberries and apples. She considered it a weakness to use store-bought butter instead of churning it as she learned in her youth, but the grocer could offer it cheaper than she could make it.

Mama set a plate for me before the field hands came in. She knew, and I saw, how greedily they reached across the table for

the best pieces of chicken and for second helpings. She also remembered how the grownups in her childhood sat at table first, and she was determined to change that tradition. Mama spent little time fussing over hugs and kisses or terms of endearment, but she knew the meaning of sacrificial love.

I loved Mama’s cooking, and no food has ever really tasted any better to me. She herself waited to eat what few leftovers remained. Her appetite had paled during the morning’s race to complete her cooking.

She had provided her best, and she had seen it consumed within a matter of minutes. No wonder TV dinners or Long John Silver’s seemed a luxury to her in retirement. After all, she knew food tastes best when someone else cooks it.

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On the home sites, homesite construction practices, landscape and lawn practices, soil absorption fields, secondary treatment systems, and septic tank pumping intervals are decided.

On Saturday, September 18th, Andrea Seifert, Rebecca Miller and Justin Dickhaut went to the Vincennes/Dubois County SWCD Invitational for another soils contest. Thirtyone teams from thirteen schools with a total of 118 participants competed for the top spot. Final results are still being graded and tabulated.

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Five Mount Vernon FFA members traveled to Gibson County to compete against four other schools and 4-H groups in the annual Tri-county Soils Invitational on September 14th.

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Area USDA employees David Sturgell, Janet May, USDA State Executive Director Julia Wickard, and Posey County’s Greg Knowles smile for the camera during a program honoring USDA employees held in New Harmony’s Murphy Park last week. Photo by Dave Pearce.

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By Dave Pearce The employee recognition meeting of the southwestern District of the United States Department of Agriculture was held this week at Murphy Park in New Harmony.

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The attorneys and staff of Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP salute the farmers of Posey County and Southwestern Indiana.

Bamberger has a stable of attorneys who focus on the needs of the farming community. With the ever-changing technology and breakthroughs in agriculture, the business of farming becomes more advanced and sophisticated every day. The attorneys at Bamberger are committed to keeping up-to-date with emerging changes in the agriculture industry, as well as the law.

“We have eight districts throughout the State of Indiana and one time during the year we take the opportunity to bring all the employees of the district together and they can learn about other districts in the state,” Wickard said. “And what better place than New Harmony to learn about our heritage and our background. What a great traditional setting.”

But besides recognizing the employees, the alwaysworking Wickard took the opportunity to remind area farmers that the deadline is very near for the Supplemental Revenue Insurance Program, the farm disaster program.

“Our deadline to come in to county offices is Sept. 30 and that is this week,” she said of the deadline. “They need to make sure they get into their county office and get on the appointment book because we have to have all the farmers who think they could be eligible for a disaster payment on the appointment book no later than September 30.”

Wickard said the timing of the Posey County News Special Agriculture Section could not be better because there are several farms in the area that have been effected by disasters in the past.

“We are now working on the 2008 disasters because we are working two years in arrears,” she explained. “We operate through Congress and the Farm Bill. In 2008, there were some floods that did some tremendous damage in this part of the state.

The counties represented here today are counties that had a lot of disaster issues and we have made several disaster payments across the state because of that disaster. But September 30 is the key date that all farmers in the area need to be aware of.”

The counties in the local district include Gibson, Posey Spender, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Pike counties. But Wickard oversees the farm program on a state level.

“I am a farmer myself but I get the opportunity to work with 430 tremendous ambassadors for agriculture,” she said of her experience as the USDA’s State Executive Director. “Whether it is disaster programs or loan programs, guaranteed loan programs, beginner farmer loans or a youth loan program, people are invited to come in and talk with representatives of our offices.”

“We offer the Conservation Reserve Program, the

largest conservation program in the country is administered by our agency,” Wickard explained. “We actually just had a sign-up for the CRP program and we hadn’t had one since 2007.

That allows some additional conservation incentives for Hoosiers who want to get involved in that program.

We have our traditional commodity loans for people who need some operating revenue to get them through the input costs. We also administer the very popular Farm Storage Facility Program. The 2008 Farm Bill added cold and hay storage facilities in addition to the grain bins and auger systems. If a producer needs help for storage, we might be able to help them with that, as well.”

Wickard said that the job she enjoys is actually a privilege to work with great people and in agriculture every day.

Wickard is a graduate of Purdue University in Agricultural Communication and Political Science and is a political appointee. She was appointed by President Barack Obama in August of 2009. She most recently served as the state executive director of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association.

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North Posey FFA members celebrate finishing the plot in 98 degrees on September 21. Celebrating are Melanie Phillips, Mackenzie Motz, Nichole Perry, and Amanda Bender. In back are Chad Axton and Hunter Motz.

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FFA members from Mount Vernon travel to Murray State On September 10th, 2010, five Mount Vernon FFA members traveled down to Murray State University to attend the Racer Roundup. There members went through different stations with members from the states of Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky. In the stations the members developed leadership skills and how to communicate with other people they didn’t know. They were supplied lunch, which consisted of pizza, cookies, and your choice of tea or lemonade.

Members said it was a good experience, meeting new people and learning new skills

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New and familiar smiles greet visitors at Extension office

By Pam Robinson Cheven May, former County 4-H Youth Program Assistant, was promoted to County 4-H Youth Educator on June 1, 2010, to oversee the entire Posey 4-H Youth Development program. In discussing the many facets of her job, May emphasizes, “4-H is more than just the fair.”

The Purdue teacher education graduate stays busy, for example, with teaching seven school enrichment programs: ‘Talking with TJ’ Teamwork Series, ‘Talking with TJ’ Conflict Resolution Series, Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn, Adventures in Learning, Space Station Indiana, Character Counts and Working Out Conflicts. Provided on a first-come, firstserve basis, the programs are free for all participants and all cover Indiana educational standards.

Needless to say, May stays involved with traditional 4-H activities as well, including the annual county fair. With 14 official 4-H clubs in Posey County, she monitors almost 300 youth with the help of her committed adult volunteer 4-H club leaders. Kindergarten

Cheven May and Jane Jett through second graders may participate in Exploring 4-H sessions throughout the year and be involved with the fair by making an exhibit to display there too. For youth in 3rd through 12th grade, 4-H strives to improve life skills and build junior leaders to work with kids year round.

“Being a 4-H Youth Edu-

cator is fun,” May says. “It’s not the same thing day in and day out. I enjoy helping kids be the best they can be.”

She and her husband Jason May, an employee for Consolidated Grain and Barge, have been married for 12 years. The couple has two children—Charley, who

turns six months old at the end of September, and Aubrey, who turned 3 on September 21.

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By Pam Robinson New Purdue Extension Educator Jane Jett says she’s been trying to learn as much as possible since she filled her position, left vacant by the retirement of Genise Huey, on June 1. She says she’s enjoyed visiting with the county’s Extension Homemakers, working at this summer’s Posey County 4-H Fair, and meeting with the “great ladies” in the cafeteria at North Posey. Her passion for learning shouldn’t leave the impression, however, that she’s new to 4-H or educating people in consumer and family sciences. Her journey reveals a love for rural living and concerns.

Originally from Prairie Creek, Ind. (south of Terre Haute), Jett grew up on an 18-acre farm. A skilled manager of their resources, Mom cared for the cows, chickens and garden—everything to keep the family self-sufficient.

Her father tilled the ground for crops of corn and hay as well as cut the hay in his time off from a full-time public job at a chemical production plant. The couple hired a neighboring farmer during harvest, Jett says, to bale the hay. The whole family pitched in to pick up the hay and put it in the barn, just as everyone helped to hand-pick the field corn, 6 or 7 acres of it, and shovel it into the barn.

Likewise, the children plucked the feathers from the 250 chickens Mom raised for the family table, and they participated in the butchering of the cows. Jett recalls helping to can 120 quarts of green beans one summer as well. She says her expertise in canning and freezing, which she continues on a much smaller scale for her own family, definitely came from her mother.

Jett says she and her two sisters grew up working alongside their parents and learned to contribute to the success of the family. “In some ways, I miss those values, which I’m not sure my children have gotten,” she comments.

“We all worked together to survive.”

Her upbringing included 4-H, “the only thing girls could do then,” she adds. Later, as an adult, Jett served as a 4-H leader and worked 13 years with the Vanderburgh County Extension Office. Now after a 22-year hiatus to rear her two children, which included five years of work as a clerical assistant at their school (Bosse), she is especially excited about working with adults again.

“I’ve had good experience with kids, but I like working with adults,” she states. “Adults are motivated and present no discipline problems.”

Jett graduated from Indiana State University in Terre Haute with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. She says she is most comfortable educating about foods and nutrition and looks forward to offering such classes as Dining with Diabetes and ServSafe, which teaches safe food handling practices.

She and her husband Jim will celebrate 25 years of marriage this coming January. Her 22-year- old son Jason, a University of Evansville graduate, works now with his father to provide financial advising through James Jett Associates in Evansville. Her 21-year-old daughter Janel is a junior at UE, majoring in political science and history.

State FFA participants from North Posey are, Left to Right, Front row, Anna Will, Brooke Sturgell, Olivia Eisterhold, and Kayla Hoenert. In the back row are Adam Lyell, Brianna Perry, Chad Axton, and John Cook.

Ag Business owner seminar is slated The key to a successful business lies in five functions of management: planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.

Agricultural and horticulture business owners will have the opportunity to hone and enhance their management skills through a series of hands-on workshops being offered this fall.

Ohio State University Extension and the North Central Risk Management Education Center are hosting the interactive workshops, designed for those in the agricultural and horticulture industries to assist in their business and personal management goals. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with other agricultural and horticultural oriented individuals, study efficient management systems, and obtain skills that can make a difference in how they operate.

There are two workshop locations set for the fall. One workshop will be held every Thursday, from Oct. 14 through Nov. 18 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the OSU Extension Defiance County office, 6879 Evansport Road, Defiance. Friday morning workshops will also be offered Oct. 15 through Nov. 19 from 8 a.m. until noon at the OSU Extension Agricultural Business Enhancement Center, 639 S. Dunbridge Road, Bowling Green.

Workshop topics include assisting in identifying opportunities that will enhance your ability to manage your business; developing mission statements, objectives, goals and tactics for your business; understanding the five basic management functions; applying basic management concepts and skills to your business; finding, recruiting, selecting, hiring and training employees to become an effective part of your team; and

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Corn harvest fast, furious Mount Vernon’s farm market successful This year’s corn harvest is off to an earlier start than normal and progressing quickly, according to a Purdue University Extension corn specialist.

Bob Nielsen, professor of agronomy, said the crop has grown quickly and matured early. It has dried well in the field, which means farmers should spend less on mechanized drying methods to bring grain down to desired moisture levels. Most of the crop could be harvested by early October if Indiana continues to have dry weather.

Nielsen said grain quality is higher than last year in part because of fewer disease problems.

“We had a high amount of ear rot last year, causing problems with storage,” Nielsen said. “We didn’t have as much this year. That, combined with early harvest, contributes to higher quality.”

A Monday (Sept. 20) crop report by the Indiana Agricultural Statistics

Service showed that last year, no corn had been harvested by Sept. 19. The 27 percent of corn harvested as of Sept. 19 this year was well above the five-year average of 6 percent.

The report also showed that 88 percent of corn was mature, compared with last year’s 13 percent and the five-year average of 44 percent.

The statistics service rated crop condition at 12 percent excellent, 44 percent good, 27 percent fair, 12 percent poor and 5 percent very poor. The 56 percent good to excellent crop rating compares with 62 percent good to excellent on Sept. 19 last year.

Moisture content of this year’s harvested corn is averaging 17 percent.

Nielsen said test weights for corn in his own research trials were about 55 pounds per bushel. Test weight determines how much farmers receive per bushel for their corn. Corn is marketed on a 56-pound standard bushel.

By Pam Robinson Jon Neufelder, Posey County Extension Director, reports the 2010 Mount Vernon Farmers’ Market managed to help local residents beat the heat with tasty local produce. He admits the hot summer temperatures created “less than ideal conditions” for the farmers’ market, leaving nothing to sell by the end of August. Still, every Tuesday from June to August, an average of seven to eight vendors came out each week to the old Dausmann parking lot with their fare. Good community turnout was seen, Neufelder says, except the week when the thermometer climbed into the 100s.

He says all vendors were Posey County people, except two from Evansville and one from Owensboro, who brought kettle corn. In addition to produce, local vendors sold flowers, pottery, candles and embroidered piece goods. Homemade baked goods appeared for the first time, thanks to the House Enrolled Act 1309. Until now, baked goods needed to come from a commercial kitchen. Last year, the state legislature made an exception for farmers’ markets and roadside stands.

Vendors included Sarah Becker, Margaret Bundy, Larry Burkhart, Steve and Barbara Cochran, Donna Fickey, Dennis and Susan Hermann, Shana Juncker, Aaron Korff, Mary McGrew, David Meurer, Kim Morton, Teresa Petty, Richard Pfeiffer, Stephanie Potter, Tim and Kathy Schaefer, Ann Simpson, Luke Steinhart, Bill Thompson, Candy Tolliver, Mona Wallace, Jamie Wathen, Steve and Travis Willett.

Plans for a third annual farmers’ market in 2011 will be discussed at a public meeting in January. Neufelder welcomes anyone in the community and their ideas. He notes the 2011 location is still uncertain. He wants to be on the riverfront, possibly even showcasing live entertainment, but wonders if it may yet be too soon to locate there next year.

In the meantime, Neufelder is working on programs for agriculture this winter. In early 2011, Annie’s Project, a national farm management program for women in agriculture, will come for the first time to the area. The dates for Annie’s Project are: January 13, 20, 27 and February 3, 10 and 17

from 5:30 to 8:30 each evening at the Vanderburgh Purdue Extension Office on Darmstadt Road in Darmstadt.

For the second year in a row, the Purdue Management Academy series will help farmers improve their farm business management. This time, though, the academy will be located in the Vanderburgh Career and Technical Center on Lynch Road in Evansville, much closer than last year’s meeting in Knox County. Meetings are scheduled for February 17 and 23 and March 3 from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. each day.

Neufelder will publish additional information about these two programs closer to their meeting dates.

This owl has taken residence in a tree on the lawn of the Posey County Courthouse.

ASPCA proudly announces that October is ‘Adopt A Shelter Dog Month’ Dr. Diane Pomerance wants to show everyone how to make your family happier -- and save a life at the same time -- in October.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) sponsors October as Adopta-Shelter-Dog Month to encourage Americans to turn their houses into homes by adopting a shelter dog. Each year, millions of dogs enter our nation's shelters, yet of the almost 59 million owned dogs in this country, fewer than 20 percent are shelter adoptees.

Pomerance, an activist who has owned more than 40 shelter dogs in her lifetime, thinks it’s a shame that more people don’t adopt from a shelter, because the most faithful, healthy and loving dogs are waiting there for new homes.

“People sometimes don’t go to animal shelters to adopt a dog, because they have a lot of misinformation about these animals,” said Pomerance, author of seven books about pets, including Our Rescue Dog Family Album (www.animalcompanionsandtheirpeople.com).

“They think, ‘I don’t want to

inherit someone else’s problem,’ or they simply think all the dogs there are abused or hard to train, or that they won’t be able to find the breed that they want. All of those notions couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, up to nearly 60 percent of dogs in shelters are not strays, but pets whose families had to give them up because of a loss of income or a change in location. These are faithful, loving dogs who just need a home and some love.”

The key is to know how to choose the right pet for your family, and Dr. Pomerance offered these tips to help families do just that: Breed– Check online about the different breeds, their temperament, health & physical characteristics.

Find out all you can about the specific animal from shelter workers and volunteers.

Lifestyle- Think about your lifestyle and personality in terms of the kind of dog that would be more compatible with your home and your living situation.

Activity level- Assess the activity level and exercise requirements of the dog you

are considering. Are you able to walk your dog several times a day and play with him?

Age- Figure out what age of the animal is best suited to you and your family.

Which is more compatible with your age and lifestyle?

Do you want an active puppy that needs attention and training, a middle-aged dog with established behaviors, or an older, less active dog?

Time–Do you have enough time for a quality relationship with a dog? Like children, they require attention, companionship, patience and interaction. They also require socialization and obedience training.

Budget– Research the costs of not only adopting a pet (adoption fee), but veterinary care, including spay/ neuter, vaccinations, potential injuries or illness, regular checkups, toys, accessories, etc. Factor in costs of food, pet sitters or boarding while you’re away. Keep in mind many pet shelters offer these services as part of the adoption fee, or at a discounted rate because many are not-for-profit organizations supported by private donations.

Space – Do you have sufficient room for a dog to move, eat and sleep comfortably? Further, are you

legally allowed to have a dog on the premises/in your community? If you rent, make sure you are legally allowed to have a pet.

Shelter- Find out as much about the shelter from which you are adopting your pet as possible – what is its reputation? Is it a kill or no-kill shelter? What is the track record of the successful adoption of its dogs?

“Adopting a shelter dog

is a lifetime choice, as these pets will likely spend the rest of their lives with you, and it is not something that should be taken lightly,” Pomerance added. “That being said, it is a positive choice, and one that will bring joy and love into your home and provide your family a loyal, caring companion.”

Diane Pomerance has a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is widely regarded as a pet expert. She has written seven books about animals including the Animal Companions Series and her new book Our Rescue Dog Family Album (www.animalcompanionsandtheirpeople.com). She created, established and currently directs the pioneering and flagship Pet Grief Counseling Program for the SPCA of Texas in Dallas.

On Friday morning, Mayor John Tucker announced that the city of Mount Vernon had been awarded a $6,572,000 grant to be used toward phase II of the sewer system plan. This grant will allow the city to upgrade the current sewer system and open up other development opportunities for Mount Vernon. Front row (L to R): Beth McFadin-Higgins, Sewer Committee Chairperson Becky Higgins, Wastewater and Sewage Treatment Superintendent Rodney Givens, Debbie Bennett-Stearsman, and Mayor John Tucker. Back Row (L to R): Senator Bob Deig and Doug Ralston. Photo

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Mount Vernon FFA helps plant new rain garden

By Tammy Bergstrom Approximately twelve members of Mount Vernon High School’s FFA organization gathered last Friday morning to help nurture and establish the new rain garden located in the new riverfront area.

The planting project was directed by Judy Heberer, Ed Schenk and Sean Ritzert, students from Mount Ver- Cindy Naab, and Carol non’s FFA group help plant some of the many grasses Peerman -members of the in the new rain garden. photo by Tammy Bergstrom Southwest Indiana Master Gardener Association

4-H month of September winners Hannah Beshears has fairgrounds clean-up days level with his Model exhibit. been selected by the Posey and fundraisers with her club In addition to taking part in County 4-H Council as one members, Hannah is cur- these 4-H activities, Jacob is of two Septemrently the club’s active with his church and in ber 4-H’ers of the Reporter.

Han- Boy Scouts, and he recently Month. Hannah nah is the daugh- helped the Posey County recently comter of Kevin and Community Center members pleted her second Amy Beshears of and other volunteers paint the year of 4-H as a Wadesville. floor of the building. Jacob is member of the Jacob Zoch has the son of Randy and Laurie Roaring Vikings been selected by Hartman of Mt. Vernon. and is currently the Posey County Both of these Posey Counin the fifth grade. Hannah Beshears 4-H Council as the ty 4-H’ers will be awarded She has participated in sev- other September 4-H’er of the a $50 savings bond at the eral of her club’s community Month. Jacob is a sixth year 4-H Achievement Banquet service activities this year, member of the Diligent Ones in November. To receive including donating kitchen 4-H Club and is currently a this award, a 4-H’er must be items to Aurora and mak- freshman at MVHS. He has nominated by a parent, 4-H ing Valentines for Harmony participated in Club Leader, or Healthcare residents, and many of his club’s other adult. The she entered eight exhibits community serPosey County 4-H at this year’s Posey County vice activities this Council selects 4-H Fair. Hannah’s Health past year and is two winners every exhibit was selected to rep- also a member of month, from April resent Posey County 4-H at the Posey County through Septemthe State level, where it was 4-H Junior Leadber. To find out again awarded first place, ers. He exhibited more information, Jacob Zoch and just a week after the 4-H nine projects at please contact Fair was over, she requested the 4-H Fair earlier this sum- Cheven Meyncke May at a Travelogue project manual mer and earned first place in the Posey County Extension so that she could start on her Junior Poultry Showmanship Office by calling 812- 8382010 4-H Fair exhibits. In and was selected to represent 1331 or emailing maycm@ addition to participating in Posey County 4-H at the State purdue.edu.

(SIMGA). City Councilman Steve Fuelling and Purdue Extension Educator/Director Jon Neufelder were also on hand to assist with the planting efforts.

The high school students planted a variety of flowers and grasses, many of which are native to Indiana including Black-Eyed Susans, Sweet Grass, Coneflowers, Zebra Grass, and Pampass Grass.

Cindy Naab explained that the purpose of a rain garden is to catch the rain runoff from city streets and cleanse it as the water is channeled back to the river.

The plants in the garden act as filters. A special mixture of sand, mulch, and a little topsoil was is used to help the filtering process.

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Routine maintenance reduces fire risk Farmers can greatly reduce the risk of starting field fires with proper, regular maintenance of combines and other equipment they use to harvest their crops, a Purdue Extension farm safety expert says.

Combines are especially vulnerable to fires because of the many hours they operate at a time and the dry crop fodder that can collect on them, said Gail Deboy.

“During hot, dry weather, very dry fodder provides an excellent source to fuel a flame whenever a fire is ignited,” he said.

This year’s early planting resulted in early maturing of crops and unusually dry Posey County farmer David Morlock drives his antique tractor in the Poseyville foliage during harvest. The exceptionally dry weather Autumnfest Parade on Sunday with his grandson.

Purdue receives $1.59 million for biofuel research Purdue University is receiving $1.59 million in federal funding for a project to conduct a sustainability assessment of energy crops for biofuels.

The funding is part of a $16.5 million renewable fuel initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy to provide high-quality biomass while increasing economic viability for producers and improving the environment.

Purdue researchers will develop strategies to meet the demand for biofuel crops while promoting en-

vironmental quality and ecosystem health, said Indrajeet Chaubey, associate professor in agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue.

“Ensuring a sustainable bioenergy future will require public confidence that river ecosystems’ draining fields that produce energy crops will be adequately protected,” Chaubey said. “But large-scale land use changes may lead to unintended consequences.”

Researchers will conduct a watershed-scale sustainability assessment of multiple energy crops such as

miscanthus, switchgrass and hybrid poplar. They will evaluate sustainability in relation to soil erosion, water quality and quantity, biomass yield, profitability and aquatic biodiversity.

“The overall goal is to identify landscapes within a watershed where different types of bioenergy crops can be produced to meet demand and promote environmental sustainability,” Chaubey said.

Chaubey and a team of nine Purdue professors will conduct the research in a four-year project.

Ag advice...from a legal standpoint Agriculture Environmental Regulatory Update: The Growing Impact of Water and Air Regulations on Farmers Environmental regulations are changing how farmers and other agricultural business entities are managing their operations.

Environmental regulatory changes, policy discussions, and enforcement initiatives by federal and state agencies mean that more farms will be subject to environmental regulations. Over the past few years, crop and livestock farms have discovered that decades-old farming operations are now subject to environmental regulations designed to protect the nation’s waters. Although farmers have been traditionally exempt from the Clean Air Act, recent regulations driven by climate change and EPA’s current policy assessments suggest that more farms may fall under the expanding regulations of the Clean Air Act. The growing environmental regulation of farms is no surprise to those who have regulated operations and comply with the environmental rules to avoid potential violations and civil penalties in the thousands of dollars.

Clean Water Act: Does Your Farm Need A CWA Permit?

When the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, EPA was focused on pollution coming out of a pipe or some other discernable discharge location at pollution sources usually in urban areas. Over the last few years, EPA’s strategy has focused more on the non-traditional water pollution sources that scientific studies conclude are the main cause of national water degradation in the nation’s streams, rivers and lakes. What is an example of a non-traditional source of pollution? Agriculture.

EPA’s August 2010 Clean Water Act strategy document lists agriculture as one of the main sources of water pollution. Pollution comes in many forms, but nutrients, pesticides, manure, solid particles such as bedding, seed, and even fan exhaust are examples of potential water pollutants. EPA plans to expand permit requirements and strengthen its enforcement against farmers, especially animal producers and those using pesticides that may discharge to water.

EPA is stepping up enforcement against those that illegally discharge pollutants from farms into waterways. Pollution is defined so broadly that just about anything getting into water from a confined feeding operation could result in a Clean Water Act violation. All confined animal feeding farmers should assess whether they are in compliance with the Clean Water Act in order to avoid civil and criminal liabilities. A farm is considered a confined feeding

operation under the Clean Water Act when animals are confined 45 days per year in an area that is less than half covered by vegetation or ground cover. If you meet a certain threshold number of animals, permits are generally required. If a farmer has a NPDES permit (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) under the Clean Water Act, the amount of pollutant discharged is controlled through best management practices, other permit requirements and authorized discharges. However, no farmer, regardless of operation size or number of animals, may discharge a pollutant without a permit.

Oil Pollution Act: Does Your Farm Need an SPCC Plan?

Spill, Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans are required under the Oil Pollution Act The plans describe storage of oils at the farm-- including petroleum, animal fat and vegetable oils-- and procedures used to prevent and cleanup spills of those oils.

Farms that meet certain requirements are required to have Spill, Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans in place

by November 11, 2011 to be in compliance with amended SPCC rules under the Oil Pollution Act. Some farms have been subject to the SPCC rules since August 16, 2002, but compliance deadlines for amendments to the rule after that date have been repeatedly extended. Farms with existing SPCC plans are required to update them with changes in operations and have until November 11, 2011 to ensure that the plan complies with the current SPCC rule. Operations that started after August 16, 2002 with oil storage or oil products will need to evaluate whether the amended SPCC rule brings operations into the regulatory requirements.

Depending on operations, some farmers may need to involve an environmental professional to assist with evaluating oil storage and operational procedures and to certify the SPCC plan.

At one time, milk storage was a concern, but on January 15, 2009, EPA proposed to exempt milk containers and its associated piping and appurtenances from SPCC requirements. As EPA continues to work on finalizing the milk container exemption under the SPCC rule, farmers may want to evaluate operations to determine if they can meet the compliance requirements of the proposed exemption.

Clean Air Act: What’s in the Air? Today, most farms do not need permits under the Clean Air Act, but there is change in the air, especially with climate change concerns and the recent focus on particulate matter. With EPA’s May 13, 2010 rule on Greenhouse Gases (GHGs),

certain sources that emit either 100,000 tons or 75,000 tons of GHGs are required to have a permit under the Clean Air Act. For now, smallerscale producers of GHGs are excluded from Clean Air Act permit requirements. In the rule’s initial form, however, EPA planned on setting the limit for permit requirements at 25,000 tons of GHGs emitted per year. That level would have impacted some large farmers with manure management systems. In the future, the GHG threshold could be lowered again.

EPA also regulates coarse particles under the Clean Air Act, known as particulate matter or PM10. Particulate matter is one of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established to protect the public health and welfare. Many think of particulate matter as quite simply, dust--dust from fields during harvest, dust from animals during a dry-stretch, and even dust from driving down a country road. The Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory Committee recently told EPA that EPA’s own recommendations to lower the PM10 standard were not protective enough and that the standard should be even lower. If the standard was lowered to at least twice as stringent as the current level, some parts of the country could become non-attainment areas for coarse particulate matter and the state agency responsible for compliance with the standards could further impose restrictions on particulate matter emitters through permit requirements.

In this early policy debate, it is not clear exactly how farmers and livestock producers in the Midwest would be impacted if the particulate matter standard is lowered. Additional data would need to be collected in rural areas. Even then, the science behind the regulations will be debated and EPA’s authority to regulate dust will probably be challenged again. In 2009, court challenges to EPA’s particulate matter regulations confirmed that EPA gets to “err on the side of caution” in setting air standards for particulate matter coming from both urban and rural areas.

Currently, the monitoring network for coarse particulate matter provides limited data, making it impracticable to develop a quantitative risk assessment to support lowering the standard. Even with that data uncertainty, EPA has a great deal of discretion in making a decision based on the available evidence.

Whatever decisions are made, it is clear that farmers will need to keep an eye on any changes to the Clean Air Act that could impact Greenhouse Gas and particulate matter emissions at farms.

Make Environmental Compliance Part of Operations Environmental considerations are part of daily op-

erational requirements for many farmers. This article focuses on some recent regulations and policy discussions involving water and air regulations that add to environmental concerns impacting farmers across the country. Rural America seems to be just as busy as our largest manufacturing industries in keeping up with policies and changes in environmental regulations. The key to keeping environmental compliance costs down as much as possible is to stay in front of the rules and requirements.

As farming operations and regulations change, the two are likely to cross paths if they have not already.

Written by: Jamie B. Dameron Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP Jamie Dameron is an environmental attorney and licensed professional geologist. She represents clients in environmental compliance matters by assisting with business solutions, negotiating compliance alternatives with regulators, and appealing agency actions. She also assists clients with environmental issues in business and real estate transactions.

Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, LLP was organized in 1959, and is the largest law firm in Southwest Indiana. For more than 50 years, the firm has incorporated cutting edge technology and education to represent the legal practice areas of business law, banking and financial institution law, healthcare law, litigation, private client services, family law, employment law and real estate and construction law. Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, the firm also has offices in Indianapolis, Mt. Vernon, Poseyville, Princeton and Vincennes, Indiana.

has led to numerous field fires in recent days, and many counties have imposed restrictions on burning.

Combine fires can easily spread to crops or remaining corn stover, rapidly igniting acres of farmland. Field fires can spread to nearby farm equipment, trees and buildings, including homes.

Smoke from fires can create health problems for nearby residents and reduce visibility on roads.

Much of what causes machinery fires are overheated bearings and belts, exhaust components, clutches and brakes, electrical malfunctions and sparks caused by damaged or improperly adjusted components, and foreign material entering the processing path. Drive components clogged with crop material also can get hot enough to catch fire.

“As combines have become larger, they carry much larger quantities of fuel, lubricants and hydraulic oil,” Deboy said. “Even small leaks in any of the systems using flammable liquids can result in a large fire in seconds.”

Deboy suggested the following ways farmers can

minimize the potential for combine and field fires and better react in the event of a fire: * Perform regular maintenance on machinery. Keep combines clean, free of crop residue and free of fuel and oil leaks. Regular inspection and maintenance of bearings, seals, potential crop wrap points and exhaust systems minimizes potential ignition points. Service equipment at the end of the day, rather than at the beginning, to detect overheating components or smoldering material that could erupt into fire overnight. * Maintain the electrical system. Keep a close eye on components that draw heavy electrical loads, such as starter motors, remote actuators and heating and cooling systems. Consider fuses that blow regularly, a warning sign that a circuit is overheating. * Install portable fire extinguishers on every large piece of machinery. Extinguishers should be approved for fire types A, B and C and be of suitable size for the potential fires that could occur. They also should be inspected and serviced regularly.

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Poesy County 4-H Junior Leader Officers elected The Posey County 4-H Junior Leaders held a call-out meeting for the 2010-2011 year at the fairgrounds on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Plans for

the upcoming year were discussed, and the following officers were elected: President Jenny Lyke; Vice President Hannah Duncan; Secretary Jordan Lyke;

Treasurer Rebecca Korff.

4-H Council Representatives Jenny Lyke, Hannah Duncan, Rebecca Duncan and E.B. Mumford were also confirmed. The next

4-H month of August winners Tim Cotner has been se- his club’s secretary, and he this past July, all of which lected by the Posey County is also busy this fall with won blue ribbon honors.

4-H Council as one of two marching band practice. Tim Kendal’s Food Preservation August 4-H’ers is the son of Jerry exhibit was again selected of the Month. and Julie Cotner for State Fair exhibit for the Tim recently comof Mt. Vernon. second year in a row, and she pleted his seventh Kendal Lang is currently her club’s Health year of 4-H as a has been select- & Safety Reporter. Kendal member of the ed by the Posey is the daughter of John and Kings & Queens County 4-H Coun- Rose Lang of Mt. Vernon. and is currently cil as the other Both of these Posey Couna sophomore at August 4-H’er of ty 4-H’ers will be awarded a Tim Cotner MVHS. He has the Month. Kendal $50 savings bond at the 4-H participated in several of his recently completed her sev- Achievement Banquet in club’s community service enth year of 4-H as a mem- November. To receive this activities this year, as well ber of the Kings award, a 4-H’er as Share-the-Fun and 4-H & Queens and is must be nomiClub Officer training. Tim currently a sophonated by a parent, entered three exhibits at this more at MVHS. 4-H Club Leader, year’s Posey County 4-H Kendal representor other adult. The Fair, and his latch hook ex- ed Posey County Posey County 4-H hibit was selected for State at 4-H Round-Up Council selects Fair exhibit for the second this past June at two winners evyear in a row. He attended Purdue Universiery month, from Kendal Lang the 4-H Band workshop at ty, and she helped April through Purdue earlier this summer, with fairgrounds clean-up September. To find out more where he played for the 4-H before and during the 4-H information, please contact Round-Up audience on cam- Fair. She participated in Cheven Meyncke May at the pus, and he also helped with many of her club’s commu- Posey County Extension Ofhis club’s banner for display nity service projects over the fice by calling 812- 838-1331 at the Posey County 4-H Fair past year, and she exhibited or emailing maycm@purdue. this past July. He is currently four projects at the 4-H Fair edu.

meeting will be October 24, and all youth in grades 7-12 are welcome to attend. For more information on this or any other Posey County 4-H activity or event, please contact Cheven Meyncke May, Posey County 4-H Youth Educator, at 812-838-1331 or maycm@purdue.edu. PurRyan Ritzert, FFA student from Mount Vernon High due University is an equal opportunity/equal access School helps with the planting project at the riverfront area. Photo by Tammy Bergstrom institution.

New Harmony town-wide real estate open house October 3 What do small town home-sellers do in a down economy? In New Harmony, Indiana, we’re lining up golf carts, tuning up ukuleles and teaming up with neighbors to host a town-wide real estate open house.

Stop by the Coffee House at Church and Main on Sunday, October 3, from 1 to 4 p.m., to grab a map of properties, see photos and prices, chat with mortgage lenders, and hop on the golf cart shuttle for an in-person tour of homes for sale.

The tour includes both agent-listed and for-saleby-owner properties, priced from under $60,000 to the mid-$200s.

Mortgage lenders and a New Harmony-based architect will be among the golf-cart shuttle drivers, providing local color and financing options for homeshoppers taking the tour.

To make visitors feel right at home, sellers are extending their personal hospitality -- live music on the front porch, chips and soda on the pagoda, a home-buyer blessing, a certified backyard wildlife habitat tour.

Locals say helping each other and being resourceful is just what you do when you live in a small town.

And people from all over the country seem to like that way of living.

“New Harmony is a life-

style community,” says realtor Andrew Wilson, who recruited local agents and lenders for the event. “My records show that within the last 10 years, more than 50 parties from 28 different states have moved to town.

They are here because they recognize in New Harmony a way to capture the lifestyle they want.”

Ready for small-town living at its best? Find your home in New Harmony at the Town-Wide Open House on Sunday, October 3. Tours begin at the Coffee House at Church & Main.

For more info, contact Laura Spradley at 682-3019 or lauraspradley@sbcglobal.net.

4-H month of July winners announced Mikayla DeShields was derburgh Humane Society, selected as one of two July Relay for Life, her local food 4-H’ers of the Month by the pantry, and St. Jude’s ChilPosey County dren’s Hospital.

4-H Council. MiShe is also active kayla is a five year in the youth group member of the at her church and Hoosier Boosters in the 4-H Junior 4-H Club. As part Leader program. of her 4-H experiMikayla is curence, Mikayla’s rently an eighth served as her grade student and club’s secretary Mikayla DeShields is the daughter of this past year, participated in Alan and Jill DeShields of Share-the-Fun and the 4-H Poseyville.

Speech & Demonstration Faith Peterlin has been secontest this past spring, and lected by the Posey County represented Posey County 4-H Council as the other 4-H at Round-Up held this July 4-H’er of the Month. past June at Purdue Univer- Faith recently completed her sity. She also completed sev- first year as a member of the en 4-H projects this year and Roaring Vikings 4-H Club earned the top honor of Grand by serving on the club’s ReChampion with her 4-H Dog freshments Committee. She Poster exhibit, which was is currently in the fourth also selected for State Fair grade and has enjoyed particexhibit last month. In addi- ipating in many of her club’s tion to being a 4-H member, activities this year, including Mikayla donates her time Share-the-Fun, club demonand efforts to help the Van- strations, fundraisers, field

trips, and club banner and scrapbook planning for the week of the 4-H Fair. Faith also completed two 4-H projects this year for exhibit at the 4-H Fair, earning blue ribbon honors with her cat at the 4-H Cat Show and in the Miscellaneous Crafts Clover division. Faith is the daughter of Frank and Michelle Peterlin of Evansville.

Both of these Posey County 4-H’ers will be awarded a $50 savings bond at the 4-H Achievement Banquet in November. To receive this award, a 4-H’er must be nominated by a parent, 4-H Club Leader, or other adult.

The Posey County 4-H Council selects two winners every month, from April through September. To find out more information, please contact Cheven Meyncke May at the Purdue Extension-Posey County Office by calling 812- 838-1331 or emailing maycm@purdue.edu.

Holiday world announces improvements for 2011 Additions and enhancements planned for Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in 2011 can be divided into two categories: children and comfort.

That’s according to park president Dan Koch, who says the investment of $5.2 million will provide more fun for children and more comfort for families.

“We’ve studied the feedback from our park guests that comes to us via email, our Facebook page, comment cards, and conversations out in the park,” says Koch. “This is the year we will add more for the little ones to do plus a lot of extras around the park.

Additions for 2011 include: · Safari Sam’s SplashLand: Located in Splashin’ Safari, SplashLand will feature eight colorful body slides for smaller children, plus dozens of water-play elements in a shallow pool · New family Christmas ride: A contest will be held to name this sleigh ride for smaller children to ride with

older siblings or adults. This custom-designed ride will take riders in a circle and up and down. It will be located in Rudolph's Reindeer Ranch in Holiday World's Christmas section · Air-conditioned dining at Plymouth Rock Café · More shade and seating in Splashin’ Safari · More restrooms, changing rooms and family restrooms in both parks · 500 new lockers · Parking lot improvements · New maintenance shop and paint shop plus two new employee break rooms In addition, the town’s historic Santa statue, which was dedicated in 1935, will be restored in the coming year. The 22-foot concrete statue, which has been in disrepair for many years, was acquired by the Koch family several years ago and is located southeast of the park on State Road 245.

Koch and his mother, Pat, detail the plan on this YouTube video, released on the park's blog.

Holiday World is open weekends-only through October 10; Splashin’ Safari is closed for the season. For more information about the parks, visit www.HolidayWorld.com or call 1-877Go-Family.

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