Posey County may be in the market for a new ambulance. Emergency Medical Services Di-rector Chuck Thompson discussed remounting costs with the commis-sioners during their meeting last Tuesday, February 4. A remount basically involves placing the cur-rent ambulance ‘box’ with a new engine and chassis. Thompson said he received a $98,000 quote – a price a little higher than he antici-pated.

Commissioners agreed that if a remount costs that much, it may be wiser to just purchase a new ambulance. While weighing the pros and cons of purchasing a new ambulance or going ahead with a remount, Thompson stated it would take approximately two months to complete the remount work. That means, Posey County would be without one of its four ambulances.

Thompson reported there were a total of 2,378 runs and approxi-mately $670,000 collected last year. Of that amount, 1,079 were in Mount Vernon; 466 were in New Harmony; 390 in Poseyville and 343 were in St. Phillips area.

The county is still weighing its options and is trying to be as savvy as possible with the funds. Com-missioner Jim Alsop stated the county has been putting money aside for the purchase of a new am-bulance and that they are just trying to search for the most cost-effective option for the county.

Steve Schenk’s request to pur-chase a 6,000 tank to hold the coun-ty’s total patch mix was approved. Schenk stated the purchase would save the county time and money by not having to make frequent trips to Boonville each week.

Approval of the Local Public Agency contract that involves the county-wide bridge inspection program was tabled. Schenk stated approval from the Indiana Depart-ment of Transportation is neces-sary before the commissioners can approved the contract. When ap-

proved, this two-year contract will cost $228,950.

Commissioners approved bonds for the Auditor and Recorder. A $30,000 bond was secured for Au-ditor Kyle Haney and a $15,000 bond was approved for Recorder Martha Breeze.

Jon Neufelder of the Purdue University Extension Services Of-fi ce addressed the commissioners and informed them that the exten-sion offi ce’s annual meeting has been changed. Instead of holding the meeting in February, they will now be held in November. He also passed out information to the com-missioners on the benefi ts of 4-H and how it can make a positive dif-ference in children’s lives.

The next commissioner’s meet-ing is scheduled on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 18, at 9 a.m. in the Hovey House in Mount Vernon.

By Lois Mittino GrayEighth District Representative Larry Bus-

chon began the Saturday morning Town Hall Meeting in New Harmony with an enthusi-astic greeting noting the great turnout and packed seats. He presented a ten minute up-date on his view of goings-on in Washington DC, followed by presentations from local State Representatives Wendy McNamara and Thomas Washburne and State Senator Jim Tomes.

After their individual updates, the quartet fi elded questions on many topics ranging from common core standards and minimum wage increases to business personal property tax and even a convention of states to affect change in government.

Buschon explained that right now DC is a very partisan environment and the House is trying to do business that will stabilize things. “We passed the Ryan budget agreement. It’s not what I would have wanted, but it ensures no shutdown this year,” he said. The budget is billons less than what was projected last year. Buschon said that with Crane Naval Center in his district he makes sure that train-ing and support for troops is properly funded.

“Congress only votes on 40 percent of the national budget called discretionary money. The other 60 percent of the budget is on au-

topilot and that includes things like Medic-aid and Medicare. We need to get a handle on that spending as it is going up and on the debt ceiling. I just don’t see us tackling the big stuff the people want us to this session in Washington.”

When asked about the minimum wage go-ing from $7.25 to $10.10 for federal contrac-tors, Representative Buschon expressed his disdain for President Obama circumventing Congress and mandating it. “This is a bad idea to raise it that much. Historically it does nothing to raise the poverty level and some may lose their jobs as employers look to cut costs. It’s purely political and skews the mar-ket in the wrong direction. Bad economics,” he said. “Just read what Bill Gates says about it.”

Wendy McNamara began by thanking the county for hard work keeping the roads clear and told New Harmony residents that all four legislators would do what they could to ad-vertise the upcoming Bicentennial. She is proud to sponsor a bill being heard on Mon-day that requires landlords to disclose if meth was ever made or dumped in it when a house is sold. The Criminal Justice Institute was to begin keeping house lists in 2007 and did not

By Valerie WerkmeisterPosey County leaders were given an op-

portunity to express pride for their respective communities and projects during the annual State of Posey County luncheon held at the Ribeyre Gymnasium Annex in New Harmo-ny last Wednesday.

The event was sponsored by the Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce and includ-ed Bruce Baker, President of the Poseyville Town Council; Joe Straw, New Harmony Town Council President; John Tucker, Mount Vernon City Council President; Carl Schmitz, Posey County Commissioner Presi-dent; Alan Blackburn, Vice President of the Posey County Council and John Taylor, Di-rector of the Posey County Economic Devel-opment Partnership.

Baker was chosen as the fi rst speaker. He expressed his enthusiasm for his role in local government.

“Local government provides more of the day-to-day services for the quality of life of our residents than any other part of the government and I think everybody needs to know that. We do it with less funds. We have it in our heart to do it,” Baker said.

He also expressed concern over what the outcome will be in regards to the business property tax issue. Baker said his town coun-cil has decided to place ‘things on hold’ until state legislators make a decision.

He added that the loss of this tax equates to a one-quarter loss in the general budget for Poseyville.

“They’ve talked about replacing it. I don’t know where they’re going to get it but I hope they do because it’s going to cause problems for schools, counties, towns and cities if they don’t,” Baker said.

Baker noted that Poseyville has experi-enced some growth north of town and as a result, utilities were extended. He said the town is poised and ready for future growth.

“We’re proud of what we’ve done in Poseyville and we want to continue to grow,” Baker said.

Joe Straw was next in line to speak. He informed the group that New Harmony is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year which kicked off with a special New Year’s Eve party at the Granary.

By Valerie WerkmeisterMembers of the Poseyville Town Coun-

cil approved two new ordinances that raise the water and sewer rates for its customers during last week’s February 12, meeting. A rate hearing was held prior to the start of the council meeting. No remonstrators were present or spoke during the hearing.

Customers will be billed for a minimum of 2,000 gallons of water at a cost of $29.40 which is a $3.54 increase over the current bill. The water rate for 4,000 gallons increas-es from $44.70 to $50.84. Customers who use 6,000 gallons of water will see a $7.44 increase on their bills.

Sewer rates also refl ect slight increases over the current bills. The fi rst 2,000 gallons increase from $31.20 to $37.20. Those who use 4,000 gallons will see a $9 increase and 6,000 gallons used will refl ect a $12 increase on their bill.

The new rates will be in effect during March usage and customers will see the change refl ected on their bills in April.

Julie Mayo informed the council members that the utility offi ce is now able to collect payments using customer’s credit or debit cards. A two percent fee is added to the bill for this convenience.

Town Council President Bruce Baker commended the work of the town employ-ees on their quick action during the recent boil order. A water main break forced the en-tire town to boil water for a few days until state lab tests confi rmed the water was safe to drink. It was noted it was the fi rst time in the town’s history the entire town was under the boil order. In the past, only isolated areas

have had to boil their water.Council members Ron Fallowfi eld and

Steve Ahrens also commended the town on their hard work removing snow and ice from Poseyville streets.

Poseyville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Neaveill informed the council he is working with the insurance company on a property damage incident involving the Wadesville Fire Department. He advised the damage to his department’s property was minimal.

The fi re department will host a chili supper on Sunday, March 2. They will serve peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as well as des-serts. Neaveill stated J & S Communications of Evansville has donated a 50-inch LED TV for the department to raffl e during the supper.

The cold weather has made it problematic to fi ght the rash of fi res the department has been battling. Neaveill stated the department has had just as many fi re calls as they have medical calls so far this year. Unsafe heat sources and chimney fi res are to blame for a bulk of the fi re-related emergencies.

The council approved a quote from Key-fund software to purchase budgetary soft-ware at a cost of $6,750. The new software will make record keeping more effi cient and provide real-time updates during data entry.

Mayo also requested approval for a new lease agreement on the postage meter. The current lease has expired. The new lease will cost $186 quarterly which is a $3 decrease from the recently expired lease. The council approved her request.

The next meeting will be held on Wednes-day, March 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the town hall.

By Valerie WerkmeisterNorth Posey High School (NPHS) is con-

sidering converting how it calculates stu-dents’ grade point averages (GPA) based on the level of diffi culty in the class. The process is known as ‘weighted grades.’ NPHS Prin-cipal Dr. Scott Strieter, discussed the matter with MSD of North Posey School Board members during their meeting Monday, Feb-ruary 10.

Weighted grades are simply based on the level of diffi culty some classes are compared to others. Some feel that an ‘A’ grade in an Advanced Calculus class should represent more achievement than an ‘A’ grade in re-

medial algebra. Yet, there is nothing simple about creating the guidelines to determine how to score and weight the grades for each class.

Strieter explained the idea had been dis-cussed and researched in 2008. Local univer-sities were consulted and it was determined they used their own formula to review tran-scripts and determine student GPA’s.

However, since that time, the universities have decided to stop this time-consuming process prompting North Posey to reconsider their own involvement in the process.

Troop 387 to host Pancake Breakfast/Spaghetti SupperThe fundraiser event is scheduled Saturday, February 22, and will

be held at the Poseyville Community Center, 60 N. Church Street in Poseyville. The pancake breakfast will be from 7 a.m. -10:30 a.m. and for a minimum donation of $5, the menu will consist of pancakes, sausage, eggs, and choice of coffee, milk or orange juice. The spaghetti dinner will begin at 4:30 p.m. and last until 7:30 p.m. The menu will include

spaghetti, garlic bread, salad and choice of drink. Desserts will be avail-able for sale. A minimum donation of $7 is requested. Tickets will be sold

in advance and will also be available to purchase at the door. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets may call Julie Reynolds at 812-453-0062,

Kim Epley at 812-575-9492 or Valerie Werkmeister at 812-499-4917Community Center to host rummage sale

The Posey County Community Center, located at the Posey County Fairgrounds on Highway 69 South of New Harmony, will be hosting a

Rummage Sale on Saturday, March 8. The doors will be open to the pub-lic from 8 a.m. until noon. With approximately 40 vendors committing to attend, there will be a wide selection of items to choose from. Clothing, shoes, boots, kitchen and household items, collectibles, dolls, jewelry,

antiques, decorations, picture frames, books, glassware; are just a few of the many items that could be available at this event. There is still vendor space available. For a registration form or more information, contact the

Purdue Extension Offi ce at: (812) 838-1331.

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Left to right are State Representative Jim Tomes, State Representative Wendy Mc-Namara, State Representative Tom Washburne, and Eighth District Congressman Larry Buschon were on hand for a Town Hall Meeting this week in New Harmony. Photo by Lois Gray

New Harmony meets leaders

Leaders tout communities in ‘State of County’ lunch

Poseyville utility rates go up

‘Weighted grades’ considered

Posey’s EMS continues to be costly

Mount Vernon Mayor John Tucker speaks during the State of the County luncheon last Wednesday. The event was held at the Ribeyre Gymnasium Annex in New Harmo-ny and included city and county leaders. Posey County Commissioner President Carl Schmitz is pictured on the left and John Taylor, Director of the Posey County Eco-nomic Development Partnership is seated on the right. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister.

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Kola Property Management presents the movie The Heat on Tuesday, February 25. Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner -- or a friend for that matter. Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy and Kaitlin Olson.

Soup and sandwich at 6 p.m. at Sara’s Coffee Shop and the movie will begin at 7 p.m. at Events of Harmony located at 515 S Main Street, New Harmony, Ind. Tickets are $12. Call 812-682-3050 for reservations.

Events of Harmony to present ‘The Heat

Douglas E. Hedger, 77, of Wadesville, Indiana, born to Roland and Janie (Mahaffey) Hedger on March 3, 1936, in Eldo-rado, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Parkview Care Center in Evansville,

Indiana.He served in the United States Army from 1959

to 1961 and was a past member, Deacon and Sun-day School teacher at the Wadesville General Baptist Church in Wadesville, Indiana and a member of the Westwood Baptist Church in Evansville, Indiana since 2004.

Surviving are his wife of 56 years: Marilee (Hollis) Hedger; one sister: Sharon Szakonyi of Eldorado, Il-linois; nieces & nephews and his miniature schnauzer ‘Buddy.’

Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother: Larry Hedger.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Saturday, February 15, 2014, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial following in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Wadesville, Indiana. Pastor Dave Teruel offi ciating.

Visitation was from 10:30 a.m. until service time, Saturday, February 15, 2014, at the funeral home.

In lieu of fl owers, memorial contributions may be made to: Westwood Baptist Church, 121 S. Boehne Camp Road, Evansville, Indiana 47712, the Wades-ville Fire Department, PO Box 180, Wadesville, Indi-ana 47638 or the Posey County Humane Society, 6500 Leonard Road, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620, www.poseyhumane.org.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the fam-ily online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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Douglas HedgerSusan D. Jones, age 64

of Richland, Ind., and for-merly of Mount Vernon, died Wednesday afternoon February 12, 2014 at the Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 1, 1949 in Evansville, the

daughter of James and Juanita (Goff) Schmidt. She fi rst married Donald Carroll on January 6, 1968 and he preceded her in death on July 19, 1988; she then married Dennis Jones on June 16, 2007.

Susan worked as a Social Worker, retiring in 2012 from Head Start. She was a member of the Posey County Homemakers and Point Church of the Naza-rene.

She is survived by her husband Dennis; her daugh-ter, Donna Sue (Corey) Gregory of Mount Vernon; two step-sons, Ethan Jones of Fort Hood Tex. and Nick Jones of Tex.; a step-daughter, Jill Jones of Tenn.; two step-grandchildren; one brother, Tim Schmidt of Mount Vernon; fi ve sisters, Patty Coe, Becky (Kenny) Mason, Debbie (Greg) Stallings, Kim Mullen and Sharon Roach all of Mount Vernon. Several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. And a fur baby named Ms Priss and two grand fur babies.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday February 15, 2014 at the Point Township Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Troy DeKemper and Rev. Dal-las Robinson offi ciating. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until time of service. Burial was in Black Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfami-lyfuneralhome.com. The Stendeback Family Funeral Home at 1330 E. Fourth Streeet, Mount Vernon is in charge of arrangements.

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Dianna G. Carnahan, age 51 of Mount Vernon, died Saturday morning February 15, 2014 at her home. She was born Au-gust 29, 1962 in Evans-ville, the daughter of Rob-ert E. and Sharon (Cross) Turner. She married Paul

Carnahan on March 18, 1978.Dianna had worked as a Clerk at WSI in Mount

Vernon. She loved to bowl and play bingo. She and her husband enjoyed camping and fi shing together. She loved her family.

She is survived by her husband Paul; her father, Robert; one son, Paul R. (Brandi) Carnahan II; two daughters, Krista (John) Mattingly and Heather (Gil-ly) Wentzel all of Mount Vernon; six grandchildren, Christopher and Kenzee Carnahan, Lexi Hahn, Chel-cie and Haidyn Wentzel and Kirstyn Coursert; four brothers, Virgil (Tammy) Thomas of Terre Haute, Richard Englebright, Brian (Kim) Turner, Bobby (Kristie) Turner all of Mount Vernon; two sisters, Ro-berta (Nick) Duckworth and Tammy (Greg) Schelhorn all of Mount Vernon. Several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Steven Osborn. She is also survived by her grandpuppy, Jake Mattingly.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednes-day February 19, 2014 at the Stendeback Family Fu-neral Home at 1330 E. Fourth Street, Mount Vernon with burial in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfu-neralhome.com

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Dianna Carnahan Norma Jean Hunt, 87, of Mount Vernon, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014 in Evansville, Ind. She was born December 17, 1926 in Posey County, Ind. to Edgar and Edna (Mills) Emerine.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, fi rst husband Patrick Hosman, and her second husband Thomas Hunt.

She is survived by her son, Danny (Sue) Hosman of Memphis, Tenn. and two grandchildren, Mandy Hosman and Eric (Amanda) Hosman.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2014 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon with Pastor Randy Bechtel offi ciating and burial followed at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation was from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. service time on Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.

Condolences may be made online at www.schnei-derfuneralhome.com.

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MV Elks host Trivia Night On Friday, February 21, Mount Vernon Elks Lodge 277

will be holding our annual Cancer Benefi t. Justin Sued-meyer has planned a Trivia Night for us. This is guest night,

so please get your teams lined up to compete. Teams will be comprised of four members. The entry fee is $40 per team. Trivia begins at 6:30 p.m. and lasts approximately two hours. There will be a steak dinner served at 5 p.m.

Please RSVP to Donna at 838-3361 if you will be attending the dinner and also, let her know if you will compete in the Trivia contest. Cancer Research is the Indiana Elks State

Project. Since its inception in the 1940’s, Indiana Elks have given over $9.0 Million combined to Purdue University for research and Indiana University for clinical studies. Please

come out and have some fun and support this worthy cause. Babysitting will be provided.

Poseyville Legion to hold meetingPoseyville American Legion Post 278 will hold their

monthly meeting on Thursday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center.

Mount Vernon stands fi rmdespite bad weatherBy Lois Mittino Gray

Members of the Mount Vernon Common Council kept their regularly scheduled February 6 meeting short and lively on an icy cold Thurs-day night. The frigid weather is of concern to all and Street Commissioner Max Dieterle says there is still plenty of salt in storage to deal with future snow and ice.

Council Member Andy Hoehn, who serves as Street Chairman, said, “We’ve been doing a good job clearing the streets before another one moves in next weekend. What we really need is a break. C’mon 32.” The street crews were thanked for their hard work during inclement conditions.

Sewer Commissioner Rod-ney Givens told the council that despite the frigid tem-peratures, Layne Inliners will begin work relining the sew-ers near Magnolia Avenue in the Country Terrace area on Monday, February 10. Resi-dents will be given hangtags on doors to notify them on what precautions to take.

In other board action:• The council passed on

third reading ordinance 14.3 changing 505 E. Grant Street from a RT (residential town-house) to a RM (residential multifamily) unit. The own-ers thanked them for their concern in the matter.

• An ordinance to accept additional monies into the COIT fund (county option income tax) passed fi rst read-ing. A $59,000 check for premium credit was issued to the city by its health in-surance provider. “This is a one-time infusion of money that legally needs to be ad-vertised before we put it into the COIT fund,” City Attor-ney Beth McFaddin Higgins explained. “The fund is what we use to pay the matching funds to cover employee pre-miums. This will reduce what employees will pay in premi-

ums this year.”• Council members were

informed they needed to ap-point someone to fi ll Ann Blackburn’s four year term on the City Economic De-velopment Commission, which meets as needed. This was new information for the members so they voted to ta-ble the appointment until the next regular meeting.

• Hoehn reported that he is actively working with business owners on the east side gravity sewer feasibility study. He said he will soon be getting back with Mayor John Tucker to see what monies are available for the project. Tucker said, “This is a good time to do that sewer work since the SRF fund has extra money in it from coming in low on the last project. This is a good thing when govern-ment can do something like that with no rate increase, as the money is already there.”

• Council Member Bill Curtis reported that seven bids were opened in a special session on the steel for con-struction of the new police-fi re building. The job was awarded to Empire Construc-tion with a bid of $76,650 at the earlier Board of Public Works meeting. The architect is hopeful that the steel will be ordered and on site in 7-9 weeks.

• Mayor Tucker proudly announced that a press con-ference will be held on Fri-day February 7 at 11 a.m. to announce that Mount Vernon has received two INDOT grants. “This wouldn’t hap-pen without all of us working together,” he said.

• Meeting as the Water Utility Board, Councilman Curtis announced that the water improvements plan will be ready by late March or April. “With the anticipa-tion of new businesses mov-ing in, it is critical that we get this moving as soon as pos-sible,” he noted.

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BirthdaysFebruary 18 - Erika Middendorf, Scott Moye, Madeline

Pfi ster, Beverly Johnson, Carl D. Lindell, Aaron P. Wilson, Joyce Robb, Dylan Harmes, Kelly Dunn, Erika Niddendorf, Natasha Bosecker

February 19 - R. Brian Patterson, Emily Fortune, Ben-ton Frisse, Thomas Rapp

February 20 - Andrew Ramirez, Johnny Marchino, Joshua Stallings, Tim Woolsey, Phil Moss, Sharon Roach

February 21 - Elizabeth Koester, Keith Robinson, Ray-mond Patterson, Janet Slifer Hotz, Tom Rutledge, Moriah Seifert, Zander Husley, Myron Westfall, Lawrence Gosh, Phil Moss, Katie Burton, Michael Crispino, Edwin Franklin, Kent Williams, Curt Wolfe, Michael Biggs, Chase McFar-land, Martha Gerth

February 22 - Rheallynn Hutchison, Nathan Kirk, Randy Kron, Jo Ann Lilleston, Lou Happe, David Jessie, Gene Lech-ner, Eve Reisinger, Jim Wade

February 23 - Jim Alsop, Lillian Lindsey, Sheri Powers, Krystal Stewart, Valerie Jennings, Stephan Blandford, Lois Martin, Jesse Oxlyer, Jennah Wilhoyte, Sammy Jo Winiger

February 24 - Cheryl Austin, Todd P. Seibert, Annasta-sia Paige Patterson, Leigh Ann Reynolds, Marc Wolf, Lar-etta Bambei, Bill Gray

If you have a name to be included in the birthday cal-endar, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631 or email: news1@poseycoun-tynews.com.

Madeleine, you have prob-ably heard me refer to my grandfather, Herbert Mont-gomery, when your Grandpa Don and I were arguing about something like trimming a bush. I don’t know how many times I have said, “Herbert Montgomery would be turn-ing in his grave if he saw you doing it like that.” He did, in-deed, teach me many things about the proper ways to do such chores. He was born on February 6, 1887 in Gibson County. I thought about him on this day, once again, and was prompted to write about him. I made a little Facebook reference about it.

During my growing-up years, he was the father fi g-ure in my life, and it was only when I was an adult that I realized how very much he really did. His father, Pretty-man Montgomery, had a large farm, just west of Haubstadt. Prettyman’s fi rst wife, mother to my grandfather, passed away too young, and there was soon a second wife, and a half-brother. As it frequently happens, this second little boy became the favorite. I can re-

member hearing stories about Herbert having to sit in his little rocking chair, and rock

himself to sleep, because little Nolan got all of the attention and love.

The best thing that ever happened to him was when he met my grandmother, Stella Knowles, of Cynthiana. From the fi rst time they met, he loved her desperately. They were married on Thanksgiv-ing Day, 1908, and were soul mates for over fi fty years. He called her ‘Dutchie’ and I think that this referred to the way she spoke sometimes. The only time I remember they ever argued was when she became jealous of him and her own twin sister, Ella. Even when they were old, and Ella was out at our home north of Cynthiana, Stella never let him take her home

alone. There, was, of course, no reason for her to feel this way.

Little brother Nolan ended up being the main person to inherit money, also, and used it to become a prominent heart doctor in Chicago. My grand-father became a farmer. When their children were small, Herbert and Stella lived on the ‘church farm,’ near New Liberty Church between Cyn-thiana and Haubstadt.

When they could afford to do so, they bought 20 acres a little north of Cynthiana, and built a simple house. This was the home I grew up in. Grand-pa worked hard every day of his life, as long as his health permitted. I don’t remember ever hearing him complain, nor even raise his voice all that often. My grandparents had a little baby boy die only a month after birth in 1913. That is another story, not to be told right now. The fi rst Mad-eleine, my mother, was only a toddler. A few years later, another little boy, named Van, was born.

By the time I came along in 1945, Herbert was needing another baby to dote on and he and Stella did all that they could to make me have a hap-py childhood. Madeleine, you have heard me tell you many things about those days al-ready, with many more stories to come. I can only remember my grandfather spanking me one time, and I think that he cried more than I did. I kind of remember this, but I heard the story re-told many times. We had cows and selling fresh milk was one of our incomes. There was a large cooling tub, and once I decided to put a few handfuls of dirt into the milk. I was a toddler and did not realize what I had done.

Everyone liked my grand-father; he was just that sort of person. To get us by, he worked at several different side jobs. He was the person who mowed the grass and dug graves at the cemetery. That was very hard work, because

it was all done by hand in that time. He later became a work-er at the Locker Plant in Cyn-thiana, working for Lilburn Marvel. One time, there was a malfunction of one of the refrigerated units and deadly gas escaped. Everyone there became very ill. My grandpar-ents raised and sold dressed chickens, as well as fl owers and vegetables. He also drove a school bus in earlier years, and sold monuments. I was frequently teased because there were a few examples of these in our front yard.

Most children kind of take their childhoods for granted, and I was long an adult before I realized how frugal they had to be, and what it took to just get by. When I rode the school bus, grandpa drove me down the driveway, so that I did not

have to walk in the cold, or rain. I have mentioned before that when I attended Cynthi-ana school, we students were allowed to go uptown and eat lunch at the Annas’ Cafe. My grandparents patiently waited outside the school to take me and my friends the fi ve or so blocks, and again waited in the car for us to eat, and took us back.

When my mother fi rst started working in Evansville, and could not afford a car, she paid others for the ride. Again, Herbert and Stella drove into town with me, and waited near the park to pick her up everyday. By the time I was born, they were both without teeth, and dentures were not

affordable, so I never saw them any other way.

When I was a baby, my grandfather used to bring in some of that fresh whole milk every night, and stir chocolate into it. Once, he got sick on this, and never touched choc-olate anything for the rest of his life. Strawberry ice cream was his favorite. He planted a huge garden every year, as did many in those times, and ev-ery summer and fall was spent preserving it all for the winter. Down in our basement, there were rows of canned veg-etables, pickles, and jellies. In another corner, bushels of potatoes, onions, and yams awaited cold weather use.

These frugal people, in their own way, are perhaps the examples that turned me into a lifelong hoarder. Glass jars

were carefully re-used many times, and old clothing was turned into quilts. I know that different times call for differ-ent habits. They had just sur-vived both the Great Depres-sion and WWII.

They were, however, gen-erous with others when they could be. My mother always thought that hoboes had left some kind of mark near our home, so that others would know it was a place they could be fed. Hoboes, or tramps as they were sometimes referred to, were not uncommon, es-pecially since we lived near a train track.

There are many other memories, but we will leave them for another day. My

grandfather was approached by a representative from the Purdue Farm who wanted to pay him for using a new type of chemical to keep wild on-ions from invading the wheat fi eld. It seemed like easy money and a good idea, but after being exposed to this unregulated and experimental substance, Grandpa got can-cer and died in 1964. They published a little booklet about this chemical use, and his photo is in it.

Grandma lost her soul mate that cold February day, and she was never same. I was attending the University of Evansville that winter, and stopped in to see him every day after class. This was be-fore they knew how to man-age the pain of terminal can-cer, and I will never forget

watching him suffer in his last days.

My mother was still liv-ing in that home when your Uncle Todd was born in 1967, and she took care of him there a lot. Once, she found him appear to be talking to some-one on the back step. He was about two years old then. She asked him about it, and he said he was talking to his grandpa. I want to believe that he was, indeed, doing that.

Herbert Montgomery was a good man and the best grand-father any little girl could have asked for. I wish I could have baked him his favorite angel food cake this year for his birthday. I hope he knows I remembered him.

DEAREST MADELEINE

BYCATHYPOWERS

Memories remind of Grandfather’s infl uence, connect past with future

POSEY COUNTY PAGES OF THE PAST

Compilation by Michelle Gibson

FEBRUARY 14, 196450 YEARS AGO

The medical practice of Dr. Car-roll L. Boyle in Poseyville, which started in July of 1953, will con-clude following offi ce hours Satur-day. The family will move to Bril-lion, Wis.

Gene Mulkey, Poseyville, an-nounced his candidacy for Posey County Commissioner on the Dem-ocratic ticket.

Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Mont-gomery Sr. of New Harmony announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Marilyn Jean, to Mr. Richard Malcolm Newman, of Poseyville.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller and sons, St. Wendel, returning from their vacation in California were among the many motorist ma-rooned on the Texas, Panhandle 20 miles east of Amerillo, Tex. for many hours during a blizzard.

Morton Pot Pies are four for 79 cents, luncheon meat is 39 cents a pound and fi sh sticks are 3 packag-es for one dollar at Hirsch’s Food Market.

North Posey came from behind to edge near-by rival New Harmo-ny 57-54 before a large gathering of spectators. Big Roger Hostettler dazzled the Rappites by overhaul-ing them with 20 points on easy baskets underneath.

FEBRUARY 17, 200410 YEARS AGO

Harold Lee and Elizabeth Cox of Mount Vernon will cel-ebrate their 50th wedding an-niversary on February 22, 2004. They were married on February 19, 1954 at the Farmersville Primitive Baptist Church.

Hans Fredrick Schmitz of Wadesville accepted member-ship in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars and was honored during a campus cer-emony at Purdue University.

Luke Conyers is New Har-mony High School’s Academic Student of the week.

Mount Vernon Senior High School student Brett Polage re-ceived and accepted an appoint-ment to the U.S. Air Force Acad-emy in Colorado Springs, U.S.

Abby Mitchell and Diane Threlkeld each registerd per-sonal bests while breaking into the top ten for their swimming events at the state fi nals in In-dianapolis.

New Harmony Vineyard Man-ager, Mark Trela and Rockville Winemaker Dave Gahimer have combined efforts to produce Indiana’s fi rst and only wines made from certifi ed organically grown grapes.

New Harmony Science Fair winners were Brittney Davis in junior high and A.J. Eaton in the elementary division.

FEBRUARY 14, 198925 YEARS AGO

Laura Givens of Mount Vernon and Charlene Hoehn of Wadesville are contestants for this year’s Miss Outdoors Tri-State Boat Show.

Kelli Kaye Mahrenholz, a jur-nior at North Posey High School, has recently enlisted with the 281st Division of the United States Army Reserve and will begin Basic Training on June 1, 1989 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for eight weeks.

Burglars broke into Poseyville Farm Sales and walked away with more than seven thousand dollars worth of equipment according to Posey County Deputy Sheriff Lar-ry York.

Rick Cartwright from Griffi n, has been selected a recipient of the Youth Arts Award sponsored by the Evansville Arts and Education Council.

Bill Goss offi cially retired at People’s Bank.

Laird Davis has opened Key Auto Service at 405 W. Thirds St. in Mount Vernon.

Lela and Ted Goldman and Louise Littrell and Ralph Law-rence were selected as Mount Ver-non Senior Citizen Center’s King and Queen of Hearts.

Mount Vernon M-Men inducted Vollie Carr, Aubry Mason, Vercil Potts, Jim Price, Don DeKemper and Jim McDurmon into the Hall of Fame.

PHS News

Every day, Indiana se-nior volunteers generously give their time and service to help others. Now here’s your chance to give back by nominating a deserving older adult in your community for his or her outstanding service through the Salute to Senior Service® program.

Sponsored by Home In-stead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care® network, Salute to Se-nior Service recognizes the invaluable contributions of adults age 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes.

“Seniors have so much to give and make a positive impact on our communities daily,” said Ben Klipsch, president of the Home Instead Senior Care offi ce serving Evansville and Jasper County. “Senior volunteerism not only benefi ts others, but also helps seniors stay active and social-ly engaged in their communi-ties – important elements of healthy aging.”

Members of the commu-nity are asked to nominate and vote for these everyday heroes until March 1, 2014, at

SalutetoSeniorService.com. State winners will be deter-mined by popular vote. A pan-el of senior care experts will then select a national Salute to Senior Service winner from among the state honorees.

Home Instead, Inc., will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ designated and approved nonprofi t organiza-tions, and their personal sto-ries will be shared online on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame. In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s designated and approved nonprofi t char-ity.

To complete and submit an online nomination form for a senior age 65 or older who volunteers at least 15 hours a month, and to view the contest’s offi cial rules, visit SalutetoSeniorService.com. Completed nomination forms can alternatively be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, Neb. 68005.

For more information about Salute to Senior Ser-vice or the Home Instead Se-nior Care network’s services, call your local Home Instead Senior Care at 812-471-0050.

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Herbert Montgomery holding baby Cathy. Photo submitted

Herbert and Stella on their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary. Photo submitted

Come join the fun and festivities on Saturday, February 22 when PHS celebrates their fi fteenth anniversary.

The celebration will take place 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Mount Vernon shelter. It is located at 6500 Leonard Road Mount Vernon, Ind. (behind Hawg-n-Sauce Restaurant). Come see some of the wonderful animals available in your own hometown shelter. Help us celebrate with free cake and punch. Better yet, help save a life and fi nd that special four footed friend. There are all types of dogs and cats just waiting for their forever homes. What better way to cel-ebrate then by adopting an animal. Join all your neighbors, friends and family who have found their furry best friends

at Posey Humane Society. Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 27. Ha-

cienda on the west side of Evansville is hosting a Give-Back Day benefi ting Posey Humane Society. Tokens will be available at PHS or can be downloaded from www.poseyhumane.org or the PHS Facebook page. For those of you with smart phones you can also show the token on your phone without having to print the actual token. Posey Humane Society will receive a percentage of every purchase where a token is used. Here’s a chance to enjoy a dinner out and help PHS all at the same time. Hope to see you there.

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYFEBRUARY 18, 2014 • PAGE A5WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS

The Gibson County, Purdue Extension and Gib-son Southern Vocational Agriculture Department have been holding Farm Winter Workshops at the High School for over 30 years.

These meetings in the Farm Winter Workshop se-ries will be held at Gibson Southern High School, be-ginning at 7 p.m. CST, ex-cept for the Banquet at the end. The lineup and dates and topics are:

February 24: Banquet; Keynote Speaker Roy Bal-lard, Indiana Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education coordinator; meal starts at 6:30 p.m. CST.

All the meetings are free and open to the pub-lic. Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access university. If you

would like more informa-tion or if you have special needs, please call us prior to the meeting at 888-EXT-

INFO (398-4636) and ask for the Gibson County Purdue Extension offi ce or call: (812) 385-3491.

Winter workshops to cover variety of topics

The Community Emergency Assistance Board is currently accepting applications for the spring 2014 Neighbor to Neighbor (NTN) programs. NTN is a faith-based, sev-en week, 14-lesson course, for working and employable adults. Individuals on a fi xed income, such as disability or social secu-rity are not eligible for the program. NTN graduates will receive a $400 incentive paid towards an existing debt. Child care is avail-able for those selected to participate in the program. Classes are offered in two Posey County locations.

Mount Vernon classes will be held Tues-day and Thursday evenings from February 18 thru April 3. Applications are available at the Black Township Trustee’s offi ce, Family Matters, CAPE and the Mount Vernon Food Pantry.

Poseyville classes will be held Monday and Thursday evenings beginning February 17. The fi nal class will be held on Wednes-day, April 2. For more information or to ob-tain an application, contact St. Paul’s United Methodist Church at 874-2251. Applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview.

Country Star Colt Ford stopped by Hawg ‘N’ Sauce Friday for a private meet and greet before opening at the Florida Georgia Line Concert. After a question/answer session, autograph signing and a quick lunch, he posed for pictures with several of those in attendance including the crew. Pictured front row (l to r) are: Heather Deig, Bray Henderson, Brittany Hester with baby Addie and Nikki Curtis. Back row (l to r): WKDQ’s Eric Cornish, Tony Craig, Jeff Schelhorn, Misty Rogers, Trevor Schelhorn, Colt Ford, Sabrina Schelhorn, Keith Hassell, and Jill Duncan. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Sewing 101 with MonicaWant to learn the basics of

sewing? Here’s your chance. On February 19 at 10 a.m. Monica Emerson will dis-cuss various sewing “tools”-needles, patterns, rotary cutters-and how to use them. There will also be a chance to sew on a button. You must register to take part.

Preschool Dance PartyThis February 25 at 10:30

a.m. jump and jive to some lively preschool music as you keep the beat with shak-ers, parachutes, and more. For ages 15 mos. through 5 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration begins Febru-ary 11. You must register to take part.

Family StorytimeOn February 25 at 6 p.m.

we will have a program that asks if March will come in like a lion. We’ll have a roaring good time with this program all about lions. This program is fun for the whole family. No registration need-ed.

Teen Advisory BoardWe will discuss teen pro-

gramming, new books, mov-ies, and music, social net-working and test our ideas on February 24 at 3:30 p.m. So stop by for a snack and some good times. This pro-gram is for those in grades 6 – 12 only.

Teen Spa NightStressed out from ex-

ams? Come to the library on March 3 at 3:30 p.m. and relax with drinks, snacks, music, YOGA - lead by the library’s own Anne Cottrell,

and make your own sooth-ing lotions and shower gels. Leave all your worries be-hind. All supplies are pro-vided. You must register to take part.

Quilts 101Join us March 4 at your

choice of times 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. as we celebrate Na-tional Quilt Month with the fi rst of four different presen-tations throughout March. Each session will feature presentations from quilt en-thusiasts Monica Emerson and Marissa Priddis and a short episode from the documentary “Why Quilts Matter: History, Art and Pol-itics.” This program is suit-able for all ages.

Posey County ArtistsMark your calendars for

this event. It is time again

for local artists to shine. Fine craft artists and artisans from all over Posey County are invited to participate in the Alexandrian Public Li-brary Annual Fine Art and Craft Exhibition from March 7 to March 9. Organized and exhibited by the Alexandrian Public Library, the show is presented as a component of the library continuing com-munity art awareness proj-ect. Those wishing to enter the exhibit may begin doing so February 26 to March 4. There is no entry fee.

Want to register?The library offers mul-

tiple ways you can register, including: on the web, by phone, and in person. You can register well in advance by going to our website at www.apl.lib.in.us. Can’t register on-line? Call the Adult Information Desk at (812) 838-3286 or visit the Adult Information Desk in person. Our library staff rep-resentative will be ready to assist you and answer your questions. Check out our Facebook page and Like us.

APL News By Stanley Campbell

On February 25 at 6 p.m. library s own Anne Cottrell, this event. It is time again

Recipe of the Week

First Presbyterian Church120 E. 6th Street, Mount Vernon 838-2473

1 (15 ounce) container Ricotta Cheese1 (8 ounce) jar grated Aaigo, Roman and

Parmesan Cheese blend3 Tbsp. parsley fl akes1 Tbsp. sage

1 box manicotti noodles1 jar spaghetti sauce1 (8 ounce) package Mozzerella Cheese1 1/2 cups water

DIRECTIONSMix ricotta cheese with 1/2 jar of cheese blend. Add parsley and sage; mix well. Stuff into

uncooked noodles and place in 9/13 glass baking dish. Cover with spaghetti sauce. Sprinke with cheese. pour water in dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes or until cheese is brown.

STUFFED MANICOTTIINGREDIENTS

from the cookbook of: Laura Davis

For the fourth year, Camp Corral will send children from military families to a week-long camp free of charge. Since its founding, Camp Corral has grown to 20 camps in 16 states, and served over 4,000 children. Although any child from a military family is eligible, registration priority is given to children of wounded, dis-abled or fallen military ser-vice members. Registration opened February 3, on its website www.campcorral.org.

Camp Corral is a one-week camp experience where kids, ages 8 to 15, are free to be kids, far away from the day-to-day challenges they face as children of wounded, dis-abled or fallen military ser-vice members. Camp Corral,

who partners with YMCA and 4-H camps, has proven to be a ‘week of a lifetime,’ providing kids non-stop fun with activities like canoeing, swimming, fi shing, arts and crafts, ropes course chal-lenge, archery, horseback riding and other camp and outdoors activities.

The dates and locations for the 2014 camps run from June 1 through Aug. 16 in 20 camps across the country, including camps in Okla-homa, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Califor-nia, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, and Virginia. The initiative is new for states like Indi-ana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, South Carolina and Washington.

Founded in 2011 by Gold-en Corral founder James

Maynard, Camp Corral is now a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt, non-profi t corporation based in Raleigh, NC. Building on Golden Corral restaurants’ commitment to honoring veterans and military service members and their families, founding sponsor Golden Corral has supported Camp Corral since its inception through an in-store fundrais-ing campaign every April and May where they collect do-nations from their restaurant guests, with 100 percent of the donations going directly toward Camp Corral’s pro-grams. In 2013, Golden Cor-ral raised nearly $1.5 million for Camp Corral.

Interested families can visit www.campcorral.org or call 1-855-605-1267 for more information.

Camp Corral offers free summer camps for military kids across country

Chef Tracy Hoehn is all smiles, as she shows off her new selection of Cake Balls available at Silverwood Restaurant and Gifts, located on west Main Street in Mount Vernon, Ind. Photo by Zach Straw

Applications available for NTN

February 13 at 7.30 p.m. we will present Todd Glass ‘The Nuts and Bolts of The Af-fordable Care Act’. Learn about the impact and implications for you, questions are most welcome.

‘Friends of the WMI’ would like to thank those who renewed their membership during the Book Show and welcome our new friends of the Library.

We are seeking a donation of a new or gen-tly used vacuum. We are needing a Friday volunteer to help on the circulation desk.

The Photography Club meets at your WMI every month, you’re invited this week

Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome, all levels encouraged to join.

Continuing: Thursdays at 10.30am - Pre-school storytime, and at 6.30 p.m. is Library Lil.

Recommendations needed for magazinesNow is the time to call Margaret and sug-

gest the titles you want to see. Deadline Feb-ruary 28.

Warning: Our front steps can be dangerous in this icy weather, we recommend you please use the elevator if needed.

Black is back: come see our new WMI logo ‘t’ shirts. Super cool and available for sale at the WMI.

WMI Insider

As part of New Harmony’s yearlong bi-centennial celebration, the town will bury a time capsule and they need your contri-butions. The Legacy Time Capsule will be buried at the Working Men’s Institute in December 2014 and won’t be opened until 2114.

In order to fi t with the time capsule’s theme of “This is Our Time,” residents and visitors alike are asked to include memora-bilia from their life such as:

- Recent pictures of family, home, friends and job

- Information on what they like to do in their spare time

- Lists of favorite books, TV shows, games and music

- Information on organizations to which they belong

- Hope and predictions for the future of New Harmony

- Copies of report cards, marriage licens-es, plus phone numbers and addresses

- Signifi cant memorabilia or sentimental tokens with explanations of their importance

For a small donation, you will receive a packet in which to include your memora-bilia. The packet includes archival paper, a micropen and a large archival envelope for all your belongings. If an envelope isn’t big enough for all your items, special aluminum cylinders are also available for an additional donation.

For more information or to purchase a packet, contact Patricia Gosh at 812-319-5300 or visit the Antique Doll Shoppe at 507 S. Main Street or Town Hall at 520 Church Street in New Harmony.

Time capsule to be buried during New Harmony Bicentennial celebration

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Mark your calendar for the Tri-State Quilters Day Out. It will be held at Southern In-diana Career and Technical Center in Evansville, Indiana, on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in cel-ebration of National Quilting Day. The event is sponsored by the Raintree Quilters Guild.

Features include Speaker, Vendors, Door prizes, Trea-sure Table (quilters tag sale), Quilts on Display, Show and Tell.

Featured Speaker: Marjorie Russell, contributing editor for American Quilters Magazine,

author and co-author of sev-eral quilt books. Her subject is ‘The Quirky World of Quilt-ing.’ Another presentation will be on ‘Sewing Spaces.’

Bring your friends and Show and Tell items. Share in the learning and fun. Lunch tickets are available at the door till 10:30 am. Tickets cost $6 and lunch includes sandwich, salad, cookie and drink.

National Quilting Day cel-ebrates quilts, and those who make them, annually on the third Saturday in March. The National Quilting Association started National Quilting Day

in 1991.The Southern Indiana Ca-

reer and Technical Center is at 1901 Lynch Road. You can reach it from Highway 41 North of Evansville by turning to the east on Lynch Road and proceeding for about one-half mile. The Tech Center is on the right past Garrison Road and before you get to Hitch-Peters Road.

Raintree Quilters Guild is a 501 (c) 3 non-profi t organi-zation dedicated to promoting the art, craft and legacy of quilt making through provid-ing education to its members and to community members and philanthropy within the community. The group had monthly meetings for mem-bers and guests, sponsors sev-eral philanthropy projects and sponsors a biennial quilt show in addition to this Quilters Day Out.

Quilters Day Out scheduled for March 15

111 E. Water Street • Suite 107 Mt. Vernon, IN. 47620

Questions? Call us at 812-838-4450 or

stop by our offi ce on Water Street!

GRAND OPENINGFebruary 20th • Noon – 1pm

Please stop by to see our brand-new 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments!

Senior Living Apartments

Spring Fling in New Har-mony set for March 22-23, 2014 at the Ribeyre Gym located on Main & Tavern Streets, New Harmony, Ind.

This event is sponsored by New Harmony Business As-sociates and will have antiques, collectibles, personal gifts, handmade purses, jewelry, glass art, oil lamps, baked goods, Wat-kins, inspirational cards, soaps, pottery, quilts and much more.

Hours are Saturday for 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

For more information visit www.newharmony.biz, or call Paula Alldredge at 455-7876 or Chris Laughbaum at 449-6839.

Spring Fling in New Harmony

The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Mayor’s Arts Awards. These presti-gious awards are given annually, and recognize individuals who have made signifi cant or innovative arts contributions to the com-munity.

Nomination forms are now available at artswin.org/mayors-art-awards, and will be accepted through Thursday, May 8. Com-mittee review of the nominations will occur in May, with an award notifi cation in June. The Arts Council will hold a public press conference to announce the award recipients on June 18 at 10 a.m., in the Bower Suhrheinrich Foundation gallery. Winners of the Mayor’s Arts Awards will be honored at Tropicana Evans-ville on Thursday, August 21.

Any questions about Mayor’s Arts Awards can be directed to the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana at (812) 422-2111 or info@artswin.org.

Art Award nominations sought

The General Thomas Posey Chapter of NSDAR held their January meeting at Solar-bron. Regent Sarah Dodd welcomed everyone. Regent Dodd lead the Ritual, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the American’s creed. The minutes from November 17, 2013 were read. It was noted that 2013 was the best year for funnel cakes sold. This year we have 62 entry’s for the American History essay contest. Donna Creek moved that the cash awards for the essay fi rst place be $50, second place $35, and third place $20. Louise Noelle second motion and was passed by members present. Gloves and hats were collected and comfort items for veterans. Cards were signed for members in nursing homes. A game of DAR tic tac toe was played with gift exchange. Above members from left to right: Donna Creek, Martha Ries, Sarah Dodd, Jean Walling and Louise Noelle.

Fine craft artists and artisans from all over Posey County are invited to participate in the Al-exandrian Public Library An-nual Fine Art and Craft Exhi-bition from March 7 to March 9. Those wishing to enter the exhibit may begin doing so February 26 to March 4.

Artists invited to participate in exhibition

Under the Beams Con-cert Series will kick off its 2014 season on Febru-ary 22 at 8 p.m. in Murphy Auditorium with a ‘Cen-tennial Concert’ featuring world renown Pokey La-Farge and his band. This season of musical celebra-tion, commemorating New Harmony’s Bicentennial, presents three high energy performances now and will then align with the school year in the fall to begin the 2015 season.

Pokey LaFarge is a mu-sician, songwriter, band leader, entertainer, inno-vator and preservationist, whose well-rounded arse-nal of talents has placed him at the forefront of American music. Over the last decade, Pokey has won the hearts of music lovers across the globe with his creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western swing, all while writing songs that ring true and fi ne in both spirit and sound. His music transcends the confi nes of genre and cleverly strides between numerous forms of traditional American music. He has appeared on

the David Letterman Show, Prairie Home Companion, and venues throughout the US and Europe. Please join us for this concert of cen-tennial spirited music in New Harmony’s ‘centen-nial’ hall – Murphy Audi-torium.

The other two perfor-mances will feature The Jeremy Kittel Band on Sat-urday, April 5. With an un-usual mix of mandolin, cel-lo, and hammered dulcimer along with Jeremy’s violin, these award winning musi-cians bring an exciting mix of alternate styles steeped in tradition and presented with technical mastery. On Friday, May 23, a double billed performance will feature New Harmony’s favorite sons and daugh-ters who have moved on to the larger musical stage. The evening’s concert will include Swan Dive with Molly Felder, Bill DeMain, and Mickey Grimm, fol-lowed by David Tanner and

his band, all from Nash-ville, Tenn. This concert also coordinates with New Harmony High School’s Alumni weekend and offers the opportunity for former students of the now closed school to spend an evening in their well-loved Murphy Auditorium.

This season our concerts will be held in the historic and beautifully restored Murphy Auditorium, 419 Tavern Street. There are very few places to hear world class musicians in the spotlight of a setting as intimate as Murphy Au-ditorium, built in 1913 for New Harmony’s 1914 Cen-tennial Celebration. Every seat is a great seat. Season, Single and Student tickets can be purchased online at www.underthebeams.org or by calling the box of-fi ce at 812-682-3128. Sell outs are expected so please secure your tickets prior to the night of the show to guarantee a seat.

Under the Beams kicks off season Feb. 22

Sheila Schwindel, owner of the Guilty Pleasures fl ower shops in Poseyville and Mount Vernon, gave a presenta-tion to the Poseyville Tercera Women's Club on Wednes-day, February 12, at the Gemeca Inn in Ft. Branch. Seat-ed are members Donna Nash (to Shelia's right) and Becky Nottingham. Photo submitted

John Tucker (Mayor) signing the FFA Proclamation for National FFA Week. Pictured left to right: Zack Allyn,

Brianna Ritzert, Bre Zoch, Mayor Tucker, Katlyn Mar-shall, Hayley Turner and Austin Sailer. Photo submitted

Veterans Corner : New Veterans’ Service Offi cerPosey County Veterans Service Offi cer:

Dave SharberHours: Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Offi ce phone: 812-838-8372Cell phone: 812-781-9105

e-mail: dave.sharber@poseycountygov.org

By Pastor Timothy John-son, Countryside Baptist Church, Parke County, Ind.

After President Obama’s State of the Union address this week the words “Income Inequality” were all over the airwaves. Wikipedia defi nes income inequality as, “the dif-ference between individuals or populations in the distri-bution of their assets, wealth, or income.” Some people see this as a problem, something

that should not continue at the degree it is occurring and needs to be dealt with. Others do not see this as a problem and believe little or nothing should be done about it.

What does the Bible say about the poor, the rich and God’s attitude toward money?

The PoorThere may be some that

will be lifted from poverty to the ranks of the middle class

or above but we will never eliminate poverty altogether. Three times the Bible records Jesus explaining that the poor will always be with us (Mat-thew 26:11, Mark 14:7, John 12:8). It is not a stretch in logic at all to determine that if there will always be poor people, then if we all had the same income, we would all be poor.

God promises blessings to

those that will assist the poor. God will deliver people out of trouble that “considereth” the poor (Psalm 41:1). God promises to pay you back when you give to the poor be-cause you are lending to Him (Psalm19:17). The pay back my not be fi nancial but often-times comes through much better blessings than money.

God looks so highly at helping the poor that he tells the thief to stop stealing, get a job and then take the money he makes through employ-ment and give it “to him that needeth.” (Ephesians 4:28).

The Rich“It is easier for a camel to

go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” is probably the most famous Bi-ble verse about the wealthy. If you are reading this, have a ton of money and your knees are trembling because you have just seen your eternity liter-ally go up into smoke, be not dismayed. In all three places where the Scriptures tell this story (Matthew 19, Mark 10 and Luke 18) when Jesus is asked about what He said His answer is, “The things which are impossible with men are

possible with God.”No man, rich or poor can

save himself; only God pro-vides salvation and He does this by grace through faith (Titus 3:5, John 14:6, Ephe-sians 2:8-9). An individual needs to understand that he is helpless spiritually before he will turn to God completely. The diffi culty Christ was ex-plaining when He made His comment about the camel’s eye is that being wealthy often makes people fail to realize they have needs. Since many, if not all, the physical and material needs and wants are easily within grasp; often the spiritual needs go overlooked, because of this spiritual needs go unattended to or the con-cept of acquiring something through faith alone is an idea that is beyond reason to them.

However, God will work in person’s life to bring someone to Him. Therefore, what is im-possible with man is possible with God.

God’s Attitude Toward Money

Money is not a sin but the love of it is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10).

Those that work should re-ceive a pay worthy of the job

(Deuteronomy 25:4, 1 Corin-thians 9:9, 1 Timothy 5:18).

Parents should save for the benefi t of their children (2 Corinthians 12:14).

A person should enjoy the benefi ts of their labor (Eccle-siastes 2:14, 3:13, 5:18).

If our enemies are in need, we should help (Proverbs 25:21).

We should give and loan to those that ask, but we are to give as we are able (Matthew 5:42, Deuteronomy 16:17). In other words, if you are an 80 year old grandmother living off your social security don’t feel you have to give to the healthy 25 year old grandson asking for gas money.

There is much more the Bible says about money but to sum it up we have a respon-sibility to God for our money because it all comes from Him anyway. As far as income inequality goes, well, is it a problem? I’ll leave that for others to argue but the truth is the poor will always be with us and all of us, rich and poor, should have a benevolent heart. If we can give millions or only the widow’s mite we should cheerfully give (2 Cor-inthians 9:7).

Is the Bible correct in it’s prophecy of end time events? Is the world events in today’s time foretold in the Bible?

Can we know the time? What should we look for? All these questions and more will be answered in this exciting three day con-ference.

What: End Time Proph-ecy Conference addressing who we are as a Nation and People according to Scrip-ture. Free material covering the subjects will be given to participants.

Who: Our Speaker is Keith Caston from Gains-ville, Texas. Seminars are free to all who desire to come learn more about the

end time events according to scripture.

Where: Turning Point Apostolic Church, 11250 Church Street, Cynthiana IN 47612. Very close to the St. Hwy 65 and St. Hwy 68 intersection, signs will be out.

Subjects Covered: Friday: 7 p.m. ‘A Timeline of End time

Events’Saturday: 6 p.m. ‘The last Empire’Sunday: 10:30 a.m. ‘The 7s, Seals, Trumpets,

Thunders, Vials’For more information

about this event contact Pastor Mullins at 812-664-8050 or email him at God-lyHabits@gmail.com

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Community Table for FebruaryEvery Thursday, serving

from 5 to 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome. Sin-gles, couples and families. No preaching, just good eat-ing.

Thursday, February 20 – Mexican Casserole, Corn, Tortilla Chips, Cake

Thursday, February 27 – Chicken Chips Casserole, Cottage Cheese, Bread Slice, Cookies with Fruit

St. John’s Episcopal Church located on the corner of Sixth and Mulberry Street in Mount Vernon will cel-ebrate its traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake and sau-sage supper on March 4 be-ginning at 6 p.m. The parish hall is located on the back of the church on the Sixth Street entrance.

St. John’s would like to extend an invitation to all in

the community to attend this event. Donations given for a meal will benefi t St. John’s Youth Group activities. Tra-ditionally the men of the church prepare the meal with the youth helping as servers.

Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriv-ing, when church members would confess their sins to the priest and receive for-giveness before the begin-

ning of the Lenten season. Historically, Shrove Tuesday also marked the beginning of the 40-day Lenten fasting period when the faithful were forbidden by the church to consume meat, butter, eggs and milk. However, if a fam-ily had a store of these foods they all would go bad by the time the fast ended on Easter Sunday.

What to do? Solution: Use

up the milk, butter and eggs no later than Shrove Tuesday. And so, with the addition of a little fl our, the solution quickly presented itself in pancakes. Today, the Shrove Tuesday pancake tradition lives on throughout Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. For more information about St. John’s pancake supper, please call 838-5445.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper to be held March 4

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Preacher’s Point: Income Inequality

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and that ev-ery word of the original scrip-tures was breathed out by God

Himself.We believe that Jesus Christ

is the unique, eternal son of God, one Person consisting of

two natures: human and divine.We believe that by virtue

of His incarnation and virgin birth, Jesus Christ is complete-ly man, yet without sin.

We believe that Jesus Christ voluntarily sacrifi ced Himself on the cross in death once for all, on behalf of mankind, bear-ing the sins of the entire race in His own body.

We believe that God created man in His own image.

We believe that man is a sinner; fallen from original righteousness and apart from God’s redeeming grace, hope-lessly lost.

We believe that man is jus-tifi ed by faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ; salvation of sinners is a gift only by the grace of God.

Rev. Kevin Petty and wife, Teresa, came to Calvary Bap-

tist Church in May 2008. They both graduated from Tennessee Temple University in 1980. Pastor Petty has served in many minsitries including pas-toring, teaching, coaching, and was a principal for a Christian school. The Pettys have fi ve children and two grandchil-dren.

Regular Service Times:Sunday:9:30 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. Worship Service6 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday:6:45 p.m. Kids For Truth6:45 p.m. Teen Study & Fun7 p.m. Prayer Meeting Calvary Baptist is located

at 618 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620. For more information call 812-838-4777 or email pastorkevin618@gmail.com.

The Rev. Kevin and Teresa Petty

Featured church: Calvary Baptist, Mount Vernon

St. Peter's United Method-ist Church, 2800 St. Phillips Road will have their An-nual Flea Market, Craft Fair, Rummage Sale and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

There will be door prizes drawn every 15 minutes. Lots of great buys and fun. Food will be available.

If you would like to have a booth or need more infor-mation, please call 812-985-5143.

St. Peter’s UMC Craft Fair, Bake Sale set

Are you currently stuggling to pay your mortgage because of:

- an involuntary loss of or substantial reduction in em-ployment income;

- a substantial reduction in household income due to death of a contributing household member;

- signifi cant expenses re-lated to non-elective medical procedures or emergencies;

- signifi cant reduction in in-

come due to military service: Are you back to work fol-

lowing a period of unemploy-ement, and struggling to catch up on missed mortgage pay-ments?

For more information on the Hardest Hit Fund, please visit www.877GetHope.org, or call 1-877-GET-HOPE (877-438-4673). Applicant and property must meet all requirements; additional underwriting criteria may apply.

Are you Eligible for the Hardest Hit Fund?

A name has the opportunity to express who we are and who God is shaping us to become. On September 17, 1849, Eze-kiel and Mary Black donated land for a new church. The church was named Black’s Chapel to honor the couple for their generous donation. Throughout the years our con-gregation has gone through changes, including the most recent as we purchased the for-mer Keck Ford dealership in 2011 and transformed the show room into a beautiful place where God meets with us.

Over the past two years we have realized that our new loca-tion affords us the opportunity to better serve the entire com-munity of Mount Vernon and Posey County. We are moving ahead at full speed to grab the chance to make a difference in and around our city. Tradi-tion is often very good, but so is our freedom to adapt—so

long as our changes help us grow closer to God. Part of our adaptation to our new location includes a name change that we hope will communicate our calling to our church and our community. Black’s Cha-pel will now be Mount Ver-non Community Church. We want MVCC to be the type of church that Jesus had in mind – a welcoming, exciting, safe place for those far from God to explore faith with comfort-able environments designed to help people experience God. There is no dress code (even our pastor wears jeans). It’s not about a building, a set of beliefs and rules, or pretend-ing to be something you’re not. It’s an imperfect group of people fi nding, following and growing together in a re-lationship with Christ. We are not interested in pulling people away from other churches in our area. We want to create

a church unchurched people would love to attend.

Changing the name of our church is exciting, especially when the new name refl ects a meaningful shift in our con-gregation’s outlook and mis-sion emphasis. This statement directly relates to our church right now. God has been doing something new. Over the last several years, and particularly the last two, God has been lay-ing out before us a ‘new stra-tegic direction’ for our church. God has shown us the purpose for our building and its cur-rent location more clearly than ever before. His purpose for our building and location is not only to ‘house’ a local church, but one that impacts this com-munity.

Our hope is this: With a new name and the new strategic di-rection the Lord has given us, we will move into our future with fresh vision and renewed

faith, and will do so with honor and gratitude for all the pre-cious resources we have inher-ited from those who have gone before us. That inheritance is: our purpose, our vision, our mission, our building, and our location. We will give thanks for all those over the last 165 years who planted, cared for, and developed our church. We will honor their faith, service, and sacrifi ce by being faithful ourselves to show God’s love in our city. We will honor them through our loving commit-ment to, and faithful steward-ship of, this church, this build-ing, and this location.

As we move forward to become Mount Vernon Com-munity Church we would love public input on how you believe we can ReThink…Re-Discover…ReEnergize…and ReBoot church. Let us know what you think by emailing our pastor. jstauber22@gmail.com.

Black’s Chapel is moving forward with a new name

Join us for ‘A Night of Spiritual Encouragement,’ hosted by Rick Sellers and Kevin Evitts, February 22 at 6 p.m. at St. Peters United Church of Christ, 10430 Hwy. 66, Wadesville, Ind. 47630.

Christian rock band NOIZ will lead worship, and there will be an uplifting and encouraging message by Rick and Kevin. Thank you to St. Peters UCC for allowing us to use your church build-ing. Everyone Welcome.

By The Rev. Allen RutherfordMy church wants you to ‘let your light shine’ by donating

and get involved in our Mount Vernon, Indiana’s Relay For Life event again this year. I am asking you to consider helping me and my St. John’s Episcopal Church Team in our fundraising ef-forts by going to the Mount Vernon Event website, clicking on Donate, Finding our Team name, and giving a credit card dona-tion. Almost everyone knows someone important to them who has been touched by cancer. At St. John’s, we lost a very beloved member of our congregation to cancer at the young age of 60. Donate for their fi ght, donate for someone else’s fi ght. Let’s put an end to cancer. Please give.

If you don’t want to donate on-line with credit card, then mail a check made out to Mount Vernon Relay For Life, and put St. John’s team in the memo line. Mail to St. John’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 503, Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620. The website to visit is: http://www.relayforlife.org/mtvernonin.

Spiritual Night set February 22

Let your light shine for MV Relay for Life

Join us for an Israel trip meet and greet this Friday, February 21. The event will be an hour long and starts at 6:30 p.m. so eat before you come. This event is free to the public.

Whether you are planning to go on a trip to Israel soon or not, you still will not want to miss this unique opportu-nity to meet Boaz Shalgi of EDI Travel. Boaz is a Jewish Christian. He speaks both the language of the Old Testament (Hebrew) and our language (English). Boaz is a dynamic personality and conversant from everything to politics to religion and even humor.

If you are interested in a trip to Israel, you may inquire about that trip during our meet and greet plus teaching time from Boaz. Our 2014 trip will depart Mount Vernon on No-vember 6 and return Novem-ber 17. We will arrive at Tel Aviv, spend time in Old City Jaffa (think Jonah), go to mari-time Caesarea (beautiful), Ar-mageddon (or Mt. Megiddo), Nazareth, see ancient cities (think Ruth and the original Boaz), Sea of Galilee (think sermon on mount), historical cites (think Masada, Qumran scrolls, and Dead Salt Sea), Jerusalem (think Gethsemane,

Western Wall, Communion at the Garden Tomb), and much, much more. Israel has a spec-tacular national defense and safety is not a concern on this trip. Boaz does a great job helping senior citizens get right to the place they need to be with minimal walking com-pared to other tours. Bro. Tim Wolf (former pastor of Calva-ry Baptist-Mount Vernon) and myself, Pastor Matt (currently of Mount Vernon GB) will be present to attest to the benefi ts of the trip and the wonderful feeling of safety we felt during previous trips. Trip details and cost will be available.

Here is address and web site information for the curi-ous or online readers: E.D.I. Travel Ltd., Kibbutz Gonen, POB 168, D.N. Upper Galilee 12130, ISRAEL www.editrav-el.co.il

Join us at Mount Vernon General Baptist Church, 1717 North Main Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana on Friday night, February 21 at 6:30 pm. Call us at 838-4555. This is a great opportunity for you to learn fi rst hand about the place the incarnate Lord Jesus grew up, called home, and willingly died as the only atoning sacri-fi ce for your sin. Join us.

Israel trip meeting February 21

Endtime Conference Feb. 21

By Dave PearceFew people are unfamiliar

with State Farm Insurance’s slo-gan, ‘Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.’ However, for the past year, the State Farm insur-ance offi ce at the corner of State Road 66 and St. Philips Road at Parker’s Settlement had been without a permanent agent. That was until recently.

Amy Johnston-Higgs and her staff were recently assigned to the offi ce after nearly a year of preparation. But while Mount Vernon agent Eric May was successfully overseeing the of-fi ce’s accounts, Higgs says she is blessed to now be prepared and manning the offi ce.

“I feel very passionate about serving the community that drives our business,” Higgs ex-plained. “Although my children don’t go to North Posey as they go to Reitz feeder schools, it is very important to me that our customer base is blessed by the people we serve.”

Higgs has jumped into the business with both feet, one might say. In a building that also houses Andy Rudolph’s Real Es-tate business, she has carefully planned and put together what she feels is an incredible staff in a customized friendly environ-

ment.“Right now we are serv-

ing about 500 or 600 families, mostly right around this area, so it is very important for me to be involved in North Posey activities and Posey activities,” Higgs explained. “It is important to sponsor student activities and promote the things that are im-portant to our customers.”

Higgs has already become in-volved in the upcoming play at the high school, The Little Mer-maid, and is the primary sponsor of the play which will feature North Posey senior Lindsay Cal-vert as Arial.

But most importantly, Higgs believes she is qualifi ed to help families with their insurance needs because she takes a holis-tic approach to insurance. While she says she wants to make sure you have insurance coverage on your home and cars, she also wants to make sure that loved ones are looked after in the event of an untimely injury or death in the family.

“I go back a long way in in-surance because I was once involved with property manage-ment,” Higgs explained. “I grew up in a family of developers. I have had to help make a lot of decisions when I have set on the

boards of different properties. We had to decide how much in-surance was needed to cover the liabilities.”

But her experience does not end there. She has become well-acquainted with the ever-chang-ing health care insurance world and has helped many nursing home residents and their fami-lies make their way through the red tape of the new laws and new coverages.

“I also helped a west side op-tometrist transition from HIPA charts to electronic health re-cords so they would be allowed to claim the stimulus money,” she explained. “That is going to be a big part of what people are going to be facing. State Farm is not going to be just a home and auto insurance company in the future. Health care needs, bank-ing needs, and fi nancial services needs are all going to be a part. We really are going to expand what State Farm can provide for our customers.”

It is obvious that Higgs is very proud of her staff, begin-ning with offi ce manager Viki Weinzapfel, a long-time employ-ee in the State Farm family.

“I knew that Viki had a strength that I wanted in this of-fi ce,” Higgs said. “She has had

years of deeply-rooted experi-ence and that simply cannot be replaced. She is defi nitely my ‘go to’ person on many of the questions that come up in the of-fi ce.”

But don’t let the slim build and the outer beauty fool you. Higgs says she can handle her own when it comes to needs of rural customers, as well.

“I grew up with dump trucks, tractors and trailers so I am fa-miliar with all that,” she said with an infectious smile. “But I feel very blessed to be able to have a hand in helping my friends and neighbors now.”

She is married to Carey Higgs, an Evansville CPA, and is the mother of three boys and pro-vides a home for her three boys and another boy in their home.

Also in the offi ce are Amanda Wade, an experienced life and health products representative

“Amanda’s job is to become aware of all the changes that are occurring everyday in health care,” Higgs said with a shake of her head. “She’ll be helping people enroll in their health care if perhaps they want to sign up for a health care supplement.”

Audra Meyer is also a mem-ber of the offi ce staff and serves as a personal account representa-

tive.Higgs said she is blessed to

now be in the community and ready to help members of the North Posey community and to become involved in the lives of people and activities in the area.

“We have some really unique opportunities to help people with the Affordable Health Care Act,” she said. “Everything is chang-ing in health care where before, everything was based on eligi-bility, now it will be based on an

entire pool. We are going to be ready for it. And we also know the importance of life insurance and feel that it is our moral re-sponsibility to discuss life in-surance with every customer. It is not about making a sale, it is about protecting your family.”

If you have questions or de-sire further information, Higgs may be reached by calling 985-0934 or stopping by the offi ce located at 10933 State Route 66 at Parker’s Settlement.

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These four friendly faces await to greet you at the new offi ce for State Farm Insurance at Parker Settlement. Pic-tured standing left to right are: Amanda Wade, Audra Mey-er, and Viki Weinzapfel. Seated is Amy Johnston-Higgs.

A Purdue Extension con-ference will give big help to small farms, which combine for some considerable heft themselves in accounting for nearly nine out of every 10 farms in the state.

The Second Annual Indiana Small Farm Conference will offer expert advice to owners of small farms to help them make their operations more successful. Sessions will focus on issues related to manage-ment, production, processing and marketing.

The conference, Feb. 21-22 at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds in Danville, fol-lows on the successful Indiana Small Farm Conference last March, said Steve Engleking, LaGrange County Extension educator and a conference co-ordinator.

“It’s intended for anyone who is currently involved with, or interested in, small farms in Indiana,” Engleking

said. “That could be farmers, Extension educators, agricul-tural agency people or stu-dents. We hope to continue building a statewide commu-nity of people who have a pas-sion about small farms.”

Small farms, defi ned by the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture, are farms with no more than $250,000 in annual ag-ricultural commodity sales. They accounted for 91 per-cent of farms in the nation and more than half of the farm-land, according to the USDA’s 2007 Census of Agriculture, the latest available. It reported nearly 2 million small farms nationwide, an increase of about 18,500 from the 2002 census.

There were 53,539 farms in Indiana with less than $250,000 in sales in 2007. They comprised nearly 88 per-cent of the 60,938 total farms in the state.

Nationally, farms with an-

nual sales of $10,000 or less were the fastest-growing seg-ment of small farms. Such farms typically would be on the low end of size in acreage. The census shows that from 2002 to 2007 the number of Indiana farms with less than 50 acres - considered very small - increased by 21.7 per-cent during the period, from 24,031 to 29,253.

The conference will devote workshop tracks to crop and livestock production, market-ing/processing and small-farm management. Speakers in-clude Extension educators and specialists from Purdue Uni-versity, agricultural industry professionals and small-farm owners.

Three keynote speakers are scheduled:

• Sarah Aubrey of Monro-via, Ind., owner of Prosperity Consulting, a funding oppor-tunities fi rm that assists entre-preneurs and small farmers in securing funds from a variety of foundations, agencies and other organizations.

• Diana Prichard, a mother, author, blogger, speaker and small farmer from north of Lansing, Mich.

• Tom McConnell, small-farm program leader at West Virginia University. He will bring his perspective on the importance of small farms in West Virginia, where 98.2 percent of the farms are small farms. That is the highest per-centage in the nation.

Registration is $150 per

person for both days or $100 per person for one day. To ac-commodate families, there is a discounted fee for additional attendees from the same fam-ily, and youth under 13 can attend for free. Fees include conference materials and a lunch each day featuring Indi-ana-raised foods.

A new feature will be two pre-conference workshops on Feb. 20

• Growing Organic Work-shop, covering many ques-tions fruit and vegetable growers have about growing organically.

• Dairy Meat Processing and Direct Marketing Tour to Trader’s Point Creamery in Zionsville and Moody’s Meats and processing in Ladoga. Participants will hear from the owners on topics such as pro-duction, processing and direct marketing to consumers.

An additional fee of $50 for participants of the pre-confer-ence workshops ($30 for each additional family member 13 and older) will cover lunch, workshop materials and trans-portation.

For more information, in-cluding how to register for the conference and pre-con-ference workshops, visit the Purdue Small Farms and Sus-tainable Agriculture Extension Team website at http://www.ag.purdue.edu/smallfarms. In-formation also is available by calling the Purdue Extension hotline toll-free at 888-EXT-INFO (398-4636).

Indiana Small Farm Conference to be held soon

Same company, new friendly faces at State Farm

Purdue Extension will offer three February programs cov-ering selected topics on farm law and taxes, as well as busi-ness and estate planning.

The Farm Law and Taxes with Estate and Business Transfer Planning programs take place in February and

will be presented by Gerry Harrison, Purdue Extension agricultural economist and member of the Indiana Bar Association.

The programs are intended for farmers and farmland own-ers. Indiana accountants, law-yers and insurance providers also are invited to attend and can receive continuing edu-cation credit of fi ve or more hours. Members of the Ken-tucky Bar also can earn CLE credit by individual applica-tion.

Program sponsors are Pur-due University Department of Agricultural Economics and the Purdue Extension offi ces in Harrison, Posey and Pike counties.

Program dates and cities:• Feb. 19-20: 6:30-9:40 p.m.

(EST) both days, Corydon.• Feb. 20: from 8:30 a.m. to

3:30 p.m. (CST), Poseyville.• Feb. 21: from 8:30 a.m. to

3:30 p.m. (EST), Petersburg.Registration by Feb. 18

is required to attend any of the workshops. Registration forms with more information, including fees and program lo-cations are available at www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/programs/index/asp or by con-tacting the Purdue Extension offi ces in the host counties of Harrison, Posey and Pike. Forms and fees should be mailed to the Purdue Exten-sion offi ce of the host county.

For more information, con-tact Harrison at harrisog@pur-due.edu; toll-free at 888-EXT-INFO (398-4636), ext. 44214; or directly at 765-494-4216.

Purdue Extension to host series on farm law and taxes

THE ANNUAL MEETING- and the Election of Directors -

of the

MUTUAL INSURANCEASSN. OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

Will Be Held OnSaturday, February 15, 2014

at 1:30 P.M. C.S.T. at theRobinson Township Conservation Club

2 mi. S. of Blairsville & Hwy 66on Stierley Road in Posey County

REFRESHMENTS AND ATTENDANCE PRIZES

Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann announced to-day that the state is current-ly accepting letters of inter-est from cities and towns in Indiana wishing to apply for the Stellar Communities program. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on February 19, 2014.

“The Stellar Communi-ties program gives cities and towns the opportunity

to present their visions for revitalization projects that will transform their commu-nities,” said Ellspermann. “These plans will improve ‘quality of place,’ increase private investment and promote job growth, thus, increasing the competitive-ness of our communities for attracting new indus-try, talent, and population growth.”

Lt. Governor Ellspermann announces program

Producers of spring-planted crops in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio that are interested in buying crop insurance, or making a change to an ex-isting policy, can do so until the March 15 sales closing date.

Crop insurance can pro-tect producers from natural disasters which affected crop yields and revenues.

Producers have a number of coverage choices, includ-ing yield coverage, revenue protection and area risk policies. Revenue protec-tion safeguards a producer from yield losses and price movement. Area risk plans replace the group plans of insurance (GRP/GRIP) and offer coverage based on county yield data, where available.

Sales closing date for Spring crops nears

Jim Spann, owner and operator of New Harmony Soap Company introduces his new line of products tailored specifi cally for men. The product line feature alcohol-free after shave, body bars and liquid soap with a natural masculine scent. Photo by Zach Straw

By Lois Mittino GrayMarty Finney said it’s a bit

unnerving to collect a soil sam-ple with a large bull elephant lying down on the hilltop right above you checking out your moves.

A picture of this scenario was the title slide for his presenta-tion, ‘From Southern Indiana to Bolivia and Africa and Back’ which was the key-note speech for the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Meeting. The banquet was held at the First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon on Tuesday February 11 and in-cluded a catered dinner, awards presentations, a business meet-ing and election of supervisors.

Finney, the founder of Day-light Farm Supply Inc., has been involved in doing agricultural consulting in Africa and South America through a nonprofi t organization he founded called Gather Network Inc. Making 20 trips in 14 years, he went to Africa twice to do soil work with orphanages in Ethiopia and Uganda and met his elephant overseer there. Most of his trips are to minister to the ‘poorest of the poor,’ the poorest nation in South America, Bolivia. There he is part of an organization

that has a training center and demonstration agricultural plots to show locals how to better

feed their families, stay h e a l t h y and nurture their spirit. The teams work in remote rural areas and show how to use kitchen gardens and cover crops and natural fertiliz-ers for a sustainable system and mini business enterprises. Most were doing slash and burn farm-ing resulting in soil loss and fl ooding.

Some of the lessons are as simple as keep the hogs out of your homes and your water clean to keeping the cooking fi res off the ground and in ‘or-nos’ or brick ovens they teach them to build. Finney said one of the greatest hazards in these communities are children fall-ing into cooking fi res and many of them are scarred. One group of natives is so poor that it is traditional to sell their chil-dren at age 12 into prostitution.

Finney’s group works with fam-ilies and teaches them to earn a living off the soil and make a

little money to thrive and discontinue this.

Finney, who is a 1973 Purdue gradu-ate, worked as a chemical wholesaler until he founded the local farm supply business in 1980. “In the United States, we use chemistry to farm and I grew up

in the chemical age. In Bolivia, I had to study biology again as we use no chemicals. I learned about soil microorgan-isms and building healthy soil through natural cover crops and fertilizers and organic mat-ter. Everything is accelerated there by the heat. We use no till and no tractors and the only modern thing we do use is hy-brid seed corn,” he said.

Trying to teach the locals how to create mini-business enterprises has been an inter-esting blend of science and honoring their animistic be-liefs. “We tried to get them to raise chickens in coops, but

they believe their animal spirit needs to run free during the day and lay eggs anywhere in the hard to fi nd weeds. Now, we still have true free–range chickens, but we have con-vinced them to put them in hen houses and coops at night to collect eggs and so the jaguars don’t get them.”

Finney explained that the fi rst year he raised 200 chick-ens resulting in 55,000 eggs. The locals were then convinced and they now have a business of 2,000 chickens that garners $600-700 income a year, when it used to be an average of $12 a year.

Other mini-business enter-prises include sheep, goats, creole utility cows, intensive raised bed vegetable gardens

with compost and triangula-tion plantings, aquaculture and honey. His group also offers many other services such as Ra-dio Bible Study and health and crop fairs.

Finney will speak to church-es and is always ready to tell groups about his work and orga-nization. He may be contacted at mfi nney@daylightfarmsup-ply.com.

Dennis Angel won the John C. Straub Award for honoring the goals of the District. “We look for landowners and pro-ducers who are innovative and work hard to do the best for their land,” said District Presi-dent James Droege in introduc-ing the award.

Dennis has a huge conserva-tion project of more that 110

acres in the Wetland Reserve Program. He has planted trees and warm season grasses and does extensive natural regener-ation. He received a plaque and jacket for his recognition.

The Conservation Farmer of the Year Award went to Tim Hoenert who grows primarily grains near Caborn and Cop-perline Roads. Tim is active in conservation practices and has completed an EQIP project and CRP fi lter strips along Big Creek.

He also received a plaque and jacket for his recognition.

Envirothon and Soil Judging Teams were recognized as well as 4-H students.

Jim Droege and Larry Bur-khart were sworn in as supervi-sors.

Two from Posey recognized during PCSWCD meeting

Dennis Angel Tim Hoenert

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The following ten students were selected by the faculty of Mount Vernon High School as ‘Wildcat of the Month’ for January, 2014. Students are selected based on criteria which include academics, citizenship, effort and attendance.

January honorees are: Front row: Austin Bethel, Madison Denning, Rachel Rohlman, Mat Seifert and Elaine Thomas. Back row: Ryker Slocum, Clara Baggett, Austin Krizan, and Abbie Stoler. Not Pictured: Austin Crissup. Photo submitted

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By Valerie WerkmeisterPoseyville Boy Scout

Troop 387 needs folks with big appetites to help them reach a goal. The troop is planning a special fundraiser day in which they prepare a pancake breakfast and spa-ghetti dinner all in one day. Take advantage of not hav-ing to cook two meals in one day compliments of the scouts.

The troop is planning a high adventure trip to the Smoky Mountains in Ten-nessee during spring break at the end of March. They need to raise an additional $1,600 in order to make the trip feasible. They hope the community will help support

the scouts and enjoy a great meal in return.

The fundraiser event is scheduled Saturday, Feb-ruary 22, and will be held at the Poseyville Commu-nity Center, 60 N. Church Street in Poseyville. The pancake breakfast will be from 7-10:30 a.m. and for a minimum donation of $5, the menu will consist of pan-cakes, sausage, eggs, and choice of coffee, milk or or-ange juice.

The spaghetti dinner will begin at 4:30 p.m. and last until 7:30 p.m. The menu will include spaghetti, garlic bread, salad and choice of drink. Desserts will be avail-able for sale. A minimum do-

nation of $7 is requested.Tickets will be sold in

advance and will also be available to purchase at the door. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets may call Julie Reynolds at 812-453-0062, Kim Epley at 812-575-9492 or Valerie Werkmeister at 812-499-4917.

The boys are also work-ing on a community service project collecting alumi-num cans. The cans may be dropped off at the Poseyville Park (across from One-Stop gas station) on Saturday, February 15, from 9-11 a.m.

If you are unable to drop off cans, please contact John Epley at 812-575-9610 to schedule a pick-up time.

Boy Scout Troop 387 plans fundraiser

Every year at St. Wendel Catholic School, each class com-pletes a year long service project. The sixth graders’ service project this year is to help Habitat for Humanity. They will be collecting items to create welcome home baskets for Habitat partner families (families who purchase Habitat homes). These houses are not furnished or full of basic necessities for life. We would like to help them by donating items such as: toilet paper, cleaning supplies, towels, toiletries, non-perishable food, deco-rations, cooking supplies, utensils, etc.

Come join them during Zumba Night to Benefi t Habitat for Humanity on Friday, Feb 21 at 6 p.m.- ? at St. Wendel Catholic School. The cost is $5, or an item for the welcome home bas-kets.

For more information about this event, contact Amanda Cad-den at acadden@evdio.org

St. Wendel to host Zumba Night Feb. 21 Saint Wendel Catholic School, 4725 St. Wendel-Cynthiana Road in Posey County, will hold a Discovery Night on Wednes-day, Feb. 26 from 6-8 p.m. This event is open to all prospective students and their parents.

Guests will have the oppor-tunity to tour the school, speak with faculty members, current students and their parents and discover the benefi ts of an edu-cation from Saint Wendel Catho-lic School.

For more information, contact Ms. Hallie Denstorff, Principal at (812) 963-3958.

Discovery Night for Saint Wendel Feb. 26

Starting February 17, 2014 the Posey County Health Department will hold free walk-in Immuni-zation Clinics on Monday mornings from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. and on Thursday af-ternoons from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (unless otherwise posted) for:

- Children that do not have health insurance

- Children that have Medicaid

- Children that are un-derinsured (insurance that does not cover vaccines)

- Children that are Amer-ican Indian or Alaskan Na-tive

- Children under 18 years of age must be accom-panied by a parent/legal guardian. (The child may come with another adult if the parent/guardian dates

& signs a letter naming the adult and child, giving the adult permission to bring the child).

-A complete shot record showing all immunizations since birth is required.

-Children should wear short sleeves and eat before coming to the clinic.

Please call the Posey County Health Department if you have questions 812-838-1330.

Per Indiana Law IC-20-34-4 and Administra-tive Code 410 IAC 1-1, children attending school in the state of Indiana are required to be immunized against certain diseases or fi le a religious or medical waiver. The following is a list of the minimum immu-nization requirements for the 2014-2015 school year

set by the Indiana State De-partment of Health:

Three to fi ve-year-old3 Hep B (Hepatitis B), 4

DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis), 3 Polio (In-activated Polio), 1 MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubel-la), and 1 Varicella

Kindergarten3 Hep B, 5 DTaP, 4 Polio,

2 MMR, 2 Varicella, and 2 Hep A (Hepatitis A)

Grades First - Fifth3 Hep B, 5 DTaP, 4 Polio,

2 MMR, and 2 VaricellaGrades Sixth - Eleventh3 Hep B, 5 DTaP, 4 Po-

lio, 2 MMR, 2 Varicella, 1 Tdap (Tetanus & Pertussis), and 1 MCV4 (Meningococ-cal conjugate)

Grade Twelvth 3 Hep B, 5 DTaP, 4 Po-

lio, 2 MMR, 2 Varicella, 1 Tdap, and 2 MCV4

PC Immunization Clinics to start Feb. 17

The St. Wendel Catholic School staff and the 8th grade class after the Catholic Schools Week Volleyball game. Top (L-R) Mrs. Schuler, Mrs. Cadden, Mrs. Dyson, Mrs. Eades, Mrs. Kissel, Mrs. DeWolf, Mr. Nowak, Fr. Ed Schnur, Mr. Rokosz and Ms. Denstorff. Bottom (L-R) Jack Heldt, Syl Folz, Claire Muensterman, Lindsey Koester, Hannah Adler, Kathryn Muensterman, and Mitch Hall. Photo submitted

St. Wendel Catholic School Principal Hallie Denstorff and pastor Father Ed Schnur with 8th graders Lindsey Koester and Kathryn Muensterman. Lindsey and Kath-ryn were chosen as the Serra Club Winners from St. Wendel Catholic School. Photo submitted

The South Terrace Ele-mentary PTO will be host-ing their 2nd Annual Win-ter Carnival on Saturday, February 22. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m..

There will be several games for children, Bingo

for adults, Dessert Walk, and a Chinese Auction. Over 50 businesses have donated to our Chinese Auction. Papa John's piz-za, nachos, popcorn, and drinks will be sold during the event. Hadi Funsters will also be there to paint

faces and give out balloons. Game tickets will be sold at the door, while raffl e tick-ets will be sold inside the gym. Come out and share this family fun day with us.

South Terrace to host Winter Carnival

The Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon and Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union have partnered to offer a new school system-themed Debit Rewards Card. Available Monday, February 10, this card will offer the same convenience and secu-rity features as the tradition-al ETFCU Debit Rewards Card. In addition, ETFCU will share a portion of rev-enue made from use of the card with the school system.

“The ETFCU MSD of Mount Vernon Debit Re-wards Card is an excellent way to show school spirit, and at the same time, benefi t the schools” said Dr. Thomas Kopatich, Superintendent, MSD of Mount Vernon. “It’s also easy to apply online and the card will either be mailed to you or you can pick it up at the credit union.”

The Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon Debit Rewards Cards will be available at no cost with any ETFCU checking ac-count. As with all ETFCU

Debit Rewards Cards, users will earn reward points when signing for purchases. These points can be redeemed for merchandise, travel, gift cards, and cash back. ETF-CU offers a variety of check-ing accounts, including those that have no monthly fee and pay dividends to the user.

The funds on deposit are federally insured by the Na-tional Credit Union Admin-istration.

Those interested may ap-ply for an account and MSD of Mount Vernon Debit Re-wards Card at any ETFCU offi ce location or online at www.etfcu.org/mtvernon.

MSD of Mount Vernon offers debit card

EFTCU worker Ms. Cheryl Stevens handing Superin-tendent Dr. Tom Kopatich the fi rst Mount Vernon School District debit card. Photo submitted

School Open Houses, Registrations and Round-upsSOUTH TERRACE SCHOOL in

Wadesville and North Elementary School in Poseyville will have Preschool registration for 2014-2015 the week of March 10-14. Par-ents may enroll students from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily that week. Information and enrollment forms may be picked up prior to the registra-tion at the schools. Children that will be 3 or 4 years of age by August 1, 2014 are eligible.

Parents of incoming Kindergarten stu-dents will soon receive information on the upcoming Kindergarten “Round-ups”. If you have not turned in your student’s name to the school, please call to be put on the mailing list.

Please call the schools for information. North Elementary (874-2710) and South Ter-race (985-3180).

ST. MATTHEW SCHOOL’s annual Kindergarten Roundup will take place on Monday, February 24 from 1-2:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. This special afternoon is for all potential kindergarten families for the 2014-2015 school year. The children will complete a few activities with kindergar-ten teacher, Ms. Duckworth, while Miss Wannemuehler, principal, meets with the parents. Find out what you can do to help

prepare your child for kindergarten. You will also learn about scholarship oppor-tunities that can help make a faith-based education a reality for your family. In or-der to have enough packets and materi-als prepared, we need to know how many people will be attending. Please contact Miss Wannemuehler at vwannemuehler@evdio.org or call the school offi ce at 838-3621.

ST. PHILIP CATHOLIC SCHOOL is hosting a “Check It Out!” open house night for prospective families on Thursday, March 6 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Guests will be able to tour the school, meet the teachers and ask questions about the four-star school’s curric-

ulum, programs and community. Also during the “Check It Out!” night, the school will be unveiling its new all-day enrichment program for its pre-school and pre-kindergarten class-es beginning in August. For questions, call Principal Andrea Lodato-Dickel at 985-2447.

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GRADE 11

A HONORSLindsay Calvert - Zackery Carl - Drake Davenport - Olivia Goebel

Hayley Harness - Mitchell Heldt - Aaron Korff - Adam MartinDora Meyer - Kelsey Owen - Rebekah Phipps - Amy Priest

Jonah Quirk - Madison WormanHIGH HONORS

Bradley Barrett - Tyler Barthlow - Michael BenderNora Beuligmann - Alicia Blackwell - Trevor Bland

Benjamin Blankenberger - Jace Brandenstein - Jacob BrentonRachael Bretz - Hannah Craig - Kendall Crowder

Lindsey Ferguson - Dakota Fife - Reed Gerteisen - Ryan GishJacob Goedde - Hannah Harness - Dakota Harris - Ellie Herrmann

Kimberly Jensen - Christian Jones - Addison Lange - Allison LupferKaitlyn McGee - Sierrha Miller - Alexis Morlock

Anthony Morrow - Mackenzie Morrow - Daniel MotzGriffi n Motz - Cody Neuffer - Darren O’Risky - Mackenzie OrlikBailey Porter - William Powell - Samantha Reynolds - Sara Saum

Ashley Schorr - Hannah Seng - William Shook - Marlee SimsThomas Stegall - Cody Ungetheim - Elizabeth Watzlavik

Emma Werry - Jordan Werry - Madison Werry - Griffi n WiethopChase Wilderman - Hannah Williams - Dylan Wright

HONORSShelby Ackerman - Joseph Deuerling - Patrick Donovan

Caleb Galey - Lauren Goetz - Reed Heathcotte - Elizabeth HelfrichMadelaine Herrmann - Marissa Hildebrandt - Dakota HurtKolby Lary - Shane Martin - Ashley Mercer - Connor Motz

Quinn Musgrave - Darian Nowark - Christopher PalmerJoshua Redman - Alyssa Scherzinger - Anthony Sims - Jared Tepool

Jeb Veeck - Hayden Walker - Taylor Wassmer - Brooklyn West

GRADE 12

A HONORSBrooke Bender - Samantha Crofts - Julia Kavanaugh

Madison Koester - Derek Lindauer - Elizabeth SchapkerJessica Wilkins

HIGH HONORSAustin Ahrens - Ethan Buchanan - Jessica Deckard-MillsMikayla Deshields - Hailee Elderkin - Madison Feldhake

Taylor Franklin - Jascie Gish - Loreli Golden - Janis HeipmannKari Hoenert - Lance Inkenbrandt - Savannah King - Rebecca KorffJames Marshall - Bryce Martin - Gabriel Mayer - Kaitlyn Newman

Breanna Owens - Alexis Preske - Austin RamseyMakayla Saalweachter - Katelin Schroeder - Benjamin SimpsonNicole Thorbecke - Holt Will - Kendall Wilson - Tyler Wright

Brianna WrobelHONORS

Danilo Antonini - Shawn Burks - Abigail Compton - Hope CraftAndrew Cumbee - Aubrey Cummings - Blayke Dillman

Aaron Droste - Christopher Eaton - Allyssa Elpers - Madison ElpersNoelle Emge - Jordan Frymire - Lauren Gibbs - Jessica Gries

Kiley Hopf - Emma Jennings - Hunter Lehman - Alex McAlisterNoah McCutcheon - Sara Neuffer - Jared Payne - Quinten Phillips

Christopher Reynolds - Shelby Riordan - Parker SturgellBrandon Tepool - Dominic Buelow - Samantha Wildeman

Josie Woolems - Shelby Yarbor

A HONORSCheyenne Angermeier - Jarrod Koester - Madeline Pfi ster

Haley Rutledge - Abigail Voegel - Erin WillHIGH HONORS

Hannah Bailey - Rhiannon Bailey - Robyn Bender - Jonah BlevinsSara Daugherty - Olivea Glaser - Allison Graff

Brooklynn Hamman - Kendra Harris - Celeste Hill - Mary JassoMiranda Johnson - Paige Johnson - Travis Koester - Austin LaneTyler Lovett - Jacob McLain - Derek Motz - Shelbi Newcomer

Cale O’Risky - Quentin Petrig - Rachel Stephens - Conner VoegelSerena Wilderman - Maxwell Wright

HONORSMorgan Alvey - Luke Brown - Jacie Bullington - Dakohta Clark

Zachary Davis - Sara Elbel - Dillon Howell - Caleb HymanSarah May - Mariah Myers - Jeri Neuffer - Timothy Peterson

John Ross - Grant Scheller - Jennifer SchellerAlexandra Schroeder - Matthew Seib - Hannah Straw

Lydia Vaupel - Blake Walden - Jordan Wells - Jonathan WildermanBrandon Williams - Logan Willman

A HONORSKaitlyn Blankenberger - Ally Brandenstein - Veronica Inkenbrandt

Amanda Marshall - Johnna Mitchell - Ethan MorlockKendra Schorr - Anna Stock

HIGH HONORSAbigail Abernathy - Felisha Bailey - Stephen Barnett - Tristan Bolte

April Brand - Kamryn Brandenstein - Hannah BraunLucas Broughton - Andrew Cook - Ryan Daugherty - Emily ElbrinkAlexandra Fifer - Kayla Garrett - Zachary Goebel - Rachael Goedde

Lucas Gries - Noah Gries - Skylynn Hartig - Devin KieselMallory Lowe - Tess Massey - Jordyn Miller - Samuel Morrow

Hannah Ogg - Dalton Rankin - Levi Ricketts - Ethan RoseNoah Scheller - Mia Schmitt - Kristin Schorr - Lydia Spann

Wyatt Tepool - Sarah Watzlavik - Michaela Weiss - Joshua WigginsEmma Wildeman - Tabitha Wildman - Drake Williams

Baylee Willman - MiKayla WrobelHONORS

Cole Ackerman - Glen Alexander - Taylor Baize - Skylar BryantRyne Bunting - Emma Carner - Robert Clifford - Layne Coleman

Michael Deshields - Alan Donovan - Hannah Fifer-GishRyan Garcia - Jade Hatcher - Jade Hill - Hannah Jolley

Courtney Kissel - Kimberley Kissel - Evan Krohn - Payton LathamIsaac Mayer - Taylor Perry - Stephanie Porter - Ashley Rexing

Shelby Scott - Hannah Voegel - Mason WassmerAlexis Will - Hunter Willis

North Posey Junior HighGRADE 7

GRADE 8HIGH HONORS

Rachel JonesHONORS

Zackery Baehl - David Bender - Hannah BeshearsHailee Campbell - Annemarie Cardin - Jackson Conrad

Caitlyn Creek - Jada Cullum - Justin Cummings - Mayli Englert Bayleigh Fore - Jacob French - Jordan Goedde - Annajo Goetz

Brandon Hamman - Ashley Hartig - Corey Heath - Isaiah Lehman Kennady Livers - Carter Martin - Ashlyn McWilliams

Austin Pearison - Danielle Perry - Thomas Rapp - Austin Reynolds Christine Scheller - Brian Suttles - Asia Thomas - Logan Ungetheim

Westin Voegel - Laura Whitler - Hannah Will HONORABLE MENTION

Zachary Adkins - Mackenzie Atkins - Cherokee BrockmanBraden Brown - Dylan Butts - Jaxon Chandler - Arionna Collins

Riley Drone - Tyler East - Cassie Folz - Colton Gamblin - Alec GoetzWilliam Hemmer - Hailey Johnson - Jesse Kissel - Wyatt Lyke

Cody Martin - Logan Martin - Evelyn Mauer - Dei MitchellKaylee Mofi eld - Katelyn Norman - Colton Owens - Grant ParkerStephanie Patton - Drake Rogers - Hannah Roth - Jacob SanfordAdam Schmitt - Holley Schmitt - Austin Spears - William Talley

Hannah Vowels - Kamryn Wahl - Cameron Williams - Olivia Wilson

HIGH HONORSBryce KieselHONORS

Nolan Alvey - Luke Braddam - Logan Bryant - Camron Cotton Addison Elpers - Korynn Englert - Keeli Farrar - Audrey Gallagher

Shane Harris - Julian Herke - Adam Herrmann - Eric Herrmann Robert Herrmann - Kacey Huggins - Rachel Jennings

Michael Kavanaugh - Lauren Koester - Mariah McKinneyMarissa McKinney - Haley Messic - Richard Meyer

Hallie Montgomery - Cooper Motz - Jarrett Motz - Elise O’Risky Alexandra Stump - Caleb Wassmer - Nathaniel Wescott

Melissa Wilson - Kaitlin WrightHONORABLE MENTION

Morgan Baize - Jacob Beshears - Kenzie BrandensteinEvan Bromm - Jasmine French - Lea Grattenthaler - Ellison Hill

Veronica Howard - Kameron Kendall - Mary Koch - Matthew Lane Jacob Lingafelter - Zachary Lockhart - Christian Mills

Seth Morrow - Jacob Newman - Samantha Ours - Alexis OrlikKali Raymond - Allison Roy - Johnathon Webber - Hailey Woods

Ty Wright

BLUE AND WHITEBlake Banks - Catie Bell - Colton Green - Tyler Jolley

Landon Mccarty - Hank Partridge - Kyra RaineyMaddox Suits - Caleb Watzlavik

BLUE AND WHITEHannah Carr - Meredith Feagley

Madilyn Mohr - Emily Osborne - Christian PiechockiGRADE 3

BLUE AND WHITELily Denning - Katherine Girten - Jaycee Jarvis

Sophie Kloppenburg - Chris Lowery - Ben PowellDavid Powell - Ethan Yarber

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Will Collins - Emily Gagnon - Olivia Gerton Aiden Jolley - Ashton Mccarty - Brendyn Mohr

HIGH HONORSEmily Gagnon - Olivia Gerton - Aiden Jolley

HONORSWill Collins - Ashton Mccarty - Brendyn Mohr

GRADE 5BLUE AND WHITE

Hank Denning - Sara Griffi n - Kennah KellerHIGH HONORS

Hank Denning - Kennah KellerHONORS

Sara Griffi n - John Mcdowell

MarrsGRADE 3

HIGH HONORSAlex Healy - Cooper Darr - Brenna Julian - Colton LippeMallory Nurrenbern - Micah Luckett - Deborah Mattingly

Taylor RandelHONORS

Stephen Adler - Serenity Gates - Adam Akin - Payne Healy - Skyleigh Carnahan - Samantha Love - Paige Hanebutt

Lily Tenbarge - Tyler Hopper - Noah WeakleyCameron McConnell - David Postin - Alayna Reising

Aidan Watters - Kaylen Salee - Brooke SleddBrooklynn Weyer

GRADE 4HIGH HONORS

Alexis Cole - Renee Bippus - Henry AdamsAlison Gansman - Jason Black - Braden Blanford

Hayden Huss - Sydney Friedman - Gracen BlanfordEli Jones - Leo Hostetter - Landen Blanford

River Snodgrass - Jailyn Roberts - Matthias Gates

HONORSAustin Bell - Ryan Akins - Brylie Austin - Brittany ByersJessica Jones - Gage Delgman - Zach Irick - Chase Krohn

Abbie Dickinson - Maddie Ragsdale - Lacie PageFischer Epley - Alan Raulerson - Austin Pedrotti

Dylan Harmes - Nate Redman - Justin PreskeDaniel Juncker - Sydney Williams - Jase MartinDestiny Morgan - Malea Plough - Kevin Poole

Briley SelkeGRADE 5

HIGH HONORSAlex Elemendorf - Amber Allyn - Autumn Schaffer

Catherine Batteiger - Brooklyn Shell - Jackson BrantleyLibby Steinhart - Mallory Singer - Addison Wells

Morgan WoodsHONORS

Landon Branson - Davin Allen - Jonah BredenkampBlaise Hartman - Ever Clampitt - Dylan Hile

Blake Morris - Emilee Hogan - Gracee PlouchardBrian Logan - Emma Tenbarge - Emma Trent

Tyler Underwood - Hayden Weakley - Brianna Woods

NorthGRADE 4HONORS

Caleb Armstrong - Meredith Atkins - Katelyn BareEthan Brown - Bret Bullington - Ellison Carlson

Cloe Coon - Adam Cox - Audrey Crawford - Avery ElpersJaden Englert - Kody Gardner - Lyndsey GentilRiley Hart - Brianna Johnson - Suzanne JohnsonTristain Joseph - Bryer LaMar - Madison Lance

Addyson Lingafelter - RuthAnn Meyer - Samuel MyersRachel Newman - Kayla Orpurt - Julianne PardonAnnastasia Patterson - Megan Payne - Ella Rapp

Eyan Rice - Alexa Simmons - Andon SorrellBraden Willis - Mary Woolston

GRADE 5HONORS

Samuel Belt - Jaxson Bender - Brooke ColemanAdam Cox - Samuel Cox - Victoria Crawford

Jevin Downen - Makenna Elpers - Draike FarrarHaylee Gengelbach - Kennedy Hallam - Ian Heinlin

Makenzie Helfert - Tristin Keepes - Gaige KihnKimberly Korff - Hayleigh Latham - Lucas Marvel

Destiney Nottingham - Marcus Orpurt - Garrett ParkerBraden Schipp - Carmin Stinchfi eld - Jaydyn Wehmer

Jaxon Wiggins - Caitlin Williams - Cody WrightGRADE 6HONORS

Emily Abernathy - Camden Bender - Cierstin BostianMegan Brenton - Paige Carlson - Emma Cook

Faith Droege - Zachary Eagan - Sean EgliTristen Fisher - Emily Fortune - Emma Goebel

Brooklen Gries - Samantha Lane - Preston LockwoodSophia Martin - Tristan Martin - Samantha Payne

Isaac Pearison - Kyle Perry - Blake SchmittAnne Stegall - Cameron Tepool - Haley Terhune

Tanner Tichenor - Braelyn Vessels - Nickolas WileyHaley Wilson - Logan Woods

HIGH HONORSCaleb Dyson - Evan Herr - Blaise Kelley - Grant MartinMegan Muensterman - Laura Cumbee - Johnson Koester

Emma Lamble - Sam Muensterman - Isaac SchellerLogan Wunderlich - Noah Blankenberger - Jenna Fehrenbacher

Alaina Spahn - Tanner Schickel - Casey Straub - Jenna ZirkelbachLindsey Koester - Kathryn Muensterman

HONORSEvan Cates - Will Kiesel - Savana Schneider - Ethan BaumholserRaice Straub - Alex Gries - Grant Schneider - Jared Wilderman

Syl Folz - Mitch Hall - Claire Muensterman

St. WendelGRADES 5-8

Paying for college is not easy but will seem less daunting after dispelling some misperceptions about college fi nancing.

First, regardless of your family’s income, fi ll out the FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov). This essential form is used by the federal and state governments and your student’s school to determine college fi nancial aid. The application deadline is March 10. Free help in fi lling out the FAFSA is available at community-based sites across Indiana on College Goal Sunday, February 23 (www.collegegoalsunday.org).

College Board offers additional information and advice:College costs. During the last 30 years, the average pub-

lished tuition and fees at four-year private schools have in-creased by 153 percent to $30,094 and by 231 percent to $8,893 at four-year public schools. Room and board averages an additional $9,000 - $10,000. However…

Most families don’t pay sticker price for tuition and fees. The actual average price paid by students for tuition and fees (excluding room and board) is $3,120 at four-year public schools (65 percent below sticker) and $12,460 at four-year private schools (59 percent below sticker). In fact, after ad-justing for infl ation, the net cost of tuition and fees at private colleges is 8 percent lower than a decade ago.

About two-thirds of full-time students receive fi nancial aid. The average undergraduate receives $13,370 in fi nancial as-sistance: $7,190 in grants, $4,900 in federal loans and $1,280 in tax credits, deductions and Work-Study.

Good news for low income families. A four-person house-hold with income of $43,568 or less is eligible for Indiana’s 21st Century Scholarship and the federal Pell Grant. A student with these grants will pay nothing for tuition and fees at In-diana public schools and an average of just 10 percent of the tuition and fees at four-year private schools.

Middle and upper income families can receive fi nancial assistance. For families in the top half of household income, fi nancial aid reduces the public school sticker price by 25-33 percent and the private school sticker price by 40-50 percent.

Federal tax credits and deductions can help. Many upper in-come families are eligible for the federal education tax credit and deduction. The tax credit is available to households with adjusted gross incomes (AGI) as high as $180,000. In fact, 21 percent of tax credit dollars went to households with AGIs higher than $100,000, and 57 percent of tax deduction dollars went to households with AGIs between $100,000 - $160,000. The tax credit and deduction on average are worth $1,330.

College loans. According to the Institute for College Access and Success, 71 percent of college graduates compile an aver-age debt of $29,400. Indiana is below the national averages, with 64 percent of graduates holding average debt of $27,886.

Just as you should not commit to a large mortgage for a house you cannot afford, you also should borrow wisely for college. According to the Indiana Commission for Higher Ed-ucation (www.learnmore.org), total college loan debt should not exceed the student’s expected fi rst-year salary.

Lower your debt further by earning your degree in four years (or less). The average student loan per school year is $4,900. A student who graduates in four years would have stu-dent loan debt of $19,600 (33 percent lower than the national average).

Two-year public institutions can be an affordable alterna-tive. Two-year schools can help you save money. You can earn

Paying for college: yes, you can do itan associate degree in two years and then transfer those cred-its to a four-year school if you choose to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Full-time students in public two-year colleges on av-erage receive enough fi nancial aid to pay for tuition and fees, plus another $1,550 to pay other expenses.

Search for scholarships. A good place to start: www.tripto-college.org

Other families have fi gured this out, and you can, too. De-spite fi nancial challenges, the number of students going to college and graduating is rising. Since 2005, the number of undergraduate students has increased by 1.9 million. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of associate degrees awarded in-creased by 63 percent, and the number of bachelor’s degrees increased by 38 percent.

The payoff is worth the effort. Median family income for families headed by a four-year college graduate is $101,909, more than double the median income for families headed by a high school graduate.

Bill Stanczykiewicz is President & CEO of the Indiana Youth Institute. He can be reached at iyi@iyi.org and @_bill-stan

Hoosier students in grades six through 12 who are having trouble with math or science school work can get help by con-tacting Rose-Hulman In-stitute of Technology’s Homework Hotline.

Tutoring is provided over the phone by col-lege students who were recommended by their professors. These tutors are trained on how to best answer questions and ex-

plain diffi cult concepts to younger students.

The Homework Hotline can be accessed through May, Sunday to Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Toll free at 1-877-ASK-ROSE (275-7673)

Rose-Hulman also pro-vides ISTEP+, GQE and SAT resources, such as study tips and practice tests, to prepare students for these standardized tests.

Homework Hotline available

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HIGH HONORSSadie Redman - Ben Glueckert - Dominik KimmelKaden Koontz - Alijah Martinez - Haley Rutledge

HONORSDraven Barnes - Alicia Boarman - Mathania Burnett

Gio Carlino - Bailey Cox - Aiden Green - Hanah LittleScott Russell - Levi Thompson - Mariah Collins

Keirra Deig - Kaleb Goldesberry - Jacob LougharyKendra Osborne - Joshua Ricketts - Jaden Robb

Daycia Rowland - Calee Schneider - Hope StockerCherish Anderson - Payton Brock - Emma Davis

Lee Ewalt - Zachary Garza - Caitlin Melendez-AllredDarrell Moman - Brennan Schile - Avi Schneider

Isaac Shepherd - Destinee Spinks

HIGH HONORSKeaton Kern - Mahala Tinsley - Nolan Fischer

Tyler Rodgers - Clay WeilbrennerHONORS

Autumn McFadden - Braiden Royal - Emily SchaeferTyler Williams - Katrina Wilson - Zach Brock

Triston Clowers - Zach Culley - Luke Holder - Angel IvyEressea Markovich - Hope White - Alessandro Bommarito

Isis Hahne - Adrian Harper - Brady Hook Chris Newman - Abel Spindler

GRADE 5HIGH HONORS

Halle Bailey - Sydney Deno - Emily HueftleKaitlyn McDaniel - Brooke Jackson - Xavier Angel

Emma Clark - Logan Mayes - Jade Rhodes - Grace WhiteHONORS

Emma Clark - Caleb Doty - Elizabeth Ries - Damon WhitePayton Yates - Bryce Alldredge - Amber CollierVirginia Jeffries - Gabe Owens - Ross Stevens

Emma Thompson - Charles Bowman - Trevor FrisbyIsabella Kelley - Madisyn Meredith - Gavin Varner

West

GRADE 4

GRADE 3

MV Junior High SchoolDISTINGUISHED

Allyn, Grant - Bush, Ellen - Chaffi n, JohnathonClark, Dylan - Cole, Nathaniel - Collins, Demi

Courey, Alayna - Davis, Pake - Dye, JaxonEarhart, Kristen - Emerson, Jasmyne - Esche, Gary Guthrie, Landon - Hahn, Kaylee. - Hollinger, Hagan Jones, Margaret - Jones, Zachary - Krieger, Kaaleigh

Marshall, Johnathon. - Murray, DylanO’daniel, Madison - Paul, Kenzie - Phelps, Skylar

Rapp, Jackson - Rodgers, Madison - Snodgrass, Rhett Tanner, Katherine - Tanner, Nathan - Valier, Lauren

Yarber, EmmaMAROON

Alumbaugh, Katana - Ambrose, JordanAnderson, Alena - Austin, Breckan - Batteiger, Aaron

Collins, Taylor - Cordle, Ethan - Dixon, WadeDutkiewicz, Ian - French, Kayanna - Goldman, Blake Gossett, Miesha - Green, Elizabeth - Groves, Parker

Kelley, Tommy - Krie, Alivia - Love, CaleighMorton, Isaac - Nurrenbern, Hannah - Parmenter, Ethan

Pate, Brooke - Peralta, Allison - Rickert, SophiaRicketts, Brent - Ricketts, Brock - Rutledge, Zachary

Rye, Lindsey - Schaefer, Nicholas - Schutz, MyraSilvers, Emily - Slygh, Eric - Swain, KatelinThomas, Chase - Watson, Mary - Weis, Anna

WHITE Allen, Macy - Barker, Faith - Blankenship, Isaac

Bourne, Ashlyn - Bourne, Cole - Boyd, HalynCraig, Alex - Crissup, Lucas - Curtis, Nicholas

Doy, Kaylee - Hamilton, Collin - Hanmore, Brooklynn Hazlett, Emma - Henderson, Delayne - Henderson, Joni

Henn, Bryson - Lara, Hannah - Loehr, SavannahMarvel, Luke - May, Jackson - Mcintyre, Alyssa

Miller, Bailey - Miller, Evelyn - Quinzer, BronsonSchneider, J’lea - Stewart, Kyle - Wagner, Nathan M.

Williams, Austin C.

DISTINGUISHEDBaldwin, Jackson - Brown, Whitney - Bulkley, Madison Burke, Nathan - Crafton, Matthew - Denning, Hannah

Devine, Hannah - Duckworth, EmilyDutkiewicz, Dylan - Earhart, Lauren - Fields, Madison

Fisher, Hallie - Head, Kyleigh - Jewell, KirstonJulian, Joseph - Keitel, Lyndsay - Kingery, Jenna

Moffett, Kelsey - Morris, Caitlin - Muensterman, Pearl Parmenter, Jacob - Rapp, Noah - Reeves, Nathan

Rutledge, Sarah - Simpson, Alison - Underwood, Ashley Upshaw, Landon - Weis, Andrew - West, Johnathan

MAROONAdams, Katherine - Bredenkamp, Ellen

Buchanan, Kyle - Chaffi n, Jalayna - Cole, CydneyCurtis, Carley - Dausman, Audrey - Folz, Destiny

Foster, Elizabeth - Godinez, Jacqueline - Griffi n, GaryHobbs, Sadie - Hollinger, Riley - Johns, Caralyn

Johnson, Katie - Josey, Jalen - Kelley, SarahKrie, Dayton - Maxfi eld, Jaren - Nash, Kelsey

Peerman, Austin - Raibley, Ethan - Russell, MakennaSailer, Clay - Schmitt, Andrew - Singer, Devin

Sinnett, Hope - Stewart, Alex - Stolz, SethTolbert, Preston - Valier, Jack - Wacker, Jorden

Weintraut, Paige - Wells, Harrison - Williams, JordanWilson, Kambron - Wilson, Taylor

WHITE Bilby, Nathaniel - Brantley, Dawson - Brown, Darra

Chamness, Johnathon - Coburn, SkylarCox, Caroline - Crossen, Brady - Dowden, Dante

Driver, Travis - Green, Laurin - Krouse, KalebLong, Kailyn - Mercer, Luke - Miller, Nikolas

Montgomery, Katelyn - Parkinson, BryanPlough, Madelyn - Rice, Kaelen - Ricketts, Kylee

Robinson, Jake - Schneider, Michael - Sims, IsabellaSlaton, Cody - Timmons, Lindsey - Topper, Kyle

Walker, Elizabeth

DISTINGUISHEDBilskie, Leah - Bippus, Nina - Boerner, TristanBrauser, Drake - Carlisle, Adam - Clark, Tobi

Collins, Margaret - Courey, Maiya - Crawford, Meredith Culley, Logan - Curl, James Jr - Epley, Cora

Gerard, Erica - Ghrist, Megan - Harms, BryleyHarper, Jonathan - Hawley, Clara - Henning, Braden

Hueftle, Jonathan - Jones, Daniel - Lang, HannahLudlow, Kassandra - Mitchell, Jake - Ricketts, Camron Robison, Ariel - Schirtzinger, Janell - Shripka, Bralyn

Thomas, Samuel - Tucker, Nicole - Turner, MariaVarner, Benjamin - Walker, Amber - Weilbrenner, Emma

- Wilson, MitchellMAROON

Benthall, Olivia - Blunt, Adam - Brock, AlliyahClaxton, Jake - Cox, Elizabeth - Emerson, BlakeFarley, Chloe - Franks, Ashley - Gansman, Alexis

Garman, Mark - Gibbs, Brooklyn - Gilpin, Gabrielle Harris, Luke - Kershaw, Elisabeth - Kimmel, BailieKrieger, Kyle - Marshall, Lauren - Miller, Morgan

Nolan, Kailyn - Ohning, Everett - Price, RachelReising, Jacob - Robb, Zachary - Russell, Haley

Scates, Zoey - Shell, Kaytlyn - Sims, TyThompson, Tory - Tucker, Jaycie - Veatch, Reid

WHITE Adler, Michael - Bannister, Morgan

Batteiger, Zachary - Beeson, Tyler - Bourne, Courtney Brakie, Derek - Burden, Elijah - Cox, Valerie

Denning, Nicole - Dickhaut, MackenzieGelarden, Alysa - Gerton, William - Gore, AdamHamilton, Jason - Harmes, Alexis - Harms, Chase

Harms, Colton - Henderson, Teddy - Krieger, Kaaleb Latshaw, Danner - Mccarty, Emily - Mcgennis, Luke

Osborne, Caleb - Pate, Curtis - Pate, WilliamPlouchard, Zakari - Rexing, Emily - Ricketts, Drake

Rietman, Justin - Robinson, Addie - Saltzman, Elizabeth Santoro, Timothy - Schroeder, William - Selke, Maci

Sharber, Seth - Sitzman, Logan - Spickler, ClaraSutton, Ethan - Walls, Tyler - Wire, Nathan

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

MV Senior High SchoolGRADE 9

GRADE 10

GRADE 11

HIGH HONORSMadison L. Denning - Adam C. Hoehn - Livia M. Hopper

Riley M. Keating - Kristopher R. Mckinney Matthew R. Meador - Taylor L. Pharr - Samantha M. Reese

Cassidy K. Reinitz - Levi B. Shannon - Todd A. ShefferMackenzie S. Stratton - Julian A. Suar

MAROONFaith M. Alldredge - Caitlin N. Bledsoe - Adam J. Boerner

Morgan A. Bottomley - Heather M. Bremer - Zoe K. BurkhartCody Chase - Shawna R. Clark - Sean A. Cutsinger

Melanie A. Davis - Austin M. Denning - Amanda J. DuckworthCourtney S. Duckworth - Andrew Evans - Megan A. Evans

Merrie A. Fischback - Ryan P. Goeltz - Eli J. GoforthAustin J. Guthrie - Cara M. Hoskins - Dakota W. KnowlesJessica S. Lamar - Ryan P. Magruder - Olivia M. MartinHillary M. May - Shawn C. Mays - Hannah K. Mccarty

Mackenzie P. Mcclarney - Katelynn M. McdonaldBryce W. Newman - Brandon D. Nolan - Sara N. O’neil

Tara N. Parker - Amber S. Petrig - Jacob N. PooleSydne M. Postletheweight - Mariah S. Pyle - Taylor J. Schmidt

Brendon J. Schmitt - Emily K. Searcy - Olivia L. SeaseMathew R. Seifert - Catherine R. Siegel

Madison D. Snodgrass - Micheal A. Stephens-EmersonCheyenne L. Strobel - Donna M. Stuffl ebeam

Allison C. Threet - Erica N. Tidwell - Alexia TomlinsonTrevor A. Veeck - Dane M. Wilson - Devyn M. Wilson

Jacob D. Zoch GRAY

Brittany D. Adams - Bryce M. Beck - Haley M. BiggsMicheal A. Cannato - Dj A. Dickens - Jacob A. Driver

Elijah E. Ericksen - Hannah J. Ewers - Marshall M. HadleyWilliam J. Hershey - Colton C. Irvin - Craig A. Isaac

Kinsey A. Johnson - Gwendolyn S. Jolley - Erik S. KalschAlexandria R. Kershaw - Charity Konrath - Jade R. Kopp

Thomas Martin - Eric S. Miles - Cortland A. PaceMarshall J. Powers - Taylor P. Riddick - Luke J. Rohlman

Kendyl K. Scheller - Brooke N. Simpkins - Brooke E. SummersSydney M. Turner - Mercedes L. Wacker - Jacob M. Whaley

Aric P. White - Erica R. Winiger

GRADE 12

HIGH HONORSClara L. Baggett - Rachel A. Burke - Kaysie M. CollinsJared B. Henning - Caleb A. Rice - Jessica M. Robinson

Tyler W. Sellers - Lisa Walz - Ellie S. WeilbrennerHunter C. Wilson - Erin A. Wolf

MAROONGrace M. Baldwin - Hunter C. Brooks - Katelyn E. Brown

Zoee N. Brown - Kelsey L. Bruno - December E. DavisRaquel K. Denning - Breanna Devault - Andrea M. Dick

Riley R. Goad - Lucas T. Goings - Caitlin M. GrossMiranda J. Holbrook - Elisabeth Konrath - Riley K. Marshall

Devin T. Mccune - Briar J. Murphy - Melissa K. PfeifferAbigail E. Randall - Kellen A. Ray - Isaac B. Redman

Colten C. Reynolds - David W. RheinhardtHollie A. Robinson - Madison M. Seib - Brock D. Sigler

Glynnes D. Stewart - Katie N. Tucker - Jacey L. WestKaitlin R. Whaley - Savannah J. Bush

GRAY Wesley A. Alldredge - Zackary N. Allyn - Tarah J. Brown

Stefanie D. Bulla - Austin T. Colson - Ashlyn CoxNatasha L. Davis - Levi A. Duckworth - Erin M. Garman

Samantha A. Gowdy - Brittany M. Harpool - Kandis HeathMitchell R. Jackson - Alexis Jennings - Andrew M. JohnsonKurt D. Kissinger - Garrett M. Kitterman - Austin K. KrizanZachary G. Laubner - Daniel L. Long - Alyssa L. Marlowe

Antonia D. Metcalf - Cody L. Mobley - Austin J. MontgomeryHannah J. Padgett - Logan A. Reeves - Noah C. Roberts

Cheyenne M. Schmuck - Kaylee B. Scott - Ryker N. SlocumMorgan M. Swain - Keith P. Turner - Toni L. Waddell

Payton D. Whoberry - Lindsay N. Wilkerson - Josie K. Wooten

HIGH HONORSMara C. Canada - Katelyn J. Culley - Kameron N. DenningLauren M. Evans - Alexandra R. Goebel - Ethan P. HarmsSydney M. Irick - Johanna Kloepping - Kelley C. Mccloud

Alexis M. Nall - Gabrielle R. Pyle - Rachel A. RohlmanNaomi R. Seifert - Shyann K. Zwiefka

MAROONJared A. Cannato - Christian A. Carner - Taylor R. Culley

Wyatt J. Duckworth - Matthew T. Evinger - Daniele A. FaverAlex R. Godinez - Emily E. Keitel - Katelyn L. Keitel

Bryce W. Krizan - Kyle T. Lang - Morgan L. Mansfi eldTaylor S. Mccord-Koontz - Joselyn R. Mercer - Luke A. Rusher

Noah E. Salaman - Madison A. Simpson - Luke J. SteinhartDelaina C. Thurman - Lauren K. Wagner - Anna M. Zenker

GRAY Alex P. Axton - Marci M. Bilskie - Lane J. Blankenship

Coreena R. Brandenstein - Elizabeth H. Briggeler Damon L. Collins - Claudia E. Crawford - Jessica L. Cremeens

Hannah L. Cross - Madison R. Cross - Miranda D. FisherHaylee H. Ford - Zen A. Fulton - Drew N. Glover

Adam J. Grabert - Emma M. Lockhart - Jarod R. MaderKatlyn M. Marshall - Ellen M. May - Megan N. Mccarty

Destiney R. Mcdowell - Yuliana Neri-Gomez Jonathan R. Nurrenbern - James M. Peck - Bailey K. RedmanBrittany J. Rushing - Jillian M. Schirtzinger - Ethan M. Slygh

Riley D. Snodgrass - Star M. Tesdahl - Hayley M. TurnerAlexander R. Vantlin - Hadlee H. Whoberry

Mickaela M. Williamson

HIGH HONORSCaitlin M. Austin - Zachary R. Collins-Little - Tyler L. Davis

Tatiana M. Gilpin - Haley N. Goad - Forrest A. GottmanBrittney M. Grabert - Brooke K. Green - Jillian M. Koch

Rachel E. Krieger - Corinna S. Lambright - Taylor N. MattinglyDrew B. Mcnamara - Emily L. Miller - Ashlee N. Ricketts

Teena M. Walker - Caleb A. Woods MAROON

Mercedes N. Angel - Sydney M. Arendt - Aurora I. AugulisJacob M. Bailey - Taylor L. Brooks - Zoey M. Carr

Christiana R. Carron - Tanner J. Curtis - Adam L. DuckworthElizabeth D. Dunlap - Rachel L. Evans - Jody E. Fisher

Natalie L. Gerard - Morgan L. Henning - Blake A. JacksonKiara E. Jesch - Alyssa D. Juncker - James P. Marshall III

Chance K. Mcclarney - Macey D. MontgomeryCeleste D. Nobles - Nathan R. Nolan - Madison R. PowellScott K. Schroeder - Trey W. Tanner - Hunter A. Van Zant

GRAY Elizabeth N. Anderson - Mason N. Clark - Mykayla G. Cox

Benjamin E. Dickhaut - Samantha R. Forsee - Todd R. GhristAmir M. Ghulam - Dalton C. Goff - Sarah E. HernandezDaylinn N. Hunt - Collin M. Jackson - Micah S. KellerMarissa C. Kiessling - Paul Konrath - Cade D. LatshawCameron P. Maier - Dylan O’toole - Cole G. Osborne

Walker T. Paris - Mason J. PostletheweightSavannah J. Quinzer - Wade R. Ripple - Whitney K. Schaefer

Hannah L. Schmidt - Martin D. Seifert - Makala B. SelkeKatelyn M. Sizemore - Bailey N. Sucharitakul

Elaine L. Thomas - Shane J. Vantlin - Mitchell L. VeeckChase N. West - Matthew A. Zoch

HIGH HONORSKama Alumbaugh - Ryli Bulla - Brady Ford

Garet Hollinger - Mallory Kuhn - Kaden LeverenzKori Leverenz - Rylan Paul - Carson Tucker - Lera Wilson

HONORSRiley Angel - Aryan Baker - Alex Beirman - Olivia Culley

Andrew Davis - Lydia Deckard - Gracie DefurMax Dewar - Haley Duffey - Taylor Duffey - Taylor Jarvis

Grace Lueder - Jackson O’Daniel - Sydney RedmanDrake Ricketts - KayLee Roberts - Hannah Underwood

HIGH HONORSAlex Carlisle - Isaiah Forsee - Derek Hollinger

Dalton Kuhn HONORS

Alexis Anderson - Brady Bowman - Lane BransonTyler Brown - Christian Cole - Shelby Corbin

Parker Gross - Dru Henderson - Kenzie Hildebrandt Connor King - Julia Kingery - Trevor Loehr

Abbey Mavrick - Katherine Maxwell - Isaiah McFaddenBlake McFadin - Conner McKinney - Lucas Medley

Faith Morton - Chance Murphy - Isaac ParmenterMaci Potter - Jaden Wilson - Noah Woods

GRADE 5HIGH HONORS

Haley Curtis - Haley Davis - Jamie Glover - Sam HeckmanKelsey Lang - Kaitlyn Mansfi eld - Josh Robison

Brock Veatch - Jenna VeatchHONORS

Braden Dike - Nathan Duffey - Hannah Durham Lakishia Fawks - Abbey Keitel - Alex Keitel

Hayley Kueber - Hunter Philipps - Kelcey RickettsPaige Robinson - Kyle Simpson - Megan Simpson

Jackson Thomas - Savannah Weatherford - Emily Williams

Farmersville

GRADE 4

GRADE 3

HIGH HONORSColby Angel - Jack Campbell - Lyla Chandley

Ezekiel Daugherty - Hayden Deckard - Jaley HamiltonMaxwell Hamrick - Nathan Howard - Julianna Jernigan

Lucas King - Shelby Lang - Chance LuederEthan Mansfi eld - Dylan McCarty - Addy McFadin

Blaine Morgan - Walker Ousley - Lowell Pierce Maddox Potter - Barrett Robison - Layne Thompson

Alaina Whaley HONORS

Evan Brantley - Bryce Dyehouse - Trenton Herrington Ethan Russell - Zoe Straw

GRADE 1

HIGH HONORSCora Bell - Mack Conyers - Logan Dutkiewicz

Landon Mitchell - Piper Osban - Aiden PaulAbram Thomas - Hadley Weatherford

HONORSEthan Adams - Ellen Aldrich - Hadley Barritt

Hudson Barritt - Sarah Beirman - Cassidy Brown Abrianna Choate - Emma Fisher - Mitchell Hamrick

Asher Haney - Brooklyn Krieger - Luke Morgan Spencer Philipps - Josh Shumate - Connor Stevens

Reagan Sullivan - Leslie Swain - Danielle Underwood

GRADE 2

Saint PhillipsHIGH HONORS

Julia Dassel - Paige Miller - Esther Wannemuehler-HONORS

Madison Boehman - Scott Fitts - Dale Hile - Chloe MillerEthan Mulherin - Joshua Perkins - Cooper Thompson

Jackson Wannemuehler - Sam Weinzapfel

HIGH HONORSLydia Allerellie - Olivia Clark - Jacob Merkley

Mallory WeberHONORS

McKenna Birchler - Nicholas Carter - Allison DeegKane Egli - Hannah Fehrenbacher - Alyssa Goebel

Austin Gratz - John McGrew - Anna MollGRADE 7

HIGH HONORSKassidy Masterson - Kylie Miller - Zachary Norman

HONORSAllie Goodin - Abigail Kempf - Kailee McBride

Zach Vaughn - Hannah Winiger

GRADE 6

GRADE 5

HONORSBrooke Berry - Lindsey Fleck - Robert Helfrich - Bran-

don Kempf - Madelyn Maurer - Lindsay Merkley - Logan Riney - Audrey Wannemuehler - Amber Wells

GRADE 8

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Marshall Frank, Pistol Pete, Eaton took off his ten gallon hat and waved for the coaches and captains to meet him at the fi fty yard line.

“Boys, there ain’t a lot of penalties going to be called as I am the only offi cial. I’ll keep time on my pocket watch and signal the kickoff, fi rst quarter, half-time, third quarter and end of game with one shot into the ground. I have already collected all the fi rearms and Bowie knives and put them in the Colored church under the guard of four sober black boys. Fightin’ ain’t going to be tolerated. If you fi ght, you’re out of the game. Gouging, out. No hidden ball tricks. Any ques-tions?

“This here 1924 double eagle gold piece will say who receives each half. Since no one is the home team, the eagle will be for Haskell and the lady for the Cowboys. ‘Ere ya ready? It’s the eagle. Which way do you Cowboys want to kick? Toward Bird Creek? Okay, line ’em up!”

Frank McDonald and Richard Hanley sent out their receiving team as the Cowboys non-chalantly pretended to be bored. The Cowboy

players sauntered to their kick off positions evincing disdain for the smaller, younger and darker Indians.

BANG!The infl ated pigskin

boomed off the toe of Emmet McLemore and tumbled out of the north end zone.

When the teams faced off at the Haskell twenty yard line, Rudy Comstock and Steve

Owen could hear one of the Cowboys threat-ening the young Haskell players: “Careful, Injuns. You aren’t going to make your dead Injuns proud. You’re going to meet ‘em real soon!”

Owen recognized the voice of Joe Guyon, the Cowboy quarterback and defensive linebacker.

Haskell tried a running play behind Owen and Comstock, but a Cowboy player ran right over the players Guyon was talking to and tack-led John Levi in the backfi eld.

When Haskell huddled up for the next play, Owen and Comstock could tell the college boys had been at fi rst intimidated and then angry.

“Guys, listen up. Don’t let these profes-

sionals rattle you. Beat them by ignoring their jargon. By the way, Joe Guyon, the fella who was doing the talking, is himself a Chippewa Indian from Wisconsin. He’s just trying to get you rattled. It worked that time. Don’t let it hap-pen again.

“Let’s run that same play until we get to mid-fi eld. Whatever you do, don’t fumble!”

Haskell tried two more running plays out of Owen’s A Formation with the ball being cen-tered to a different back each time. Unfortu-nately, the same result was achieved. John Levi dropped back and punted the ball almost over the Colored church just beyond the south end zone.

The Cowboys were laughing out loud as they lined up for their fi rst play from scrim-mage. Joe Guyon tossed a lazy forward pass over Dave Bible, Haskell’s right defensive end, to Johnny Milton, the Cowboys’ left offensive end. Haskell’s right safety, George Levi, made a touchdown saving tackle at the Cowboy thirty-fi ve yard line.

Owen called for one of Haskell’s two fi rst half time outs.

“Come over to our sideline boys.”

Owen grabbed a slate and a piece of white chalk from the equipment bag. “Dang it! We went over this. Remember the Umbrella De-fense? Well, run it! Now listen up. Remember how the two ends drop back along with the middle linebacker? John and George, you must start out here, behind our defensive center, Al-bert Hawley, in the middle of the defense until you see which way the pass is going. Then rush to the receiver. Got it? Okay, no more slip ups.

“Speaking of slip ups, it’s obvious the Cow-boys can’t get any traction on this frozen fi eld. Use your superior footage to your advantage. We got these guys right where we want them.”

Otipoby muttered, “Yeah, running right through us like the Battle of the Washita.”

Rudy Comstock grabbed Otipoby by the shoulder pads and then slapped his helmet. “You want to quit? Get off this fi eld now!”

“Aw, Rudy, I was just mad. I know we can win. Let me show ya, please.”

“All right, but you’d better get your tail out from between your legs and show some Indian spirit. As for the rest of you, quit taking those Cowboys head on. Use some side leverage. Better yet, use some brains!”

Chapter 26 - Skull Sessions

GAVELGAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE

Every year, during the leg-islative session many different topics are discussed and de-bated. Since I was elected, one issue that has been especially important to me is education. Having been in the educational fi eld for twenty years, I have been able to work one-on-one with students, teachers, parents and legislators to dis-cover different ways we can innovate Indiana’s educational system. Currently two of my bills, House Bills (HB) 1064 and 1213, deal with career and technical education on an in depth level.

This past summer, I was able to meet with industries that currently have jobs avail-able, but are struggling to fi ll their positions because there is a shortage of available, skilled workers. Babcock & Wilcox, located in Mount Vernon, has experienced diffi culty fi nding

skilled technical workers need-ed for the tri-state area. More than 90 percent of the facility’s 155 jobs are highly skilled technical positions. There are currently 10 positions open with at least fi ve machinist positions that have remained unfi lled for more than a year. Its skills such as problem solv-ing, communication, technical reading and applied mathemat-ics and sciences that aren’t being taught in schools, and therefore, people are lacking afterwards. To address the skills gap here in our state, we must address it where it starts, the classroom. Through House bills 1064 and 1213, we will narrow in on these issues in an attempt to prepare students to be successful upon graduation in the private sector.

My fi rst bill, HB 1064, calls for the Indiana Career Coun-cil (ICC) to study and review

CTE programs to better under-stand their effectiveness and effi ciency in school systems. CTE programs are essential in growing industries such as sci-ence, technology, engineering and mathematics.

I am excited for this bill because it will lead to bet-ter outcomes in employment alongside an increase of the utilization of resources in schools. Focusing on ways we can innovate education to make them more compatible and relevant to what Indiana needs now, we can directly address workforce develop-ment. This bill recently passed unanimously in the House and is heading to the Senate for further consideration.

HB 1213 relates to the de-velopment of a Career and Technical Education Diploma. Currently, there is a one-size-fi ts-all approach with the Core

40 diploma. Students have options with the Academic Honors diploma and Techni-cal Honors Diploma, but those options simply can’t get at the grit of the skills gap problem. As the Director of Early Col-lege High School, I am con-stantly aware of graduation requirements, and due to the lack of diversifi cation of the Core 40, it is diffi cult to ad-dress the skill sets needed to fi ll jobs that give students the opportunity to be engaged, lifelong learners in their career and life.

HB 1213 will call for the ICC to create a subcommit-tee consisting of members of each council, representatives of CTE programs, the Depart-ment of Education, and mem-bers from colleges around the state. This subcommittee will help create requirements for the CTE diploma alongside curricula that would better represent this diploma and prepare students for the work-force. With courses involving math and sciences directly related to the skills needed for the career students choose, this diploma will offer stu-dents an open door to enter into industry more quickly. HB 1213 was passed by the House unanimously and is now headed to the Senate for further consideration.

As the 2014 legislative ses-sion nears the halfway mark, I am eager to see these bills advance and look forward to their positive effect they will have on Indiana.

Rep. McNamara (R-Mount Vernon) represents portions of Posey and Vanderburgh counties.

Guest Column State Rep. Wendy McNamaraA great future starts with a great education

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Letters to the Editor

I’m writing to thank Mount Vernon residents for their gen-erosity in helping thousands of suffering children world-wide this Christmas. Through their efforts, we were able to collect 473 shoeboxes - fi lled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items - for Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. These simple gift-fi lled shoeboxes communicate to needy children that they are loved and not forgotten.

Although drop-off loca-tions in Mount Vernon are closed until November 2014,

shoebox gifts can be packed any time. Gifts are received year-round at Samaritan’s Purse (801 Bamboo Road, Boone, N.C., 28607) or us-ing the project’s online tool, where donors can virtually build a box. To get involved, visit samaritanspurse.org or call (937) 374-0761.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in this proj-ect. A simple gift, packed with love, can communicate hope and transform the lives of chil-dren worldwide.

Sincerely, Bonnie FreemanOperation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child says Thank You

For the fourth year in a row Senator David Long has sandbagged Time Zone resolutions by assigning them to his committee and then not giving them a hearing. What issues do he and other legislative leaders want kept from public scrutiny? Is it exposure of the myth about Eastern Time’s benefi ts to Indiana businesses? Possibly the reali-ties of how unsafe it is for Indiana’s 850,000 Eastern Time students when the public learns the details about students being killed, assaulted, robbed, and seriously injured while traveling to school in the dark. How about hearing of the hardships that 800,000 Hoosiers have to contend with on a daily basis because of the time zone bound-ary that divides 18 Indiana counties? Or maybe testimony from Indiana’s 90,000 construction workers and Indi-ana’s family farmers about how Eastern Time’s sunlight schedule delays their workday and causes unnecessary hardships for them and their families? What about the in-conveniences to millions of Indiana’s sports fans caused by the lateness of nationally broadcast events? Can they risk having taxpayers learn about the exorbitant amounts of money allocated for education that are being wasted by school delays caused by Eastern Time’s sunlight schedule ($71 million so far this year). What would happen if busi-nesses caught on to how much school delays are costing them in cancelled appointments, meetings, etc.?

In January a petition for the redress of eighteen spe-cifi c grievances was fi led with the General Assembly by the Central Time Coalition and supported by signed peti-tions of 25,000 Hoosiers and 47 school districts. Is this the year that legislators fi nally tell their leaders ‘enough is enough’ and appoint a study committee to conduct a fair and thorough evaluation of these issues? We hope so be-cause these issues affect all Hoosiers. More information is available at www.hoosiersforcentraltime.com

Susannah H. Dillon, presidentCentral Time Coalition, Carmel, IN

Enough is EnoughI’ve enjoyed the winter Olympics. So

far as I write this there have not been any terror attacks and for this we are all glad.

The Olympics are expensive. Russia has spent in the mega billions to host this world event. The competition of athletes from around the world is inspiring.

I’ve never been to Russia but after watching these events on television I be-lieve I would like to go. Russia has been one of those places that seemed almost off the planet for modest travelers such as myself. I suspect that I have traveled abroad more than the average American. Beyond a doubt there are good people in every place I’ve ever been.

All over the world people are people. They are just like us. They need food to eat, some clothes to wear and shelter. Consider the hurting people of Syria. They just want some peace and rest. People have children and want the best for them.

Throughout the planet people try to get ahead as much as they are able. Most of the world population would simply like to better themselves with stronger incomes so they can purchase a little more of what the world offers for each of them. People have physical and emotional/spiritual needs all across the world.

Many of us have looked at different parts of the world with much suspect and rightly so. There are terrorists that plot against our nation who have proven their hatred for the United States. We must keep strong defense and strong intelli-gence programs that are on the lookout for our safety.

With this said I believe that most of

the world, including Russia, is fi lled with good people. The Olympic games are expensive but cheaper than war. More than ever before we need the di-plomacy and understanding that comes from International engagement such as these games. Too many times our world leaders sit in their ivory towers on differ-ent sides of the globe acting as if they are in a chess game with the people of the world as their pawns. Instead we need more interaction.

I would like to see Vladimer Putin and other world leaders whom we have grown to fear, and even hate, playing basketball at the President’s nice bas-ketball court that we installed for him. Or maybe they could sip some tea in the rose garden. The world is becoming

smaller every day. We need to help each other as a people who basically need and want the same things.

There are hatemongers who will never rest until they have intimidated the free world into living behind closed doors and cringing in fear. However, the world will only benefi t if the good people of this world get to know each other better and work together to accomplish what most everybody wants, which is sim-ply peace, fulfi llment of some personal goals, and an opportunity to live long, safe and healthy lives.

Glenn Mollette is an American colum-nist read in all fi fty states. Contact him at GMollette@aol.com. Like his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glennmol-lette.

Guest Editorial: Glenn MolletteThe Olympics, Russia and America, People are People

The power of the federal government is out of control. As the state legislators at the recent Mount Vernon Assembly realized, Washington’s abuse of power-instigated by both Republicans and Democrats-must come to an end before it’s too late.

But few Americans know the people possess the power to make changes to the federal structure when Washington starts to abuse its authority.

Recent Congressional approval ratings are around 9 per-cent; how clear can it be that they are operating on their own interests? It is time that the people of the United States of American act on their opinion of Congress. It is time that the scale of power be balanced and brought more in line with a civil society – where the individual has more authority over their own lives.

Fortunately, when the national government becomes drunk with power, the states possess the authority to reorganize the government in a manner that preserves liberty. Article V of the Constitution allows states to call a convention for the pur-pose of proposing amendments to the Constitution. Using an Article V convention, the states can stop the spending spree, the power grabs of the federal courts, and the forfeiture of American sovereignty to the UN.

Citizens for Self-Governance has started the Convention of States Project to urge state legislators to call a Convention of States. To get involved visit our website, conventionof-states.com and our Facebook page, Facebook.com/conven-tionofstates.

We are approaching a crossroads. One path leads to the escalating power of an irresponsible centralized government, ultimately resulting in the fi nancial ruin of generations of Americans. The other path leads to freedom and the chance to once again be proud of these United States.

I’m choosing the path to preserve liberty by volunteering for the Convention of States Project in Indiana. If you would like to do the same, contact me at cosindianasw@gmail.com.

Scott ChamplinSW Indiana District Captain, Convention of States Project

Choosing the path to preserve liberty

A number of special events and activities are planned throughout the year to celebrate the historical town. A 10-day celebration is planned August 1-10 and will feature a pa-rade, children’s activities, 5K run, musicians, picnic, concert and other events. A calendar of events has been created on the town’s website: www.newharmony-in.gov and appears under the Bicentennial Events Calendar tab.

Items are being collected for a time capsule that will be buried in the lawn at the New Har-mony Workingman’s Institute in December. The time capsule won’t be opened for another 100 years.

Straw highlighted several projects the town is currently studying. He stated they received a $500,000 grant from the Offi ce of Com-munity and Rural Affairs for stormwater im-provements. The project is currently in the de-sign phase which he expects to be completed by February 20. He anticipates the project will be ready to go out for bids in March and hopes to complete it by January 2015.

They are also exploring the most cost-ef-fective option to remove the town’s gas util-ity line off the New Harmony Bridge. The $30,000 study gave several options including extending their gas line to Poseyville, Griffi n or boring underneath the Wabash River. They are also waiting on a quote from Vectren.

The third project under evaluation is the former New Harmony School building. The town paid $10,000 for the study to generate ideas on how best to use the space.

“It’s pretty hard to think of what you can put into a 60,000 square foot building that was built for a school,” Straw said.

The structure includes 30 acres. Straw an-ticipates the study to also be completed Febru-ary 20.

He noted that Phase 2 of the trail along the Wabash River was completed last year. He in-vited audience members to come back to visit the town in the summer and enjoy what the town has to offer.

Mount Vernon Mayor John Tucker ex-pressed his appreciation for the cooperation between members of the city council. He said without their hard work, many of their proj-ects would not have been completed.

The city is seeking a Stellar Community grant and hopes to fi nd a partner to share in the success of the grant. Tucker said other re-cipients of this type of grant have had greater success in being awarded the grant when they have a partner.

Mount Vernon has been extremely busy since Tucker came into offi ce in 2008. He said that over the last six years, the city has com-pleted over $33 million in projects.

On the top of that list, for Tucker, is the completion of the city’s long-term control plan.

“That’s probably one of the things I’m most proud of is completing the long-term control plan,” he said.

He explained when he became mayor in 2008, he faced a court order from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen-cy giving a timeline to eliminate the combina-tion of sewer overfl ows. The storm and sanita-tion sewers were running down the same line, overfl owing and pumping raw sewage into the Ohio River.

Tucker was happy to say that problem no longer exists today.

Last year, extensive and expensive upgrades were made to the water and sewer treatment plants. The city’s water plant is 130 years old but the work that was just completed included new fi lters, pumps, lines and electricity. The raw water intake lines were also replaced and the north and west booster stations were up-graded. The project came with an $18.5 mil-lion price tag.

The water plant upgrades enabled Mount Vernon to increase fl ow from 2.5 million gal-lons per day to 5 million gallons per day.

The upgrades to the sewer plant increased its volume from 4.5 million gallons to 9 mil-lion gallons per day.

The city was also recently notifi ed that the Indiana Department of Transportation will spend $3.2 million on improvements to State Street and Main Street.

It’s no surprise that the Midwest Fertilizer plant project would top the list of discussion items for Schmitz. He stated he never antici-pated that his signature would ever be attached to a project so large.

He explained the jail feasibility study is complete, and while there is a defi nite need for a new and larger jail, the schedule demands of the new fertilizer plant are pushing the jail project to the back burner. He said the com-missioners agreed to put the project on hold for six months.

He jokingly noted that the December 17, commissioners’ meeting made history as the longest one ever held at four hours and 20 minutes long. The South Road vacation topic was thoroughly discussed in that meeting with a large number of speakers and attorneys tes-tifying. Ultimately, their decision to allow the road to be vacated has caused a new lawsuit to be fi led against the commissioners.

Schmitz said that 36 miles of roads were improved in 2013 at a cost of $2.2 million. In addition, the county constructed two new bridges at Copperline Road and behind Wes-selman’s Shopping Center in Mount Vernon.

This winter, county road crews have already spread 5,000 ton of salt and sand on the roads. He added that Posey County is one of the only counties to still have sand stored and available for use.

Alan Blackburn explained the challenges of creating a county budget when the budget only received $254,000 in additional money. He said the county department heads submit-ted wish lists that totaled $11.6 million. They approved a budget of $10.1 million.

One of the biggest challenges the county faced was rising healthcare and insurance costs. He commended the work of a commit-tee comprised of county leaders as well as county employees to fi nd a way to continue to provide healthcare without any increase in county funds.

He said they worked with the same $1.6 million budget as they had the previous year and voted to increase employee deductibles and co-pays in order to meet the needs.

Blackburn acknowledged it will be an equally diffi cult process this year. He also shared in Baker’s lament over the state gov-ernment cutting the business property tax. He said it will eliminate $3.5 million from the county general budget if it’s not replaced.

Taylor was the last to address the audi-ence and he commended the work of county offi cials for “taking the bull by the horns to get the job done” in reference to the fertilizer plant project. He said he is often asked how the county was able to secure the lucrative deal without the support of Governor Pence. He responds with praise for the county lead-ers “who did what they were elected to do and listened to their constituents on what they wanted.”

Taylor added that “Posey County is ready to explode,” as new industry opportunities pres-ent themselves every day. He said the county is lucky to have the port and often develop-ment settles in the southern portion of the county because of the proximity to the port.

He announced that a public meeting regard-ing an air permit for the fertilizer plant will be held on Wednesday, February 26, at Mount Vernon High School. A groundbreaking cer-emony may be held as soon as May.

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Secretary of State Connie Lawson, right, pictured with State Representative Wendy McNamara upon comple-tion of her fi ling for re-election. Photo submitted

Andy Myszak and Andrew Myszak of architectural fi rm Myszak & Palmer along with The Landing’s property manager Cindy Perkins welcome area residents to come to The Landing’s Open House on February 20 from noon to 1 p.m. The Landing is a 15 year commitment to Mount Vernon, with a focus on growth of the community. Truly a community endeav-or that has changed the landscape of Mount Vernon, The Landing was brought to life by the following com-panies, Flaherty & Collins, Jim Higgs D e v e l o p m e n t , The 21st Century Group, City Real Estate Advisors, Fifth Third Bank, First Merchants Bank and Myszak & Palmer. Photo by Zach Straw

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do it, so the State Police will take that role over. If the house has been decon-taminated, it will be removed from the list. “This is just one small step forward in deal-ing with this epidemic,” she noted.

She is also sponsoring a Ca-reer Training Education Bill that will create a career train-ing diploma to be in the best interests of ‘kids and where they’re at’ and it has a lot of support. She garnered laughs when she told the group of over thirty people that she will need to go to school to learn more about the Football Con-cussion Bill she was asked to co-sponsor. ‘I’m a real football fan and I like a good hit that you can hear up in the stands as much as anyone.’

Representative Tom Wash-burne said his District 64 con-tains Cynthiana, Owensville, Poseyville, Griffi n and the St. Wendel graveyard, but not the church.

“On the state level , we have a wide range of topics from historic barns to feral cats in trailer parks. At all times, we must ask is our decision pru-dent? Are we spending the people’s tax money as we should?”

Washburne is opposed to removing the business per-sonal property tax. ‘The gov-ernor announced last fall that he wanted to do away with it and had no replacement money. Most of that tax goes back to local government and my counties get almost thirty percent of their budget from it. You just can’t yank money out from under them like that.’ He said losing the tax would have a disastrous effect on Posey County. He thinks that the bill came out of the House with not much change from present, but the Senate bill is pretty extreme. ‘It is a mov-ing target that will have to be hammered out in the next three weeks.’

Senator Tomes announced that he just learned that Posey County is number one in the state with 2,418 savings ac-counts for college. He is also preparing a resolution to cel-ebrate New Harmony’s Bicen-tennial and will invite some town reps to the ceremony.

Senator Tomes is concerned that citizens think that nothing is getting done when argu-ments abound over the Mar-riage Amendment. ‘The media makes it dominate, but actual-ly it has been around for three

to four years. We have con-sidered 423 bills in the Senate and over 800 total, including the House, in this short ses-sion.’

Tomes said he tries to help every constituent who comes to him for help with an issue as it’s important to that person and needs to be answered or resolved. He was asked about Senate Bill 91 on doing away with Common Core standards. He said the people of Indiana want to develop their own standards. McNamara, who helped to write Indiana Social Studies standards in the 90’s, said EVSC has spent seven billion dollars to implement

Common Core. “If we change that, I will be the loudest on the fl oor asking how are we going to reimburse them for textbooks and materials they ordered? You made it a man-date and they went with it, especially for K-3. I see the state not moving too far away from Common Core for this reason.”

Many in attendance were in favor of having a Convention of States to give power back to the people. They feel the fed-eral government is overreach-ing its boundaries into states rights. “The best way to get rid of a bad bill is to strictly en-force it,” Buschon said wryly.

Strieter stated he would like to form a com-mittee to research this process and report to the board in a few months on their fi ndings.

A generous anonymous donor gave $5,000 to the high school student activity fund. The board accepted the donation and which will be spent, per the donor’s request, in the fol-lowing manner: in the moderate/severe class-room, on a portable AED for the athletics de-partment and on Promethean Active boards for the classrooms.

In addition, the board approved Strieter’s request to spend an additional $2,500 from the extracurricular account to complete this project.

Strieter’s request to spend $3,350 in stu-dent activity money for improvements to the sound booth and auditorium were also approved. Kelly Trafton, English teacher and drama coach, intends to use the funds to purchase a cyclorama screen, eight new light fi xtures and two rotators for lighting effects.

The new equipment will be put to use in the upcoming Spring performance of The Little Mermaid.

Superintendent Dr. Todd Camp high-lighted a few of the projects the corpora-tion would like to complete this year. They include razing the old bus garage, remodel all three kitchens in each school, remodeling the bathrooms at North Elementary, improv-ing the security and surveillance system, new fencing and more technology improvements.

Camp stated he is working on gathering quotes for each of these projects and will present more information at the next meeting.

In other business, the board approved:• Revisions to the textbook rental policy

on when schedule changes and refunds can be given.

• Revisions to the acceptable use policy and substitute teacher network guidelines.

• A request by Shannon Schickel and Pam Schmitt to take the high school and junior high student council members to the Indiana State Student council Representative Assem-bly in Indianapolis on March 10-11.

• The purchase of a new pass-thru refriger-ator for the high school cafeteria. The refrig-erator will be purchased from Wabash Food Service for $6,849.45.

• A facility-use request from the Girl Scouts to use a classroom at South Terrace Elementary School on February 19, from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

• A request by Darrick Wiggins to hold a youth baseball camp for boys who are eight to 14, on February 17-20 and March 8.

•A request by Gary Gentil to hold a youth softball camp for girls who are six to 14 on February 24-27 from 6 – 8 p.m. in the high school gym.

• Strieter’s request to hire Robert Dale as the new high school boys’ soccer coach.

• Gentil’s request to have Jordan Redman, Taylor Patton and Kevin Wassmer serve as volunteer softball coaches.

• Michael Kuhn’s request to have Abby Mayer and Mitchell Kuhn as volunteer track coaches.

• A request by Lori Lingafelter, corporation treasurer, to cancel all outstanding checks that have been unpaid for the past two years.

The next meeting is scheduled on Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the corporation of-fi ce.

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2014 reserved youth turkey hunts on DNR propertiesYouth hunters can apply

for a reservation to hunt one of 21 DNR properties during the special youth wild turkey hunting season, April 19 and 20.

The hunters must be young-er than 18 on the day of the hunt.

The reserved hunts are at the following fi sh & wildlife areas (FWAs): Atterbury, Crosley, Deer Creek, Glendale, Hovey Lake, Jasper-Pulaski, Sugar Ridge, Kankakee, Kingsbury, LaSalle, Pigeon River, Roush, Tri-County, Minnehaha, Fair-banks Landing, Hillenbrand, Chinook, Winamac and Wil-low Slough.

Hunts will also take place at Salamonie and Mississinewa lakes.

The number of hunters al-

lowed on each property will be limited. Interested hunters or an adult representing them must register in person or by phone with the property they wish to hunt. Hunters should register between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. local time between March 17-21 or March 24-28. Hunters can register for only one property.

Those wanting to sign up for Fairbanks Landing and Chinook hunts may do so at Deer Creek FWA. Those wanting to sign up for Hil-lenbrand or Minnehaha hunts may do so at Goose Pond FWA. Those wanting to sign up for LaSalle may do so at Willow Slough.

At properties where the number of registered hunt-ers exceeds the spots avail-able, a drawing will be held on March 31. A youth hunter may be drawn for either one or both hunt days, depending on the number of applicants. All applicants will be notifi ed of drawing results by mail.

Applicants must possess a 2014 Youth Consolidated Hunting & Trapping License, a 2014 Non-Resident Youth Spring Turkey License with a game bird habitat stamp privilege, or Lifetime Com-

prehensive Hunting License. Apprentice hunting licenses of the types named above also may be used.

When registering a youth for one of the hunts, make sure to have the type of li-cense being used for the hunt and the license number.

Hunts will run one-half hour before sunrise until noon at properties in the Central Time Zone, and one-half hour before sunrise until 1 p.m. on properties in the Eastern Time Zone.

Youth hunters who are se-lected for the hunt may check in at any time each day until the end of legal hunting hours for that property. Properties will not have a daily ‘no-show’ drawing. Hunters inter-ested in possible unfi lled quo-tas at a property should phone that property for more infor-mation before showing up.

During youth wild turkey season, hunters younger than age 18 on the day of the hunt can take a bearded or male wild turkey. The youth must be accompanied by someone 18 or older.

The youth hunter may use any legal shotgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow. The adult accompanying the youth hunt-

er must not possess a fi rearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow while in the fi eld. The adult does not need to possess a tur-key hunting license unless the youth is using an apprentice license, or unless the adult is calling turkeys.

Phone numbers for infor-mation or to register at a spe-cifi c property:

Atterbury (812) 526-2051; Crosley (812) 346-5596; Deer Creek (765) 653-0453; Glen-dale (812) 644-7711; Goose Pond (812) 659-9901; Hovey Lake (812) 838-2927; Jas-per-Pulaski (219) 843-4841; Kankakee (574) 896-3522; Kingsbury (219) 393-3612; Pigeon River (260) 367-2164; Roush (260) 468-2165; Sugar Ridge (812) 789-2724; Tri-County (574) 834-4461; Wi-namac (574) 946-4422; Wil-low Slough (219) 285-2704; Salamonie (260) 468-2125; Mississinewa (765) 473-6528.

To purchase a Youth Con-solidated or Turkey license go to IndianaOutdoor.IN.gov.

For wild turkey hunting regulations go to dnr.IN.gov/fishwild/huntguide1/hunt-ing1.htm.

For turkey hunting safety tips go to dnr.IN.gov/fi shwild/hunt/turkey/turkeysafe.html.

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Indiana’s ‘CookIN Gone Wild’ video series now teaches view-ers not only how to prepare their wild game, but also how to har-vest it. The video series launched last year on Indiana DNR’s You-Tube channel and initially focused only on cooking. Now it also includes everything viewers need to know to harvest the featured fi sh or game animal, a format called fi eld-to-table.

The fi rst episode in the new format highlights steelhead trout and coho salmon fi shing on Trail Creek in Michigan City. Viewers will learn some steelhead and salmon biology, equipment require-ments and fi shing techniques, including some insider secrets.

Each video ends with a recipe for the harvested game. The steel-head episode offers a healthy, open-faced steelhead salad sand-wich. “We really wanted to offer viewers the entire experience,” said Michelle Cain, DNR wildlife information specialist and host of CookIN Gone Wild. “Showing that anyone can try new outdoor adventures is important to the future of hunting and fi shing. These videos give you everything you need to know to try it yourself.”

‘CookIN Gone Wild’ episodes are at youtube.com/idnrvid-eos. New episodes come out every other month. A downloadable cookbook and recipes are at wildlife.IN.gov/7562.htm. A selected recipe also appears in each issue of Outdoor Indiana magazine.

Future episodes will feature dove hunting, squirrel hunting, wild edibles and urban fi shing for catfi sh.

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By Dave PearceThe championship game

of the Forest Park basket-ball sectional proved a bit anti-climatic on Saturday evening as the Lady Vikings steamrolled upstart Tell City 42-17 to claim their second sectional title under cur-rent basketball coach Tracy Stroud. The previous one was fi ve years ago (2009).

The Vikings had, by far, the toughest road to the sec-tional championship game as they fi rst had to open against a solid Perry Central team.

In the semi-fi nals, they had to face the homestand-ing Forest Park Rangers, one of the last teams they faced in the regular season. Those match-ups are seldom easy and this one was no ex-ception.

Tell City and South Spen-cer, the two teams with the worst records in the Forest Park sectional, drew one an-other and the winner of that game was guaranteed a spot in the sectional champion-ship game.

But when the dust had settled in Ferdinand on Sat-urday night, there was no doubt as to the best team in the tournament as the Lady Vikings put the defensive clamps on the Lady Marks-men and used that defensive energy to their offensive ad-vantage to disassemble the Lady marksmen.

But the Lady Vikings started slow, scoring only

four points in the fi rst fi ve-and-a-half minutes of the contest. The Lady Vikings were getting their share of possessions but three times in that quarter, passes for fast break buckets were overthrown and ended up in turnovers.

But with 2:36 remaining in the fi rst quarter and nurs-ing a 4-3 lead, Stroud took a time out. Out of the time out, Hannah Harness scored on a put-back and Emma Werry found Worman open upcourt to help open a little breathing room at 8-3. But Tell City went inside to their superior height to score the fi nal points of the fi rst peri-od. North Posey held a slim 8-5 lead after one.

“Our biggest problem tonight, especially early, was not to beat ourselves,” Stroud said. “In the fi rst quarter, when we would come up with a turnover, it seemed like we would turn it right back over. We just were not playing with rhythm. But in the second quarter, we began to settle down and play our game.”

To open the second peri-od, Tell City used a lob pass to their 6-foot-1 center who pulled the Lady Marksmen to within 8-7 but the Lady Vikings would outscore Tell City 21-2 the remainder of the quarter to take an over-whelming 29-8 lead into the locker room.

Werry hit a free throw and Sanford nailed a 3-pointer.

Werry hit a pair of free throws and Tell City got a free throw. Brooklyn Ham-man snagged a rebound bucket and Hayley Harness hit a pair of free throws. Werry hit two more free throws on an over-the-back call on a rebound. Worman got a steal ahead to Werry for another bucket and Wer-ry then hit another pair of free throws. Worman came up with yet another steal and this time Sanford was the recipient of rebound basket before Worman’s 3-pointer ripped the nets as the half-time buzzer sounded.

The second half was much like the fi rst as the Vikings began the quarter with a steal but could not capitalize. The Lady marks-men went inside with the lob again but the Vikings had answers.

Hannah Harness drove the lane, scored and was fouled to open up a 32-10 lead. She went to the line each of the next two Viking possessions and hit 2-of-4 free throws to make the lead 34-10. Werry and Sanford each found Ra-chel Ungetheim open for back-to-back buckets for a 38-10 lead before another lob inside at 1:13 culminat-ed in a 3-point play for the Lady Marksmen to close out the quarter with the Lady Vi-kings leading 38-13.

The Vikings played keep-away throughout most of the fi nal period as Harness and Werry each had two points in the fi nal period to match Tell City’s four-point pro-duction.

In the opening game, the Vikings took on a solid Perry Central squad. But fresh off achieving one of their goals in winning the Pocket Ath-letic Conference champion-ship, the Lady Vikings were primed and ready. They jumped on the Lady Com-modores early and often on their way to a lop-sided win in the opener.

The Lady Vikings had fi ve 3-point baskets from three different players in

the opening period against the Lady Commodores as Madison Worman had three, Kayla Sanford and Hannah Harness all hit from deep as the Lady Vikes opened up a big lead in the fi rst quarter.

Perry Central scored on their fi rst possession of the contest and the Lady Vi-kings made sure that didn’t happen again for awhile. As a matter of fact, after that opening score, the Lady Vi-kings held the Lady Com-modores without a fi eld goal for nearly six minutes while opening up a 19-6 lead after one period of play.

The second period was nearly as lop-sided as the fi rst as the Viking defense gave up just four points while scoring 12 to put the game virtually out of reach, 31-10 at the half.

The Lady Vikes contin-ued the onslaught in the third period as Stroud went deep into his bench and still outscored the Lady Com-modores 16-11 in the third period of play.

Playing against the Viking reserves, Perry Central was able to put 19 points on the board in the fi nal period to close the gap to 58-40 at the buzzer.

Madison Worman led the Vikings with 14 points while Emma Werry and Kayla Sanford had 10 apiece. The Harness twins, Hayley and Hannah, each had six points while Rachel Ungetheim had four. Ally Brandenstein, Kristin Schorr, and Brook-lyn Hamman each had two points for the victorious Vi-kings.

“We probably played our best overall game against Perry Central,” Stroud said,

recapping the tournament. “We played solid defense all three nights but that was our best game both offensively and defensively.”

Stroud said his team played equally well against the home team in the semi-fi nals but with a much closer outcome.

Forest Park actually led at each of the fi rst three stops. The Lady Rangers held leads of 11-10, 22-17, and 28-26 at the fi rst three stops before the Lady Vikings outscored them 15-10 in the fi nal quarter to take a 41-38 win.

“I thought we got good shots against Forest Park and they looked good off our hands but they were rattling in and out,” Stroud said. “It was just one of those nights where nothing was falling and that made everything else tougher. But still we were able to play defense well enough to pull that one out.”

Worman carried the of-fensive load again for the Lady Vikings as she fi nished with 18 points while Han-nah Harness had 10. Hayley Harness fi nished with four while Werry, Kelsey Owen, and Sanford each fi nished with three.

Stroud said he is extreme-ly proud of this year’s team, particularly in the tough-ness area. Although he is not completely surprised by the level of success they have been able to enjoy so far, the early portion of the team’s schedule was extremely tough and the team lost a coup0le of games in the mid-season that were tough

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By Steven KocherspergerThe Indiana High School

wrestling post season con-tinued this weekend with fi ve Posey County wres-tlers competing in the semi state tournament at the Ford Center in Evansville on Sat-urday. All four Mount Ver-non wrestlers and the lone North Posey grappler gave all they had and walked away with their head held high and two were re-warded with a place in this week’s state fi nals in India-napolis.

It was a pair of Mount Vernon freshman who punched their tickets to the state fi nals Saturday. The fi rst of those freshman was Paul Konrath who contin-ues to wrestle on a high lev-el in the 106-pound weight class. Konrath opened his semi state day with a match up with Trevor Reese of Franklin Community. Kon-

rath beat Reese handily and was just one win away from qualifying for the state fi -nals this week. Konrath got that win in the second round when he beat Evan Bullock of Brown County. Konrath found himself in the semi fi nals and after winning that ended up having to wrestle Mater Dei’s Will Egli for the semi state championship in his weight class. Egli and Konrath met up last week in the Regional fi nals with Egli winning, but this week it would be Konrath who would go ahead and end the match victorious becoming the semi state champion of the 106 pound weight class.

Fellow Freshman Aus-tin Bethel also punched his ticket to the state fi nals this week as he ended his day in fourth place in the 126 pound weight class. Bethel started his day with a win over Brody Boles of

Mooresville. Bethel was down with just seconds left when he made a move on Boles with ten seconds to go and gained the vic-tory. That energy of the win carried over for Bethel as he battled and beat Nathan Schitter of Jasper 11-7 to qualify for the state fi nals. Bethel ended up losing the fourth place match up and heads into the state fi nals this week as a fourth place semi state fi nisher.

Those two freshman have breathed life into the Mount Vernon wrestling program and are showing that the future is very bright for the grapplers. Konrath and Bethel will head to India-napolis to battle on a stage that very few get to shine on. If this season is any in-dication of how it will go, Mount Vernon will end up being very proud.

Senior Wildcat Dane

Wilson won his opening match up but ended up get-ting pinned in the second match to end his season. Wilson ends his wrestling career as a successful semi state wrestler and will al-ways have that to hang his hat on.

The other two Posey County wrestlers that battled on Saturday were Tristin Choate of Mount Vernon and Shane Martin of North Posey. Both lost their fi rst round match-ups to end their great seasons. Both Choate and Martin compiled great records this season and battled to the very end.

All in all the Posey County wrestlers repre-sented their schools and our county very well in the state tournament. Good luck to Konrath and Bethel as they move on and compete this week in Indianapolis.

Two Wildcat freshmen in state fi nals

Lady Vikings add sectional title to 2014 exploits

See CHAMPS, Page B3

Wildcat coach Tim Alcorn hugs Austin Bethel after Bethel’s dramatic fi rst round win. Photo by Steven Ko-chersperger

Members of the North Posey High School girls’ sectional championship basketball team settled down for a picture just after capturing the title with a 42-17 win over Tell City on Saturday night at Forest Park High School in Ferdi-nand. Pictured, front row, left to right, are Kaitlyn Blankenberger, Emma Werry, Madison Worman, Kelsey Owen, Hannah Harness, Hayley Harness, and Shelbi Newcomer. In back are asst. coach Paul Rynkiewich, Kayla Sanford, Ally Brandenstein, Rachel Ungetheim, Coach Tracy Stroud, Celeste Hill, Brooklyn Hamman, Kristin Schorr, Kamryn Brandenstein, Cidney Colbert, and asst. coach Shawn Worman. The team’s record is 19-7. Photo by Dave Pearce

Senior members of the Forest Park Girls Basketball Sectional Championship North Posey Viking team are all smiles as they prepare to receive the championship trophy. Pictured are Hayley Harness, Madison Worman, Kelsey Owen, Hannah Harness, and Emma Werry. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey Game rescheduled, Regional ticket salesDue to the North Posey High School Lady Vikings winning the Forest Park Sectional and now playing in the Paloi Regional on Saturday Feb. 22, 2014. The Boys Basketball game scheduled

for Feb. 22, 2014 with Tell City has been postpone and resched-uled for Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, JV game starting at 6 p.m.

North Posey High School Girls Basketball Regional Tickets now on sale in the high school athletic offi ce. Season passes for the regional are $10 and are good for both sessions. Single session

tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door. North posey plays Eastern Perkin at 9:30 a.m. (CST) with the championship game at 7 p.m. (CST). Tickets will remain on sale until 1 p.m.

(CST) on Friday, Feb 21, 2014.Umpires needed

Mount Vernon Youth Baseball is looking for people to become umpires for the 2014 season. Season begins mid April thru June. If interested, you will be required to attend classes and some on fi eld training. Pay is $15 to $25 per game and you can pick your schedule. If interested contact Gary Dickens at 838-9360, Brian Krieger at 781-0850 or Joe Rutledge at 307-0051. Classes begin

February 23 from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Lions Club Clubhouse.Baseball Camp set

North Posey High School baseball coach Darrick Wiggins has announced that Baseball Camp has been set for February 17 and

19 for 7-11 year-olds and February 18 and 20 for 12-14 year-olds. Walk ins are welcome. Bring gloves, bats and tennis shoes. Camps includes an open facility opportunity on March 8, from 9

a.m. until noon.Spring Soccer registration announced

The Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation would like to an-nounce that registrations are now available for Spring Youth

Soccer and Spring Adult Softball. The forms can be found at the Parks and Recreation offi ce and online on Facebook, the city

website, or the new recreation website: http://mvparks.blogspot.com/

The deadline for Spring Youth Soccer is Friday, March 7. Age range is 4- to 12-year-olds, boys and girls. Cost is $35 per par-

ticipant, $20 for sibling. The season will begin the week of April 7. New weekly clinics will be utilized to assist coaches and offer each participant the same training and experience. Local coaches

and current and former players will assist with the clinics. The deadline for Spring Adult Softball is March 14. The

Spring Fee is $350 per team. Play begins March 21. For any questions or concerns please contact Recreation Manager

Scott Royer at sroyer@mountvernon-in.com.

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By Jackie Maier,On February 1, 2014 Posey

County was one of the many counties that participated in the ‘Polar Plunge’ at Scales Lake in Boonville.

The ‘Polar Plunge’ is a yearly fundraiser that the Special Olympics host in many states in the US. Its goal is to raise money to help sponsor Special Olympic Athletes.

This year Posey County had three teams that took the ‘plunge.’ The Mount Vernon Key Club: Grace Baldwin, Kelsey Bruno, Michael Can-nato, Jade Copp, Katie Huff, Chance McClarney, Macken-zie McClarney, Tara Parker and Whitney Schaefer. ‘Team

Hypothermia:’ Nick Brunes, Sandy Brunes, Vicki Daws, Kari Denning, Hannah Dun-can, Leigh Dunkan, Rebekah Duncan, Bud Feldkamp, Jennifer Grunow, Bran-don Leach, Dakota Logan, Rick Long, Courtney Nalin, Randy Parker, Cody Peer-man and Kris Scarafi a. The North Posey Key Club: Nora Beuligmann, Joe Deuerling, Brock Morris, Quinn Mus-grave, Jenifer Neidig, Joe Neidig, Cody Nueffer, Sara Nueffer, and Nathan Teel. In-dividual: Bobbi Boyd.

Randy Parker was award-ed the ‘Top Individual Fund-raiser’ award during the Po-

lar Plunge. He raised nearly $2,200.

Although the temperature that day was in the 50’s the weather leading up to that day kept the water frozen. In order for the plungers to get into the water they had to break more than fi ve inches of ice from the lake. This made for an icy plunge to say the least. This was one of the biggest turn-outs for the Po-lar Plunge in Boonville with over 300 plungers.

I want to thank all those that took the plunge and raised money for the athletes and many thanks to those that so graciously donated.

By Steven KocherspergerThe Mount Vernon swim team had a week

to remember as the boys won big at home Thursday in a tune up before this week’s sectional at Castle High School. While the boys beat Tecumseh and Mater Dei at home, the girls competed Saturday in Indianapolis in the state fi nals and came away placing in sixteenth place. All together the week was a good one in the pool for the Wildcats.

The boys on Thursday evening took on Tecumseh and Mater Dei at the Mount Vernon pool. Mount Vernon had no trouble getting things started in a positive direction winning the opening event, the 200 yard medley relay. The relay team of Austin Col-son, Tyler Moll, Zack Allyn, and Kurt Kiss-inger won the race with a time of 1:52 to open the meet on a winning note.

The Mount Vernon boys continued their winning ways as Jordan Crabtree fi nished as the winner of the 200 yard individual med-ley.

Freshman Jacob Bailey continued his great swimming in the 100 yard butterfl y as Baily won the race with a time of 1:01. Se-nior Jacob Poole then stepped up and won in the 100 yard freestyle race before teammate Austin Colson raced to victory in the 500 yard freestyle race.

Mount Vernon also won in the 200 free-style relay race. That relay team of Keith Turner, Jacob Bailey, David Rheinhardt,

and Austin Colson fi nished with an impres-sive time of 1:43 in the race.

Freshman Adam Duckworth got on the winning side as well with a win in the 100 yard backstroke before teammates Bailey Shumate, Travis Harris, Zack Allyn, and Kurt Kissinger won in the 400 yard freestyle race.

Altogether the Mount Vernon boys swim team won big over Tecumseh and Mater Dei. The win helps Mount Vernon continue to determine who to swim where in the up-coming sectional that will take place this Saturday at Castle High School. The boys are not the favorites to win the title though they have the ability if everything comes together correctly. If each swimmer and diver competes to their ability the Wildcats could not only be victorious Saturday, but also send several to the boys state champi-onships.

Several girls competed this past Satur-day in Indianapolis at the girls’ swimming and diving state fi nals. The Mount Vernon girls worked hard and continued their great showings in the pool against the state’s best and should be proud to have come in six-teenth place over all.

The Mount Vernon relay team of Saman-tha Gowdy, Claudia Crawford, Josie Mer-cer, and Clara Baggett fi nished in fi fteenth place in the 200 yard medley relay. Mount Vernon also had a few individuals compete

in the state fi nals as Clara Baggett fi nished fourth in the 50 freestyle race and fourth in the 100 yard freestyle race Saturday.

Samantha Gowdy, who raced her way into the 100 backstroke with a win in last week’s sectional, placed twelfth in that race in Indianapolis.

The girls have now fi nished their great

season and look forward to next season hoping they will be able to build on their accomplishments this season. The girls now look to root on the boys team as they com-pete this week in the sectionals at Castle High School. Preliminaries for the sectional will take place Thursday evening before the fi nals on Saturday.

Polar plunge benefi t held in honor of Special Olympics

Lady Wildcats fi nish sixteenth at state, boys win dual

Clara Baggett fi nished fourth in the 50 freestyle race and fourth in the 100 yard freestyle race at state fi nals.

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tough losses.“We just weren’t playing

together very well,” Stroud explained. “Then the girls began to play so well to-gether in January and these girls have become a mentally tough team. That’s why our defense plays so well. Even when we got some calls we didn’t feel too good about and Forest Park hit some big shots there near the end of that game but we were able to fi ght through all of that.”

The Vikings will now head to Paoli this weekend to face Eastern Pekin at 9 a.m. local time on Saturday morning. Eastern Pekin up-set seventh-ranked Paoli 40-38 in the sectional title game. The two teams have had no common opponents this sea-son but the Lady Muskateers have played in the Paoli High School gymnasium this season. Paoli High School is located at 501 Elm Street in Paoli. It is estimated to be two hours from Poseyville on SR37 North.

CHAMPS, from Page B1

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By Steven KocherspergerThe Mount Vernon Wildcat girls’ basket-

ball team came into this week’s sectional in Boonville knowing they would have to face one of the top teams in the state in the open-ing round. The Mater Dei Wildcats had just fi nished a regular season with just one loss and a ranking of second place in the Indiana High School basketball polls. And while the Lady Cats knew they had a hill to climb, nothing could quite prepare them for the ride as Mater Dei ended Mount Vernon’s season with a big 64-40 win in the sectional opener Tuesday night.

Mater Dei opened the game letting every-one know they were not going to overlook an opponent as they scored the fi rst seven points to go up 7-0. Mount Vernon’s fi rst point came from Sophomore Alexis Nall on a made free throw before Mater Dei scored the next nine points to open up the game at 16-1 in the fi rst period. Senior Ellen Foster hit two open shots in the opening period to give Mount Vernon all of the points they would muster as Mater Dei went into the second period with a big 22-6 lead.

Mount Vernon would continue to struggle in the second period as they could not fi nd an answer to the Mater Dei offense. After Foster and Stefanie Bulla scored early in the second period the Wildcats went on one of their only runs they could fi nd in the game, scoring six of the last ten second period points but fi nd-ing themselves down at halftime 42-18. The Cats knew if they were to climb back into the contest at all they would need to shut down the Mater Dei offense and move the ball bet-ter on one of the state’s best teams.

That would prove to be easier said than done Tuesday night though. Mater Dei and Mount Vernon would spend time in the third

period trading baskets and Mater Dei used their great shooting to spread open their lead even further than they had already. Alyssa Smolsky hit a three pointer and a layup to give Mount Vernon fi ve straight points as the Cats trailed 51-27 in the third. Mater Dei would score just three more points in the pe-riod but lead 54-29 entering the fi nal period of play.

The Cats would fi nd a little bit of success in the fourth period as both teams emptied their bench for the most part. In the stat book the fourth period belonged to Mount Ver-non’s Alexis Nall as she scored nine of the Mount Vernon eleven fourth period points to try to make the game more respectable. But in the end it was Mater Dei who proved to be too much for Mount Vernon defeating the Lady Cats 64-40 in the sectional opener.

Alexis Nall ended the sectional opener leading Mount Vernon in scoring with 13 points while Senior Ellen Foster added 12 points in her fi nal game as a high school bas-ketball player.

Mount Vernon ended their season with a 11-10 record in a season that had high hopes written all over it. The team faced adversity all season long with injury after injury and could never realize the potential they had team wise because of it.

Mount Vernon now says goodbye to two great senior leaders that have given so much to the program and helped the Cats over the past four years in so many ways. Those two seniors, Ellen Foster and Cheyenne Strobel, ended their high school basketball careers with their heads held high knowing that they gave all they could in the game and to the program. These two should be proud of their accomplishments over the past four years and will be missed.

By Dave PearceThe North Posey Viking

basketball team has played well at times this season. As a matter of fact, during stretches of most games, you could watch and believe them to be a very good basketball team. But then there are those other times…

The Vikings lost games on Thursday and Saturday this week, fi rst at Evansville Me-morial and then against Perry Central in a day-time game on Saturday. The margin of victo-ry was about the same in both games as the fi nal against the Tigers was 70-56 and against Perry Central, 72-54.

At Memorial, the Vikings got off to a typical cold start, committing three turnovers and going 0-for-6 to start the game. The Vikings were be-hind 8-0 before Coach Heath Howington called a time out to give his team some en-couragement, and perhaps a chance of luck.

It seemed to work as just out of the 4:24 time out, Mi-chael Bender found Reed Ger-teisen open and the Vikings were fi nally on the board.

But the Vikings would miss four more times before they were able to score again, this time off a Damon Cardin to Michael Bender feed and the

3-pointer left the Tigers with a 10-5 lead.

Then came one of those times when you would have thought the Vikings were a very good basketball team.

Cardin found Bender again for another three and after Me-morial missed a pair of free throws, Cody Ungetheim got to the line and made both free throws and the Vikings had fought their way back to a tie.

Memorial then hit one of two free throws before Ger-teisen’s drive at the buzzer gave the Vikings a 12-11 lead heading into the second pe-riod.

A Gerteisen to Tyler Adkins bucket gave the Vikings a 14-11 lead early in the second period.

But then came one of those ‘other times.’

A Viking throw-away re-sulted in an easy lay-up and the Vikings then missed a pair of free throws. On their en-suing possession, they were whistled for a 10-second call and the Tigers went inside to take a 16-14 lead.

The Cardin to Bender con-nection would work one more time as Bender’s 3-pointer gave the Vikings what would be their last lead of the eve-ning at 17-16.

A rare 3-point shot with a

foul gave the Tigers a 4-point play and put the Vikings on their heels.

Another turnover resulted in another easy bucket, all of a sudden, the Vikings were fac-ing a 22-17 defi cit.

Gerteisen’s driving bucket brought the Vikings back to within 22-19 but a turnover resulted in another 3-point bucket for the Tigers and mo-mentum was in favor of the Tigers.

They built a 29-20 lead before Drake Davenport hit a pair of free throws and Gertie-sen beat the press but missed the free throw that accompa-nied the bucket. But Gerteisen scored again and the Vikings had fought back to within 29-26 with 1:35 remaining in the fi rst half.

The Tigers outscored the Vikings 4-2 in the fi nal min-ute as Gerteisen was called for an offensive foul going to the bucket as time wound down and the Tigers enjoyed a 33-28 lead at the half.

Again, poor shooting would haunt the Vikings to begin the half as they missed their fi rst three offerings of the second half and eventually, the Ti-gers would pull away as the Vikings continued to play well in spurts but not near of-ten enough. The Vikings did not shoot a high percentage from the line, as well, as the Tigers moved out to a 56-40 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Vikings were out-scored 23-12 in that decisive third period and were never threatened again.

Memorial led by as many as 22 points in the fi nal period before late buckets by Zack Carl, Griffi n Motz, and Dav-enport closed the fi nal gap to 70-56.

The Vikings were led in

scoring by Gerteisen with 14 points while Bender had 12 and Ungetheim had 11. James Marshall fi nished with fi ve, as did Carl. Davenport fi nished with three while Adkins, Car-din, and Motz had two apiece.

The story on Saturday held many similarities as the Vi-kings trailed only 18-15 at the fi rst quarter break to the 12-5 Commodores. But again, it would be the two middle quar-ters that would be their undo-ing as they were outscored 26-16 in the second period and

16-10 in the third to put the game out of reach. The fi nal was 72-54.

While the Vikings and their coach had prided themselves on defense throughout many close games up to this point, the Vikings gave up 70 points to back-to-back opponents and when you struggle from the fi eld, you simply will not win many games giving up 70 points.

Everyone on the Viking roster saw action against the Commodores as point guard

Bryce Martin led the team with 11 points. Gerteisen and Bender each had 10. Marshall and Motz had six apiece while Ungetheim had three. Carl, Brenton and Adkins had two apiece while Cardin and Dav-enport each chipped in a point.

The Vikings will take their 4-14 record and prepare to go back to battle in action this week, hoping that the tough schedule they have played will serve them well heading into the stretch of the season and into the sectional.

Alexis Nall puts up a shot in Tuesday’s sectional opener against Mater Dei. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Drake Davenport makes a save during basketball action this week at Memorial. While the varisty fell to both Memorial and Perry Central, the reserves managed to pick up their fi rst win of the season on Saturday against Perry Central. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Wildcats fall to eventual champion Mater Dei

Vikings continue to struggle with inconsistency

Sports ScheduleTuesday Feb.18Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei at Mount Vernon 6 p.m.Thursday Feb. 20Boys’ swimming and diving: Mount Vernon in Sectional at Castle 5:30 p.m.Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Central 6 p.m.Friday Feb. 21Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Reitz 6 p.m.; Boonville at North Posey 7:30 p.m.Saturday Feb. 22Girls Basketball: North Posey vs Eastern Pekin at Paoli Regional 9:30 a.m.Boys’ swimming and diving: Mount Vernon in Sectional at Castle 9 a.m.

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ly to the Mount Vernon Wildcat boys basket-ball team. The team entered this week’s pair of games needing a win to bounce back after the blowout loss at Princeton. And while the team continues to work hard the shots in big situations seem not to be falling as the Cats dropped both Big Eight Conference games they played this week losing to Mount Carmel on Thursday and Jasper on Saturday to drop their overall record to 8-9.

Thursday night the Wildcats hosted the Aces of Mount Carmel and opened the game by trading baskets with their conference foes. Levi Shannon and Hunter Brooks opened the game with layups to keep Mount Vernon close. Big man Zach French hit a big three pointer to tie the game up at 7-7 in the opening period of play before taking the lead later in the fi rst with another one beyond the three point line. That 13-12 lead was the fi rst lead the Wildcats would have in the fi rst period and the Cats took it from there opening that lead to three points by the end of the period leading 20-17.

Senior Colton Irvin stretched that lead in the opening minute of the second period with a dunk to put his team up 22-17 and the Wild-cats held onto that lead until midway through the second period when Mount Carmel made a run to not only take the lead but stretch it to 32-28 with just over three minutes left until halftime. Mount Vernon did not want that lead to go unanswered and went on a 7-0 run to end the half with the lead at 35-32.

That three point lead was something that Mount Vernon wanted to build on in the sec-ond half but the Wildcats found scoring some-thing that did not happen often for them in the third period of play. Mount Vernon only hit one third period basket, a shot by Irvin, and

had four points all together in the third period. Despite all of this Mount Carmel also had their own struggles but took back the lead in the third and led 43-39 entering the fi nal period of play Thursday night.

Irvin led off the fourth period with a three pointer to pull the Wildcats within one point at 43-42 before Mount Carmel went on a 5-0 run to go ahead 48-42 in the fourth period. Mount Vernon knew they would need to answer this run and after Bryce Newman hit a free throw, teammate Damon Collins hit a three pointer to pull Mount Vernon back into the game at 48-46. Colton Irvin would score one more basket to answer Mount Carmel and hold on trailing 50-48 but the Wildcats would then go the last two minutes and twenty fi ve seconds without another score and lost the game to the Aces 63-48 for their second straight loss.

Senior Colton Irvin lead the way in scoring Thursday night for the Wildcats with 18 points while teammate Bryce Newman had 10 in the contest.

The team took that loss and hoped it would go better when they traveled to Jasper on Sat-urday to take on yet another conference oppo-nent. Jasper and Mount Vernon usually seem to be engrossed in a battle when they play each other and Saturday’s game was no dif-ferent. In the end it was the Jasper Wildcats that walked away with the win 54-52 sending Mount Vernon to their third straight loss of the season.

Mount Vernon now fi nds themselves with an overall record of 8-9 entering this week’s slate of games. The Cats look to bounce back and get back on the winning track when they take on Mater Dei on Tuesday in Mount Ver-non before hitting the road Wednesday to take on Evansville Central. The Cats will end their week at Reitz on Friday as well.

Wildcats look to come back from last week’s 8-9 record

Zach French moves around the Mount Carmel defender in route to the basket in Thursday’s game at home. Photo by Steve Kochersperger

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STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 1 )SS: COUNTY OF POSEY ) CAUSE NO: 65D01-1311-MF-000452

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JACK W. MINICK A/K/A JACK WAYNE MINICK )A/K/A JACK MINICK, JUDY C. MINICK A/K/A )JUDY CAROLYN MINICK, ROBIN MARVEL, )OCCUPANT(S) OF 219 ELM STREET, MOUNT )VERNON, IN 47620 AND COUNTRYWIDE )HOMELOANS SERVICING, LP, ) ) Defendants. )

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The state of Indiana to the Defendants above named, and any other person who may be concerned: You are notifi ed that you have been sued in the Court above named. The nature of the suit against you is a Complaint on Note and for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described real estate: Commencing on the south line of the alley opposite the southeast corner of Lot Number Seventy-six (76) in Kimball’s Englargement of the City of Mt. Vernon; thence south with the west line of Elm Street, one hundred thirty-four (134) feet and nine (9) inches; thence westwardly one hundred and forty (140) feet; thence north ninety-six (96) feet to the south line of said alley to a point opposite the southwest corner of Lot Number Seventy fi ve (75) in said Enlargement; thence east on the south line of said alley one hundred and forty (140) feet to the place of beginning. And Commonly known as: 219 Elm Street, Mount, Vernon, IN 47620 This Summons by Publication is specifi cally directed to the following named Defendants whose where abouts are known to me: Jack W. Minick a/k/a Jack Wayne Minick a/k/a Jack Minick, Judy C. Minick a/k/a Judy Carolyn Minick, Occupant(s) of 219 Elm Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 and Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP This Summons by Publication is also specifi cally directed to the following named Defendants whose whereabouts are unknown to me: Robin Marvel In addition to the above named Defendants being served by this Summons, there may be other Defendants who have an interest in this lawsuit. If you have a claim for relief against the Plaintiff arising from the same transaction or occurrence, you must assert it in your written answer. You must answer the Complaint in writing, by you or your attorney, on or before the 27th day of March, 2014 (the same being within thirty (30) days after the Third Notice of Suit), and if you fail to do so, a judgment will be entered against you for what the Plaintiff has demanded. DOYLE LEGAL CORPORATION, P.C. By: David M. Johnson David M. JohnsonATTEST:Clerk of the Posey County Circuit Court 1

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on February 10, 2014 Indiana Gas Company, Inc. d/b/a Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc. and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, d/b/a/ Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc. (collec-tively, “Vectren Energy”) fi led with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commis-sion in Cause No. 44455 their Verifi ed Joint Petition requesting approval of an alternative regulatory plan pursuant to Ind. Code §8-1-2.5 et. under which Vectren Energy would continue their respective customer bill assistance pro-grams through September 30, 2020 and revise the Universal Service Fund Rider Cap for residential customers.

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ArrestsFebruary 7

Kerri Mobley—Wades-ville—Warrant-Battery Re-sulting in Serious Bodily Injury x 2, Neglect of a De-pendent Resulting in Seri-ous Bodily Injury—PCS

John Mobley—Wades-ville—Warrant- Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Serious Injury—PCS

Kerri Brumley—Mount Vernon—Operating a Ve-hicle as an Habitual Traffi c Violator—MVPD

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Matthew Bentle—Evans-ville—Vanderburgh County Warrant-Receiving Stolen Property—PCS

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Jon Brody Schmitt—Mount Vernon—War-rant-Dealing in Metham-phetamine, Neglect of a Dependent, Dealing in Methamphetamine, Neglect of a Dependent, Maintain-ing a Common Nuisance--PCS

Complaints January 28

12:25 am—Fire—Semi truck on fi re, fully evolved. Grain truck on fi re—West Franklin, Mount Vernon

10:58 am—Suspicious—Silver Toyota car, male driver and female passen-ger, pulled over an could see male hitting the female—Bypass, Mount Vernon

4:46 pm—Welfare Check—Advised sister is

using drugs in the home with small children pres-ent. Request an offi cer—Ramsey Crt, Evansville

5:58 pm—Vandalism—Advised has pictures of neighbor juvenile damaging her trees. Requesting an of-fi cer—Eastlake Dr, Wades-ville

6:20 pm—Car/Deer—Advised hit a deer. Some damage—Blake Rd, Wades-ville

7:37 pm—Information—Advised seen an emergency fl are go up. Wanted to report it in case someone comes up missing—Herman Island Rd, Mount Vernon

7:49 pm—Assault—Call-er advised his son is at his house and there was a guy that had a gun and beat him up. He wants someone to come arrest him, then the caller hung up before able to get more information. Upon call back, spoke to a fe-male—Big Pine, Evansville

January 29

7:25 am—Accident—Caller advised he would like a deputy to come to the ga-rage for an accident—Coun-ty Highway, Mount Vernon

12:16 pm—VIN Inspec-tion—2009 4-wheeler—Lower Mt. Vernon Rd, Evansville

1:58 pm—Miscella-neous—Wants to know what can be done about her granddaughter’s ex bother-ing her. He keeps coming onto caller’s property and knocking on the windows—

Lynwood Av, New Har-mony

3:34 pm—Fraud—Caller advised she was mailed a bogus check from a Craig-slist ad—Downen Rd, Wadesville

5:36 pm—Be-on-the-Look-Out—Hwy 62 west-bound side of Evansville, gray truck driven by a male subject. Male subject as-saulted brother and broke a gun. Possibly enroute to kill female and boyfriend. Stop and hold if located—Posey/Vanderburgh County

9:05 pm—Be-on-the-Look-Out—Advised older model orange truck with light bar all over the road-way, bouncing from shoul-der to other lane. Advised has almost ran multiple cars off roadway. Central Dis-patch advised the vehicle has been pulled over. Ad-vised Vanderburgh County has vehicle pulled over at 62, west of St. Phillips. Needing assistance—Hwy 62, Evansville

January 30

6:27 am—Car/Deer—2004 Chevy Silverado hit a deer with signifi cant dam-age. Can’t move truck—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon

7:36 am—VIN Inspec-tion—Car trailer—Benthall Rd, Mount Vernon

11:20 am—Harass-ment—Received a phone call in reference to a scam. No offi cer needed, wanted to report only. No per-sonal information given—Downen Rd, Wadesville

12:10 pm—Road Haz-ard—Limb across the roadway, has one lane blocked—66 and Goodman, New Harmony

3:36 pm—Alarm—No information—High St, Wadesville

4:59 pm—Fight—Out with subject(s)—2nd and Edson, Mount Vernon

5:37 pm—Juvenile Prob-

lem—15 year-old grand-daughter causing problems. Has a small child and is wanting to take the child to Carmi and drop the child off with someone else. Fighting with her father, both physi-cal and verbal. No medical attention needed—Loren Dr, New Harmony

5:52 pm—Standby—Blue and gray Mountaineer. Granddaughter called the caller, staying at friend’s house across from 4H Fair-grounds. Male subject at the residence threatened call-er’s granddaughter. Caller is going to pick up her grand-daughter—New Harmony

January 31

3:12 am—Accident—Caller advised female has walked to his residence. She advised she ran off road and into ditch. Does not need medical attention, just po-lice—Hwy 62, Mount Ver-non

6:06 am—Family Fight—Caller advised her neighbor rant to the address saying “call the police”, her husband is not letting their daughter outside. She ad-vised the woman told her that the daughter is locked inside the residence. Caller also advised she heard glass breaking. Caller has called back and advised the male subject has left in a red Mustang—Elk Trail, Evans-ville

4:02 pm—Extra Patrol—Would like extra patrol for the next 5 days—Steammill, New Harmony

6:21 pm—Department of Natural Resources—Vehi-cle in front of him hit a deer. Deer is fl ailing on the side of the road. Believes it may have broken its back. Called back and advised he went back down to the location where this happened and deer is no longer there—St. Philip/Copperline Rd, Evansville

February 1

5:15 pm—VIN Inspec-tion—1971 MG—Poplar, Cynthiana

11:24 pm—Suspicious—Someone has been knocking on the door. Doesn’t want to look outside with it being so late. Has happened a few other times. Would like the area checked—Mary An-derson Rd, Wadesville

11:30 pm—Suspi-cious—Vehicle stopped in the middle of the road and turned off the lights. Could not advised any vehicle de-scriptors, just found it sus-picious—Wagon Wheel Rd, Wadesville

February 2

1:18 am—Traffi c Of-fense—Dodge Caravan—Lee and Wolfl in, Mount Vernon

2:36 pm—Traffi c Of-fense—Gray Ford F 150—Country Club Rd, Mount Vernon

3:31 pm—Reposses-sion—2013 Mazda CX5, Owner is aware it is being repossessed—Stierley Rd, Wadesville

5:10 pm—Suspicious—Would like to talk to an of-fi cer in reference subjects ringing doorbells at his residence and his neighbors residences the past couple of nights—Mary Anderson Rd, Wadesville

8:26 pm—Breaking and Entering—Caller advised he received a call from his son, who lives there in the trailer park, and advised he doesn’t live at this residence but has stuff there. Caller is concerned—Elk Trail, Evansville

9:28 pm—Lock-out—2004 Chevy Sil-verado, black. Is aware the deputy isn’t liable for any damage—Busler’s, Evans-ville

February 3 3:35 am—Accident—Tire

blew out, has wrecked car. 2001 Impala. Hit the guardrail, Has fl ashers on. Is on the side of the road—I 64, Griffi n

6:23 am—Reckless—White Ford Taurus, excess of 80 mph, cutting people off—Hwy 62, Evansville

10:27 pm—Domestic—Hus-band hitting and shouting at wife. Is not requesting medical at this time. Weapons in the house but not involved—Buchanan Rd, Mount Vernon

11:07 pm—Disturbance—Fe-male is out of her bedroom in the kitchen, standing on the island removing light bulbs. Male sub-ject is requesting offi cers, he is remaining in his bedroom—Bu-chanan Rd, Mount Vernon

February 4

12:38 am—Family Fight—

Two brothers having a disagree-ment. One is intoxicated, want-ing to cause problems and trying to leave in the stepfather’s car. Would like deputies—Schuessler Dr, Evansville

10:11 am—Welfare Check—Male subject has not been at work. Supposed to be at work on the 30th at midnight and has not been there since—Bald Knob Rd, Mount Vernon

2:31 pm—Accident—1 ve-hicle slid off the road—I 64, Poseyville

3:11 pm—Accident—Advised Mazda 6 in ditch. Over $1,000.00 worth of damage. Will need a tow service—St. Phillips Rd, Evans-ville

5:25 pm—Parking Problem—Advised two vehicles parked side by side on roadway. Other cars having a hard time passing—Hwy 69/Farmersville, Mount Vernon

5:39 pm—Information—Ad-vised subject has a dead battery. Advised they have pushed the vehicle off the roadway into the

grass. Advised it is not a road hazard. Advised subject will be going to get tools and another battery and move the vehicle as soon as possible—Tile Factory/Bypass, Mount Vernon

6:47 pm—Custodial—Female subject is harassing caller and children. Requesting to speak to an offi cer—Stierley Rd, Wades-ville

9:23 pm—Lockout—2009 Mitsubishi Galant. Vehicle run-ning and aware that offi cers aren’t liable—Ford and Copper-line, Mount Vernon

11:20 pm—Accident—Out with silver Chevy. Vehicle in ditch. Looks like one occupant—St. Philips Rd, Mount Vernon

Probate

Harvey WarnerJulia AndersonDoris ManningStella McIntireThomas VaughtCarl BreezeSandra AllenLouis WeinzapfelSusan KlenckMary Schmitzer

Circuit Court Civil Paul Gable vs. Posey County

Area Board of Zoning Appeals, William Esche

Cypress fi nancial Recoveries, LLC vs. Kathy Franks

Deaconess Hospital, Incorpo-rated vs. Brenda Houchin

LVNV Funding vs. Krista KeyLVNV Funding vs. Allan

BakerCapital One Bank (USA),

N.A. vs. Jade BorenFriendly Finance Corpora-

tion vs. Annamaria McCullough, Lance McCullough

LVNV Funding, LLC vs. Jan-ice Weir

Credit Acceptance Corpora-tion vs. Richard Rickard

MSW Capital, LLC vs. Leah Cox

Cavalry SPV I, LLC vs. Nich-

olas GentryStellar Recovery, Incorporated

vs. Maegen BuskirkVelocity Investments, LLC vs.

Robert CurtisAsset Acceptance, LLC vs.

Kenneth GrossAsset Acceptance, LLC vs.

Helena LinckPortfolio Recovery Associates,

LLC vs. Paul Micheletti

Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs. Charleen Layer

Deaconess Hospital, Incorpo-rated vs. Cynthia Turpen, David Turpen

Benefi cial Financial vs. James Young, Cecilia Young, unknown tenant

United Federal Credit Union vs. Timothy Stacy, Stephanie Stacy

PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Jeffrey Alvey

Everbank vs. Jeffrey Miller, Olivia Miller, Unknown tenant

Citibank, N.A., as Trustee For Chase mortgage Funding Loan Asset vs. Charlie Gross, Mary Gross, Occupant of 416 South-wind Avenue, Mount Vernon, Indiana

Benefi cial Financial I Incorpo-

rated vs. Brian McCutchan, Latri-cia McCutchan

Fifth Third Mortgage Compa-ny vs. Catherine Poshard, Lakev-iew Place Homeowners’ Asso-ciation, Incorporated, unknown Occupant et al

Wells Fargo Bank vs. Nathan Hobgood, Capital One Bank, First Security Bank of Owens-boro, Incorporated

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$6,626.25$830.65

$4,362.94$161.29

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