The Posey County Sheriff’s De-partment had a very busy week.

On Friday, Janu-ary 20, Sheriff’s Deputies investi-gated a Burglary at a residence on Dia-mond Island Road in Posey County. Deputies learned that at some point in the evening hours of January 19th, entry had been made into a detached garage, and several items had been stolen.

Through the course of the in-vestigation individuals of interest

were developed as suspects. By Friday evening Depu-

ties located one in-dividual who was taken into custody and subsequently ar-rested.

Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth said Taylor Lloyd age 19 of Wades-ville has been pre-charged for the crimes of Burglary and Theft. Lloyd is currently lodged in the Posey County

Jail. Another individu-al remains at-large as the investi-gation continues.

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Tuesday January 24, 2012Posey County’s locally-owned newspaper Volume 132 Edition 4

Since 1882 ~ Successor to The Poseyville News and The New Harmony Times • New Harmony, IN

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Members of the New Harmony basketball homecoming court are, in front, cheer-leaders, left to right are Joanmarie Spillane, Rebecca Hunter, Taylor Baize, and Jordyn Miller. Members of the queen’s court are Jessica Deckard-Mills, Madison Worman, Jordan Lyke, Vanessa McKinney. Bryan Wildeman, Zoe Heinlin, Brittany

Rister, Kimberly Jensen, and Kendall Wilson. Basketball players are Nathan Spann, Ryan Blackwell, Dakota Wasson, Thomas Stegall, A.J. Eaton, Elliott Lange – Queen – Abbey Deckard – Caleb McDaniel, Kyle Whitmore, Clinton Mathews, Zachary Soll-man, and Tyler Wright. Photo courtesy of Crystal Collins

Basketball homecoming fi nale...

By Dave PearceAccording to information received last weekend, a Wiscon-

sin man, currently jailed in Wisconsin, is the prime suspect in the robbery of a Mount Vernon Pharmacy in early December.

Anthony J. Carriola, age 28 of Lodi, Wisc., was recently arrested by Wisconsin authorities and charged with other pharmacy robberies.

Carriola was the suspect in the January 10th Armed Robbery that occurred at the Eannelli Pharmacy in Prairie du Sac, Wisc., has been taken into custody in Dane County. Dane County’s Tactical Response Team deployed in-side the hotel and were able to take three indi-viduals into custody without incident. The two individuals found with Anthony J. Carriola at the America’s Best Value Inn have also been arrested. Sarah M. Puckett, age 24 of New Harmony, Ind., and John N. Bauer, age 28 of Evansville, Wisc., are both being held in the Dane County Jail on tentative charges of Pos-session of Narcotics.

At approximately 1:48 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, the Dane County Sheriff’s Offi ce received information from Sauk County that the suspect, Anthony J. Carriola, age 28 of Lodi, may be staying at the America’s Best Value Inn, located on

Mill Pond Road in the Town of Blooming Grove.With the cooperation of the Division of Criminal Investiga-

tions, ATF, and Sauk Prairie Police Department, Dane County Sheriff’s deputies were able to confi rm that Carriola was in-

side the hotel. They also learned that his girlfriend and another male had driven to Dane County from Indiana and were also in-side the hotel.

Carriola has been booked into the Dane County Jail on a tenta-tive charge of Armed Robbery. The investigation is ongoing and further information on the other two subjects will be provided when it becomes available.

According to information from Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth, his department has worked with the Mount Vernon

Police Chief Grant Beloat and his department in an effort to solve the robbery which occurred at the Mount Vernon Phar-macy at 100 Lawrence Drive at around 2:30 on Friday after-noon, December 2.

A local postman indicated that he saw two suspicious ve-

hicles while on his route, one a silver Ford Focus and another black van. The vehicles were gone about the same time the robbery was over.

Arrested and charged with driving the get-away vehicle is Cody Hargrove, whose address was reportedly above the Posey Grill in Mount Vernon. Har-grove, 26, whose permanent address is Equal-ity, Ill., is being held in the Saline County Jail.

Mount Vernon Police Detective Thomas Rueger fl ew to Wisconsin last weekend to in-terview the man they believe to be responsible for the robbery. Oeth indicated that it had been confi rmed to Detective Latham that Carriola is their man.

While Oeth was quick to give credit to the Mount Vernon Police Department and Rueger, he also said Posey County Sheriff Detective Tom Latham was also a big part of the inves-tigation.

According to Oeth, a lady called into the Mount Vernon Police Department and gave them some in-formation.

“It was actually the Posey County News that helped break

Posey County News plays part in pharmacy robbery arrest

Carriola

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Hargrove

Taylor Lloyd

Arrest made in residential burglary

Megan Bender and Alec Beard were named North Posey home-coming royalty on Saturday evening. See entire court on page A2. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Valerie WerkmeisterAn offi cial vote last Thursday has set the course for

New Harmony’s school to consolidate with the Metro-politan School District of North Posey. A joint meeting between both school boards to approve a resolution re-garding the consolidation agreement lasted less than 15 minutes. Yet, the after-effects will last forever.

New Harmony made the decision to close its doors in December citing declining enrollment and state ed-ucation funding cuts as reasons for its demise. There are currently 137 students enrolled in the kindergarten through 12th grade.

According to the resolution, North Posey will as-sume all of New Harmony’s assets and liabilities on July 1. A use for the school building has not been de-termined.

North Posey will assume the employment contract obligations between New Harmony and its teachers for the duration of that contract. New Harmony will deter-mine if any reduction in force, retirement or severance incentives are necessary for those who do not accept

employment at North Posey. It was recently announced that nine New Harmony

teachers intend to retire at the end of the school year. Superintendent Fran Thoele plans to resign. The status of the 11 remaining New Harmony teachers and non-certifi ed staff has not been determined. North Posey Superintendent Dr. Todd Camp stated available posi-tions will depend on need and the number of retire-ments North Posey has.

North Posey School Board President Joe Neidig stat-ed, “It’s been an honor to work with this school board. I particularly want to thank the people who are pas-sionate about doing what was best and bringing things to this point.”

New Harmony School Board President, Jim Scara-fi a, added, “I’d like to thank everyone on both sides for the due diligence and the hard work that everyone has done.”

The Town of New Harmony and Harmony Township will be represented on the North Posey School Board. North Posey will initiate that process after July 1.

It’s offi cial: Rappites, Vikings combine

Five arrested in Griffi n-centered stingBy Dave Pearce

Five suspects have been arrested in a two county drug ring.

On Friday, January 20, at ap-proximately 6:15 a.m., the Posey County Sheriff’s Department was contacted by Deputies in Warrick County. Warrick County Deputies had stopped and arrested Raymond McCutcheon and Amanda Dick-man after fi nding Methamphet-amine items and materials in their vehicle. Among the items was a cellular telephone which continued to alert that incoming text messages were being received.

That’s when deputies say they

also found a beeping cell phone with text messages from the three in Posey County who said their car had broken down.

“They were actually negotiating transportation for the stolen anhy-drous,” Oeth said. Oeth says depu-ties played along.

“They didn’t realize at all they were communicating with Deputy Sheriff’s in Warrick County, so word to the wise, you never know whose on the other end of that text,” Oeth surmised.

Deputies began communicat-ing with those on the other end of the messages. A request was being

made from the senders regarding the need for transportation from the Interstate 64 town of Griffi n. The senders provided information that their vehicle would not start and transportation was needed back to Warrick County. The text conversa-tion also indicated that anhydrous ammonia had been stolen from the Posey County Co-Op.

The group then began negoti-ating transportation in exchange for some of the stolen agricultural product. Posey County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at the Depot Diner

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By Pam RobinsonArtist and musician Rick Huffman is fi nding a source of

healing in his Creation Station, located at 606 B Main Street in New Harmony. Through his artistic creations, Huffman applies balm to his heart, still grieving the tragic loss of his wife in a horrifi c June 2006 motorcycle accident. The cou-ple had dreamed of opening an art studio and shop together in retirement.

After nine years as a band director, Huffman had carved out a 30-year career as an auto salesman for Toyota. The work rewarded him with numerous friends and stable fi -nances, but did little to nurture his spirit.

“I knew I really needed to do something different,” he confi des.

Within four years of losing his wife, he opened Creation Station in July 2010. The old gas pump replica out front marks the spot and thus builds on his slogan, “art fueled by imagination.”

The art studio and shop feature airbrushed clothing and accessories, dulcimers, glass etching, jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculptures, and stained glass. All items are the origi-nal creations of Huffman, his family and friends. The artists may work with a couple of mediums, but they each prefer one over the others.

Although Huffman teaches dulcimer classes, he relies on New Harmony’s Rick Gooden and Bill Berg to handcraft dulcimers known for their great sound as well as their re-markable beauty. Huffman himself most enjoys glass etch-ing even though he throws pottery, does all the airbrush-ing and dabbles in painting. An art teacher at Owensboro’s Burns Middle School, Huffman’s sister-in-law Ali provides most of the paintings, his daughter Elisabeth Klauburg cre-ates the jewelry and his nephew Brent Wallace keeps the shop stocked in pottery. Sculptures are all hand crafted in fi -berglass by Bob Zasadny of Oakland City. A retired Alcoan, Mark Roethemeier of Newburgh, shapes the stained glass.

Zoe, Huffman’s retired champion Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, greets customers and helps her master to show ev-eryone around.

Huffman’s beginner level dulcimer classes have been well attended so far, with one student making the two-hour trip from Madisonville, Ky. The fi rst session began on January 17 with additional sessions to follow on four consecutive Tuesday evenings. More classes will be offered throughout the year.

Classes in creating paintings and pottery are planned for the Art After Dark series, beginning Saturday, February 25,

with instruction in oil painting led by Ali Huffman. Students will work from 7 to 9:30 p.m. to complete a painting. All materials are provided. The early registration fee is only $30. After January 31, the registration fee goes up to $35.

For more information about either dulcimer classes or the Art After Dark series, interested individuals may call Huffman at 812-205-6781 or visit his website at creation-

station606b.com.“There’s something magical about New Harmony,” Huff-

man comments about making his home there. “It’s very soothing, very peaceful. “

He echoes the sentiments of a neighbor when he says, “You don’t choose New Harmony. New Harmony chooses you.”

Rick Huffman and his King Charles Cavalier, Zoe. Photo by Pam Robinson

By Valerie WerkmeisterIf there’s one thing that

Poseyville has going for it, it’s Bruce Baker. The Poseyville

native has helped keep the town running smoothly by serving on the town coun-cil for the past 26 years. He even remarked that during that time, he has only missed one meeting. During a regu-lar meeting last Wednesday, he was again elected as town council president.

Council member Ron Fal-lowfi eld playfully joked how he and fellow member, Steve Ahrens, had decided that the oldest board member should serve as the council president.

“Notice how he didn’t say, ‘the more experienced one,’?” Baker added.

Fallowfi eld added how he appreciated the amount of work Baker has done for the town.

Julie Mayo reported that for the third year in a row, the utility offi ce did not have any write-offs for unpaid cus-tomer bills.

The fi re department plans to bring home their new res-cue truck at the end of the month. Once home, it will need to have lettering added and equipment. They antici-pate it to be in service by mid-February.

Baker asked town marshal Doug Saltzman to research the possibility of an ordinance that would restrict semi trac-tors and trailers being parked on the street. Baker stated he felt that the location of where some currently park poses a danger to other vehicles. At-torney Bill Bender said he

would look into the matter as well.

The council passed ordi-nance 2012-01-11-01 that established a gas deprecia-tion fund. Baker stated the town already has a water and a sewer depreciation fund which sets aside money to help pay for future improve-ments or equipment.

The council also passed resolution 2012-01-11-01 that stated the offi cial intent to reimburse the town for the new town hall project. A Poseyville Building Corpo-ration has been established. Once the building is erected and the project has been com-pleted, the corporation will issue and sell bonds. The proceeds from the sale of those bonds will be used to pay back the town. Attorney Bender explained that bonds cannot be sold until the proj-ect is complete.

Baker stated that the proj-ect is currently moving along according to their timeline and he is pleased with the project that has been made so far.

Ron Fallowfi eld was again chosen to represent the town on the Area Plan Commis-sion. A representative is still needed to serve on the Poseyville Economic Devel-opment Committee.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the Poseyville Community Center.

New Poseyville fi re truck inservice date mid-Feb.

New Harmony’s Creation Station is mutual choiceThe North Posey 2012 Homecoming Representatives were Madi Bulter, Derek

Lindauer, Kendall Crowder, Jacob Brenton, Brianna Perry Zach Scheller, Homecom-ing Queen Megan Bender, Dillon Burchett, Morgan Stierley, Homecoming King Alec

Beard, Jillian Koester, Shane Neumann, Miranda Schmitt, Jamon Tapp, Hannah Har-ness, Dylan Wright, Breanna Owens, and Bryce Martin. Crown bearers are Caitlyn and Brayden. Photo by Dave Pearce

Mount Vernon junior Colin Varner takes the easy breakaway layup for two points to help the Wildcats take a fi rst-round win to open the Carmi Invitational tourna-ment Monday night. Photo by Dave Koch

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the case,” Oeth said in a weekend interview. “The lady that called with the in-formation has a boyfriend and we are looking for him right now.”

Apparently the Wiscon-sin man was visiting the lady and her boyfriend when the robbery occurred. Oeth said the lady called the Mount Vernon Police Department and informed them that her boyfriend had a bunch of prescription drugs at the home. The lady explained that she had no idea what the drugs were doing at the home. She also told police that her boy-friend had uncharacteristi-cally went out and bought a copy of the Posey County News that led with the story of the drug heist on Decem-ber 6.

“He never buys the news-paper to read it and it is lay-ing here on the table and the prescription drugs are here in the house,” the woman is said to have told police.

“Latham and Rueger ran

down a bunch of leads on it and then it was handed com-pletely back over to the city police department,” Oeth ex-plained.

Oeth said the man, who was staying in a hotel room in Wisconsin, was arrested there when the local SWAT team went in and made the arrest. The man has been charged with the crime in Wisconsin and it could be some time before the man can be brought back to Posey County to face charges of the

robbery here.Pharmacy employees told

Mount Vernon police that a white male, possibly in his early 20s, entered the store about 2:30 p.m., displayed a dark-colored handgun and took an undetermined amount of narcotics.

Mount Vernon Police Chief Grant Beloat said no shots were fi red, and no em-ployees were harmed.

The robber fl ed on foot after taking the medications, heading south. K-9 units

from both the Mount Ver-non Police Department and Posey County Sheriff’s De-partment attempted to track the robber but were unsuc-cessful.

The trail ended about a block from the Pharmacy where offi cers believe the robber got into a vehicle. The robber was described as 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing bluejeans and a gray long sleeve shirt.

in Griffi n, and identifi ed Molly Neville, 36, of Newburgh, and Nicholas Kel-ley, 22, of Evansville. Deputies found three 30-pound air tanks fi lled with an-hydrous ammonia in Neville’s vehicle. Neville and Kelley were arrested at the scene. The Indiana State Police Meth-amphetamine Response Team assisted Posey County in neutralizing the stolen anhydrous ammonia. The third suspect Richard Bowlds, 28, also of Evansville, returned to the Diner location on foot

later in the day, and was taken into cus-tody by Posey County Sheriff’s Depu-ties.

All were charged with theft of anhy-drous ammonia. Neville was addition-ally charged with possession of pre-scription drugs and methamphetamine precursors. Bowlds is also being held on outstanding warrants issued in Van-derburgh County. One of the suspects in this case, Raymond McCutcheon is also being investigated on what is believed

to be another meth related case.This after his Newburgh home on

overland drive caught fi re in November.Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth

says the theft of anhydrous ammonia is a constant problem derived from the manufacture of Methamphetamine. “These issues continue to plague our communities,” Oeth said. “Hopefully the Indiana Legislature will fi nally (this year) give us the tools we need to fi ght this epidemic.”

Pharmacy arrest, from Page 1A

Drug arrests, from Page 1A

Alan Dale Spivey, 57, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at his residence. He was born on September 24, 1954, in Mount Vernon, Ind., to Kenneth Sr. and Martha (Jupin) Spivey.

Dale was a passionate per-son, whether it concerned his family, friends, job or proj-

ects. He believed in doing things right, to the best of his ability, and set an inspiring example to his fam-ily, friends, and co-workers alike, and will be sorely missed by all. He was an avid hunter who desired that young people become interested in hunting, with em-phasis on education and safety of the sport. Dale was able to remember everything in a book he had read. A mechanic who fi xed and maintained the family cars, he was gifted at working with his hands, and made many gifts for others from natural materials such as wood and antlers. A lifelong resident of Mt. Vernon, Dale was active in his church, and enjoyed working in it. His knowledge and experience were a blessing in many ways. Members always enjoyed talking to Dale about theological things, as he was always ea-ger to learn and grow. Dale graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1972. He was employed by Crown Equipment Corp. as a lead technician and trainer. Most important in Dale’s life were his wife, children, grandchildren, and sharing his faith with God. His message to all would be to respect others, expect the same from them, and do a good job.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Kenneth Spivey, Jr.

Dale is survived by his beloved wife, Gloria (Rech) Spivey; sons, Damon Dale Spivey, Chris-topher Joseph Spivey (Amy), Ensign Patrick Cade Spivey, US Navy (Caitlyn), Thomas Allen Wildt II; daughter, Samantha Gayle Hamilton (Kent); grand-children, Zane Nathon Spivey, Kamen Hope Wildt, Isaac Richard Hamilton, Shelby Lynn Hamilton; brother, Earnest Spivey (Leanne); sisters, Maria Dai-done, Kay Austin (David), Marty Williamson (Rob-ert), Donna DeKemper, Karen Topper; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 23, 2012, at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St. in Mount Vernon, Ind., with Pastor John Ad-ams of Welborn United Methodist Church offi ciating and burial in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation was held from 2 until 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at the funeral home.

In lieu of fl owers memorial contributions may be made to Welborn United Methodist Church Outreach Ministry at P.O. Box 952 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 or the Indiana Hunters Education Association c/o Chris Clark Treasurer at 8559 E. 350 N. Montpelier, IN 47359.

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

Alan Dale Spivey

By Valerie WerkmeisterThe Metropolitan School

District of North Posey School Board met Monday, January 9, to take care of routine, new year matters by holding offi ce elections, setting their annual salary and signing confl ict of in-terest statements.

They voted to retain Joe Neidig as president, Steve Bender as vice president, Larry Lewis as secretary, Carol Lupfer as treasurer and Jayme Bender as dep-uty treasurer. Bill Bender was retained as the attor-ney for the board.

Linda O’Risky will preside over the Board of Finance as president and Geoff Gentil will serve as the treasurer. Steve Bender will serve in both roles as the policy and legislative liaison.

The board chose not to increase their salary. They

will continue to receive a $2,000 annual stipend and an additional $100 per reg-ular meeting for a total of $3,200 per year.

Steve Bender, Gen-til, Neidig and O’Risky signed confl ict of interest statements.

The board is working toward the goal of review-ing each of their policies. They intend to review and approve several policies at each meeting throughout the year. At this time, they reviewed the graduation, employee discount and vehicle idling policy. All were approved.

The board reviewed a list of students who are eligible to take the annual over-night trip to Chicago with Marilyn Rogers and Pat-rick Rose. There are over 50 students in Physics, Calculus and AP English who will leave March 13

for the two-day trip. They will visit Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, The Adler Planetarium, the Fermi Lab, the Hancock Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry.

The board also ap-proved:

•A request by Superin-tendent Dr. Todd Camp to advertise to purchase three new buses.

•A request by Lori Lin-gafelter, Extra Curricular Activities Treasurer for the high school and junior high, to cancel all outstanding checks that have been un-paid for a two-year period.

•Textbook commit-tees as presented by each school.

•A facility use request from the Wadesville-Blairsville Regional Sewer District to use the library at South Terrace Elementary School for their meeting

dates. •A request from North

Elementary School teach-er, Ron Baysinger, to retire at the end of the school year after teaching 38 years within the school district.’

•A resignation request from Levi Cox as the boy’s golf coach effective imme-diately.

•An FMLA request from Linda Butler that began November 30, 2011 and will last until February 13.

A special board meet-ing was held jointly with the New Harmony School Board on January 19,

at 6 p.m. in the New Harmony School media center. They will discuss the consolidation between the two schools.

The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, February 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the school cor-poration offi ce.

North Posey School Board steadies salary

Pat Wiley enjoys conversation at the New Harmony Fire Department sausage supper on Saturday. Photo by Connie Pearce

Historical Society to meetThe Posey County Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m.

on Saturday, January 28 for its regular monthly meeting. The meeting will take place in the Society’s new headquarters at Hedges Central in Mount Vernon. Enter Door 4 on the west side of the building. Members are expected to be there; guests are welcomed, of course.

Indoor rummage sale slatedThere will be an indoor rummage sale held at the Posey

County Community Center on the Posey County Fair-grounds, March 3 from 8 a.m. to noon. There is still ven-dor booth space available for $25 for two, eight foot tables (provided). For more information or to sign up as a vendor, contact the Posey County Community Center at: 682-3716 or by e-mail at: poseyccc@gmail.com.

Humane Society forms bondThe Posey Humane Society and West Elementary

School have formed a partnership to match pets with Posey people. Students at West are sponsoring animal adoptions, both cats and dogs, for no or low fees. They are excited about helping to place animals in good homes. For more information on adopting one of the sponsored cats or dogs, please call the Posey Humane Society at 838-3211, and leave your message.

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Happy Birthday

Announcements

25 YEARS AGO,January 21, 1987

50 YEARS AGO,January 19, 1962

Reigning as North Posey Basketball Queen and King Saturday were seniors Steph-anie Tieken and Anthony Re-itz.

Dennis and Michele Motz of Wadesville are proud to announce the birth of their third child, a daughter, Mal-lory Michele. She was born at 8:05 p.m. December 8, 2001, at the Women’s Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces. an measured 21 inches long. Two brothers, Daniel and Derek welcome her home.

Harold’s Restaurant in Poseyville, previously owned and operated by Harold Schweikhart, will reopen Harold’s Febuary 2, one month after Sch-weikhart retired. Accord-ing to the new owners, who will keep the restaurant’s former name, very few changes will be made.

The Lady Vikings pulled away in the third quarter for a 57-46 win at home. It ran the North Posey Vi-kings to a school record of 14-0.

Wendell J. Williams, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel L. Williams, Owensville, recently was promoted to specialist four in Germany where he is serving with the 18th Artillery. Special-ist Williams, a member of the artillery’s Battery C in Hanau, entered the Army in September 1960 and re-ceived basic combat training at Ft. leonard Wood, Mo. He arrived overseas last Feb-ruary. Williams is a 1958 graduate of Owensville High School.

January 24 - Jeremy Harris, Mary Huck, Hal Kat-tau, Robin Lynn Overton

January 25 - Timothy Hoffman, Terry Hon, Ashley Knight, Heather D. Werry, Jan Slifer, Justin Rutledge

January 26 - Elizabeth Stolz, Jacinda Keitel, Taylor Leigh Espenlaub, Zach Har-ris, Christine Crews, Noah Miller, Derek Dietz

January 27 - Joanie Mer-cer, Alice Baker, Becky Rut-ledge, Mark Scarafi a, Donn L. Almon, Annette Sollman, Brandon Tucker, Jeff Smoth-erman, Taylor Koontz

January 28 - Megan Benton, Colton Matthew Cox, Jeff Crumbacher, Sally Huck, William Knapp, Roy Maier, Sid J. Nelson

January 29 - Bob Mit-tino, Bailey Trela, Hannah Morris, Tonya Rutledge

January 30 - Joyce Al-len, Susan W. Blackburn, Bonnie Straw, Greg Reyn-olds, Sandra Underwood, Tracy Evans and Alicia Kay Maier

January 31 - Darrell Creek, Juanita Hyatt, Keith Hyatt, Bob Kemmerling, Jal-ey Montgomery, Rita Reyn-olds and Alvin McFadden, Brysen Heath Huebner and Clarence Naas and Jennifer Effi nger

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

Featured Animalof The Posey County Humane Society

Dakota is a brown tabby with white male. He has short hair and is approx 9 months old.

Call The Posey Humane Society at 838-3211 to arrange a time to look at your future pet. General public hours are Friday noon - 6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.

Salem is a black male. He has short hair and is approx 3-4 years old.

What’s new at Posey Humane Society? Be sure to mark you calendar for these upcoming events.

On Tuesday, February 7th, Hacienda Restaurant on Pearl Drive in Evans-ville will be hosting a Give Back Event for Posey Hu-mane Society.

For all Westside Hacien-da customers presenting a Give Back Coupon on Feb-

ruary 7th, Posey Humane Society will receive a per-centage of your purchase. This applies to dine in or carry out orders. Coupons are available at Posey Hu-mane Society, 6500 Leon-ard Rd in Mt. Vernon or by calling the shelter at 812-838-3211. Coupons can also be downloaded from the PHS web site at www.poseyhumane.org.

Attention all BBQ lov-ers. Posey Humane Soci-ety is now taking orders for BBQ pork loins. The price is $25 per half pork loin and they will be avail-able for pick up at the shel-ter on Saturday, February 18. Deadline to place or-ders will be February 10. Orders can be placed with any PHS Board Member, at the Leonard Rd Shelter or by calling 455-7357 and leaving your name and phone number. Be sure to call today and place your order.

Also, please remember to stop by McKim’s IGA in Mt. Vernon and get your PHS Paw Print. Paw Prints are available for a $1 dona-tion and all proceeds bene-fi t Posey Humane Society.

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John and Frances became grandparents to forty-one children, one now de-ceased. John now has forty-eight great-grandchildren and three step great-grand-children.

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COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYPAGE A5 • JANUARY 24, 2012 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

WMI News By Steve Cochran

Historic New Harmony Happenings By Missy Parkison

APL News By Stanley Campbell

Save the Date! Thrall’s Opera House will be the site of this year’s Har-moniefest, New Harmony’s annual community gather-ing in the tradition of the original Harmonie Society. The event will be held Fri-day, February 17, 6-8 pm, and will feature a pitch-in dessert bar and musical en-tertainment. Entertainment will include dances led by Jonathan Sivier and music performed by the Bloom-ington duo, Entwyned.

Sivier has researched and reconstructed dances from New Harmony, circa 1820.

The dances, with names such as “The Frolic” and “Prisoner,” come from one of the manuscripts of the

Owen/Maclure Commu-nity, "Community Dances, 1826". This manuscript contains the music and instructions for forty-six dances, half of them qua-drilles or cotillions and the other half longways set dances. Sivier learned of the manuscript while gath-ering information to help some fourth grade children research the music and dance of the 1840's, the period when Abraham Lin-coln was a lawyer in central Illinois. He later looked up the copy at the University of Illinois library and found that there were several dances of interest. Sivier’s work brings to light some dances that were, if not lost, then set aside for a time, and offers insight into New Harmony society in the 1820’s.

Sivier has been involved in traditional dance since 1987 and has been lead-ing dances since 1992. He is active with the Urbana Country Dancers and one of the leaders of the Central Illinois English Country Dancers, regularly leading contra, English and square

dances. He also serves as one of the English country dance editors for the Coun-try Dance and Song Society Newsletter and received a 2010 ACE Award from the Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council for leadership in the local dance community.

Sivier will be joined by Entwyned, a duo from Bloomington, Indiana. Ent-wyned focuses on tight, innovative arrangements of traditional and modern tunes, playing hand-crafted instruments optimized for both acoustic and ampli-fi ed use. John Paolillo plays mandola, bouzouki and man-docello, and Twy Bethard plays fi ddle and sings.

Harmoniefest is co-sponsored by Historic New Harmony and Harmonie Associates. All residents of New Harmony and their guests are invited to attend this free event. For more information, please call 812.682.4488.

Historic New Harmony is a unifi ed program of the University of Southern In-diana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites

Adult Winter Reading Program

If winter is your favorite time to curl up with a good book, then you’re the kind of adult we had in mind for our Winter Reading Program. The program started ends February 29, and winners will be notifi ed on March 1.

For each APL book, eBook or audiobook read, you may enter your name for a new eReader or a $50 gift card.

To begin, you will receive six comment cards. For each book read, fi ll out the com-ment card (author, title, did you like it, and any com-ments), then detach the por-tion with your name and phone number and drop it in one of our prize boxes at the library or on the Bookmobile. Be sure not to lose your com-ment cards – they won’t be replaced.

Once you complete your six books, you will receive a completion prize, but you are welcome to keep reading – simply ask for more comment cards at the Adult Information Desk or on the Bookmobile. The more you read, the better your chances of winning.

Don’t forget that eBooks count as well – be sure to check out our new OverDrive product, which allows you to download eBooks to your de-vice. The link is right on our homepage at www.apl.lib.in.us.

Preschool Winter Reading Program

This winter, cuddle up with your little one and join our winter read-to-me program. This program challenges you to read 100 picture books or board books to your pre-school child (ages birth to 5 years). That’s about 3.5 books a day. You may register at the youth desk or bookmobile be-ginning January 23.

Family StorytimeJoin us on January 24 at 6

p.m. for Fun with Chocolate. What more could you ask for? Come for tasting, games, and a yummy good time. No reg-istration is needed to attend this program.

Getting Started With eBooks

Learn how to download eBooks and audiobooks with our new Over Drive product at the Alexandrian Public Li-brary on January 31 at 10 a.m.

and 6 p.m. Feel free to bring your e-reader if you have one. No registration needed.

Hollow BookTeens will want to be at the

library on January 30 from 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. for this program. A Hollow book can be a nifty way to hide some-thing. Learn how to make one. This program is for those in grades 6 – 12 only.

Family Reading NightOn February 2 at 6 p.m. the

featured event will be a per-formance of “The Commedia Cinderella” performed by the drama department of the Mount Vernon High School.

Art ShowThe Alexandrian Pub-

lic Library Presents: 2012 Posey County Winter’s End Art Show. Celebrate the end of winter with a visit to the Alexandrian Public Library for the next in their Honor-ing Heroes of Posey County exhibit series on February 17, 18 and 19.

This show promises to be a distinctly artful experience

of original paintings, photo-graphs, jewelry, prints and sculptures by dozens of local artists of all ages.

Participation in the exhibit will be limited to Posey coun-ty residents and the exhibitor must hold legal residence in the county at time of exhibit. Artists must provide a 3”x5”

card for each item contain-ing the following informa-tion: Title, Artist, Medium, and Price. Only two items per artist will be accepted. Sub-missions from artists wishing to enter this show will be ac-cepted beginning on February 6 and no submissions will be accepted after February 15.

Here’s some more winter reading suggestions for you from Working Men’s Insti-tute. We’ve received many books recently that deal with New Harmony itself, and the people who have infl uenced its history and development. Following are just a few.

New Harmony Then & Now, with text by Donald E. Pitzer and photographs by Darryl D. Jones. The text por-tion of the book (the “Then” portion of the title) discusses New Harmony’s utopian heri-tage, and the successive oc-cupations of the town by the Harmonists and the Owenites, adding a short but inspiring section on how to look at suc-cess and failure in regards to these utopian communities. The photographic portion (the “Now” portion) is beautifully done, and a section of the book that you might actually see yourself in!

Suite Harmonic, by Emily Meier, is a fi ctional account of a young Irishman who, having abandoned his studies for the priesthood, arrives in New Harmony in the “after-

glow” of its utopian experi-ment, and soon fi nds himself experiencing the horrors of the Civil War and the love of one of the town’s most lovely women.

Robert Owen and his Leg-acy, edited by Noel Thomp-son and Chris Williams. This book, published by the Uni-versity of Wales in Cardiff, deals more with the develop-ment of Robert Owen’s idea regarding social justice, the education of youth, and fair employment than with his utopian experiment here in New Harmony, although it does touch on that period of his life. Anyone interested in knowing more about Robert Owen and how he came to have the views he did will enjoy reading the papers col-lected in this volume.

Library Lil Story Hour has resumed and is meeting every Thursday evening at a new time: 6:30 – 7:30. The li-brary closes at 7, but Library Lil attendees will be able to remain until 7:30. The Li-brary Lil Story Hour is for all children from ages 3 through

8th grade. We come prepared with stories to read and songs to sing, but children attend-ing often will bring stories to share, songs to sing and instruments to play. The main goal is to have fun, and to in-still a love of reading and be-ing read to in participants.

Coming up on March 18, Pamela Louks will pres-ent “The Trees of New Har-mony,” the fi rst of the 2012 Working Men’s Institute Lecture Series. Pamela is the Community and Urban For-estry Coordinator for the In-diana Department of Natural Resources, and her talk will explain the results of the re-cently completed New Har-mony Tree Inventory, and her analysis of the job the trees are doing to keep the New Harmony environment healthy.

WMI is open Tuesday-Thursday from 1 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday from noon – 4. Plan to spend part of your winter curled up with a good book at your library.

This activity is made possible in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, with funds from the Indiana General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The University of Southern Indiana’s Ken-neth P. McCutchan Art Center/Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries presents two new exhibits: U.S. History, Volumes I and II: A Print Exhibition, and Recent Acquisitions of the USI Art Collec-tion. Both shows will be on view from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Fri-day and 1 to 5 p.m. Sun-day through March 19.

The U.S. History Vol-umes I (1774-1809) and II (1810-1845) exhibition features the fi rst two in-stallments of a major print portfolios project initiated by USI art graduate Bran-don Gardner, now assis-tant professor of art at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He has asked 35 fi ne art printmakers to create prints based on 30-year cycles in American history; the portfolios will

eventually cover all years from 1774 to the present.

Each artist is assigned a year and researches an event or person, famous or not, to use as inspira-tion for his/her print. The participating printmak-ers are well-known artists from throughout the Unit-ed States, and they work in a wide variety of print techniques, including li-thography, intaglio etch-ing, monoprints, woodcut, and screen printing. The results are visually de-lightful and educational as well.

Volume I was complet-ed in 2010. Volume II was fi nished in July, 2011, and the McCutchan Art Cen-ter/Pace Galleries is the fi rst venue for this exhibit. Andrew Kosten, assistant professor of printmaking at USI, is one of the par-ticipating artists and the coordinator of the display.

Gardner will comment upon the project and the exhibit at 3 p.m. during the artists’ reception on Sunday, February 5. The reception will feature light refreshments from 2 to 4 p.m. and the public is in-vited to attend.

The second exhibit presents some of the new-er additions to the USI Art Collection, acquired from artists and friends of the University. On dis-play are photographs by former USI student Mi-chael Pugh, paintings by Stephen Pace, sculpture and drawing by Kather-ine Taylor, and artworks purchased from the 2010 and 2011 USI Juried Stu-dent art Exhibitions by Veronica Koester and Wes Dossett.

For more information contact Kathryn Wa-ters, professor of art, at 812/464-1933.

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There will be an indoor rummage sale held at the Posey County Community Center on the Posey County Fairgrounds, March 3 from 8 a.m. to noon.

There is still vendor booth space available for $25 for two, eight foot tables (provided). For more in-formation or to sign up as a vendor, contact the Posey County Community Center at: 682-3716 or by e-mail at: poseyccc@gmail.com-poseyccc@gmail.com

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Under the Beams is pleased to announce a con-cert featuring Anonymous 4 on Saturday, February 4 at 8 p.m. at the Rapp-Owen Granary in New Harmony. Known for their heavenly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, and Susan Hellauer) combine musical, historical, and contemporary performance pieces as they create ingeniously designed programs, interweaving mu-sic with poetry and narrative to create their magical sound. The ensemble has performed at major concert series and at festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including appearances at

Tanglewood, Wolftrap, BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival, and the Brisbane Biennial. Enchanted both by their live performances and by their eighteen recordings of me-dieval, contemporary, and American music, Anonymous 4's listeners have bought nearly two million copies of the group's albums on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Under the Beams contin-ues a tradition of bringing world-class musicians and in-credible music to the intimate and unique setting of the Rapp-Owen Granary in his-toric New Harmony, where every seat is a good seat. All concerts are held on Saturday evenings beginning at 8 pm.

Tickets are available by calling our box offi ce at 812-682-3128. Individual tick-

ets are $28 and students are $15. There are a few season tickets available and may be purchased for the complete series of all four concerts for $100. For more information, please visit www.underthe-beams.org.

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The St. Wendel Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance will be Saturday, Feb. 4 at Knight of St. John, St. Wendel.

Fried Chicken Dinner 6 - 7:30, dance 7:30 - midnight. Tickets: $25/person or $45/couple in advance ($50 couple at door). Dance only $15/person. Call Michele Reker for tickets at 812-963-1158.

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Post 5 American Legion in Mount Vernon will host a “Sweetheart Dinner and Dance” on Saturday, Feb-ruary 11. The event will be open to the public and feature a Prime Rib dinner followed by a dance. Please watch your newspaper as details develop.

Legion Valentine Dinner, Dance set for Feb. 11

By Nick ThomasThere could be many rea-

sons why some 2,000 people from across the U.S., Cana-da, and Europe made their way to Miami last December to take a four day round-trip cruise to Cozumel, Mexico. But it wasn’t the golden beaches or sparkling blue waters that united this dedi-cated band of travelers; it was the onboard events and list of eminent guests.

While celebrity cruises are nothing new, this one – the inaugural Classic Cruise hosted by the cable chan-nel, Turner Classic Mov-ies, which brought together thousands of fi lm fans with their favorite Hollywood legends on the Celebrity Millennium cruise ship – was truly a classic.

Celebrity shipmates in-cluded Ernest Borgnine, Eva Marie Saint, Tippi Hedren, director Norman Jewison, as well as TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz. With the average age of the four special guests being around 87, it was clear the crowd appreciated their efforts to join the cruise. Each looked relaxed, healthy, and genu-inely pleased to be a part of this special event.

“Oh my goodness, I couldn’t have been treated better by the TCM folks or fans. I don’t know why, because I certainly don’t deserve it,” said a humble 94-year-old Borgnine, when I spoke with him during the cruise. “It’s one thing to like an actor, but the kind of love people have shown me is amazing. I just want to be one of the gang on the ship!”

Borgnine was typical of all the celebrities. Far from retiring to their cabins and emerging only to fulfi ll their obligations, they regularly roamed the decks, mingling with the passengers, eating at the buffet, chatting, and posing for photographs.

The fi rst scheduled event was the Sail Away Party by the Rivera Pool. The crowds gathered around the small stage area and burst into ap-plause when Robert Osborne appeared. “We’re delighted that you are all here and hope you have a great time,” said a very relaxed looking Osborne, wearing a light blue jacket and tieless shirt,

his white hair blowing in the brisk Gulf breeze.

Aside from snagging a much sought after celebrity snapshot, passengers were able to partake in a selec-tion of scheduled events that TCM had planned: movie screenings, often preceded by introductions with the stars from the fi lms; Q & A sessions with all the stars, and panel discussions with Osborne and Mankiewicz.

Surprise guests included veteran game show host Wink Martindale, who host-ed movie trivia contests, and Chelsie Hightower and Lou-is Van Amstel from “Danc-ing with the Stars.” Okay, so they weren’t Fred and Ginger, but they did put on a dazzling dance display. And when Ernie and Eva Marie came out on stage for a whirl around the dance fl oor with the youngsters, the crowd went wild!

During the cruise, the ship docked at Key West and Cozumel which allowed passengers to go ashore and enjoy the many tourist at-tractions each stop offered. These were an added bonus on this particular voyage, because clearly most passen-gers anticipated the onboard program of events such as the celebrity presentations prior to fi lm screenings.

For instance, Saint talked about the making of “North by Northwest,” Hedren spoke about “The Birds,” Jewison featured his fi lm “The Thomas Crown Affair,” and Borgnine discussed “The Poseidon Adventure.” At the time, of course, pas-sengers seemed to appreci-ate the irony of the latter be-ing shown on a cruise ship; but I’m not sure they would

have been so dismissive to-day, given the tragic January 13 capsizing off the Tuscan island of Giglio, in Italy.

A much anticipated event was the appearance of both Eva Marie Saint and Tippi Hedren as “The Hitchcock Blondes” in a discussion with Osborne. Eva Marie was in good form, as evi-dent by her playful sense of humor. “If you look at the Hitchcock catalog,” Osborne began, “Ingrid Bergman was not a blonde, Teresa Wright (Shadow of a Doubt) was not a blonde, Tallulah Bankhead was not a blond…….”

“So why are we here?” quipped Saint, to the laugh-ter of the audience. Appre-ciating the humor, Osborne wondered if the general be-lief that Hitchcock favored blondes was just a myth. Eva Marie wasn’t sure, but Tippi suggested that blondes have both an innocence and a sense of mystery about

them, which she thought might have appealed to Hitchcock.

TCM host Robert Os-borne, as charming and knowledgeable as he appears on TV, was clearly delighted by the passengers’ response to the cruise.

“I’ve only been on one other cruise in my life, and that was years ago to Aca-pulco, so I’m really enjoying this trip and being around so many fi lm fans,” said Os-borne, who added that TCM is seriously considering an-other cruise. “Fans have been coming up to me throughout the cruise, talking about their favorite movies. I love that, because it really means they love the channel and love the work that I do.”

Cabins went for around $800-$2,500 per person on this cruise, and sold out within 70 days. Announce-ments for any new cruise will be made on the TCM web site, tcm.com.

Hollywood Hits the Water: The 2011 Turner Classic Movies Film Cruise

Ernest Borgine greets passengers during the fi rst eve-ning sail away party. Photo submitted

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art pres-ents Indiana Days/Kentucky Nights, an exhibition of prints by Andrew Kosten, USI as-sistant professor of art. The exhibition opened Saturday and runs through February 11, when a reception for the artist will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. during the New Harmony Art and Antiques Stroll.

The New Harmony Gal-lery of Contemporary Art is located at 506 Main Street in New Harmony, Indiana and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon until 4 p.m. Sunday.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, call 812/682-3156 or visit www.nhgallery.com.

USI art professor’s work on display NH Art Gallery

Scott Huck and Dennis Webb enjoying the New Har-mony Fire Department Annual Sausage Supper. Photo by Connie Pearce

Owen Dunn Post 5 Ameri-can Legion at 203 Walnut in Mount Vernon, Indiana will hold an Open House and spon-sor an “All You Can Eat Fish Fry” on Saturday February 4 serving from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Carry out is available. Call 838-5122 to arrange for large carry out orders. Post 5 American Legion will be open to the public all day. Please bring friends and family to the American Legion, socialize and enjoy the all can eat Cat-fi sh fi let dinner.

Legion Open House, Fish Fry set for Feb. 4

Post 5 American Legion will host an open to the pub-lic Super Bowl party on Sun-day, February 5. The Post will be open from noon till after the game. Come to the American Legion, enjoy the free food, watch the pre-game show, play cards and cheer your team to victory.

Super Bowl Party Feb. 5

Scott Champlin, Greg Oeth, Courtney Oeth and Jay Price enjoy some quality time at the Sausage Supper. Photo by Connie Pearce

By Valerie WerkmeisterA new year often brings

a new outlook or a new ap-proach to things. It’s a time for renewal or to focus on new personal goals. For a person with cancer, their goal is to make it through their treatment and past their next birthday.

The American Cancer Society has a number of ways to help cancer pa-

tients meet their goals. One way, is through the North Posey Relay for Life event scheduled for June 9 and 10. Relay is nothing new to our area, yet many may still wonder exactly what the Relay for Life is. The event itself is a way for people to fi ght back against cancer, celebrate the lives for those who are currently fi ghting the disease and remember

those who lost the battle. Anyone can form a team,

register and raise funds to help support the cause. North Posey hopes for a to-tal of 24 teams this year. On the day of the event, teams will campout on the North Posey High School track overnight. A representative from each team is asked to be on the track for the entire 24-hour period. The idea is that since cancer never sleeps, neither do the Relay for Life participants.

Now, as intimidating as it sounds to walk around the track for an entire 24 hours, there are plenty of activities planned to make the time fl y by. Each team brings a canopy tent for shelter against whatever weather Mother Nature dishes out that day and many partici-pate in the tent decorating

competition according to the theme. A specifi c theme will be announced at a later time.

The entertainment com-mittee members work very hard from now until event day to plan fun activities for every hour. In years past, some of the activi-ties included a survivor lap in which all of the current cancer survivors will walk the track by themselves; a watermelon eating contest; a frozen t-shirt contest in which contestants had to break the ice block to get to the t-shirt; a kiddie parade; dressing up as your favorite movie star; a Miss Relay contest in which the guys dress up as the gals, Zum-ba, and many more.

There is also a live auc-tion and local businesses and families have always

done a wonderful job with their generous donations to raise additional funds on event day.

One fun way to raise ad-ditional money is by lining quarters around the track. “Got a quarter? Give a quarter” is a great way for kids or adults to see just how many quarters it would take to completely circle the track. Start saving those quarters now.

The North Posey Relay for Life Committee mem-bers met January 9, to begin plans for this year’s event. Chairpersons for each committee were named and include the following: Carolyn Higginson – event chairperson, Mary Peach – co chairperson, Alice Sim-mons – advocacy, Sonya Straw – team development, Judy Baehl –team develop-ment chair, Valerie Werk-meister – team develop-ment and public relations, Ruth Kissel – accounting, Karen Blaylock – spon-sorship, Marilyn Marshall – mission delivery, Nancy Dougan – survivorship, Su-zie Dougan – survivorship, Megan Baehl – activities co-chair, Cody Devine – activities co-chair, Jackie Wiggins – ceremonies and

Kim Higginson – logistics.Committee members

also learned they were the recipients of several awards from last year’s relay event. They received the Ameri-can Cancer Society Cancer Action Network award, the Fund Mission Achievement award, the Pacesetter award and the Top 10 Nationwide per capita award for popu-lation range 25,000-29,999. The Hopf family team also received an award for raising $10,000. A total of $75,565 was raised by everyone involved in the North Posey relay. A goal of $79,000 has been set for this year.

ionA scrapbooking event, Crop Cause we Care is planned for Saturday, January 28, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. The registration fee is $35 and the deadline to register is Friday, January 20. Contact Katrina Paul at 622-0828 or go to St. Fran-cis Relay for Life on Face-book to register.

Anyone interested in forming a team for the North Posey Relay for Life event can contact any com-mittee member or Judy Baehl at 568-3988 and Val-erie Werkmeister at 499-4917.

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During the month of January Mt. Zion GBC is focusing on the topic of being transformed by the renewing power of our God. The word “Trans-formed” can easily be used to replace a word often diffi cult to take by many of us. We all need to experience this yet we all seem to avoid “change.”

Change is a part of life and is neces-sary for meeting the demands of life. Recently while in conversation with one of our members about many of the changes taking place at Mt. Zion GBC the comment was made by the member that really was insightful. He said, “The church must change with the times if it is going to continue.”

Mt. Zion GBC has a great history, one which I am very proud of, one which has laid the foundation for the

work being accomplished today. Mt. Zion has been known as a “family” church which has been a drawing fac-tor for many who have come to make Mt. Zion there church home in recent years. The history of the church also include a passion for sharing the Gos-pel of Jesus Christ with friends and family which explains why 16 people became Christ followers, 17 renewed their relationship with God and 9 gave testimony of their faith through bap-tism in 2011.

Mt. Zion GBC continues to grow. I fi rmly believe that we will be break-ing ground on our addition which will enable us to better equip our friends with the great news about God’s love for all.

But the most prominent news about

the changes taking place at Mt. Zion is that beginning February 5 we will be starting a second worship service. As our attendance has continued to grow it has become imperative that we add a worship service to accommodate the excitement taking place. The fi rst wor-ship, beginning at 8 a.m. will be a tra-ditional service while the 10:30 wor-ship will be more on the contemporary side. Sunday School will continue to be offered at 9:30 a.m.

You are invited to come and see what is happening at Mt. Zion. If you have any questions please feel free to call any of our Deacon Ministry Team members.

If you would like to know more about becoming a Christ Follower please do not hesitate to call.

Everyone is invited to par-ticipate in "Bible 101: An In-troduction to the Bible" host-ed at the Alexandrian Public Library (Meeting Room A) in Mount Vernon from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

This 6-week event will last from Monday, February 13 until Monday, March 26 (no study on Monday, March

12). This study is intended for those who don't know much about the Bible, as well as those who are more familiar with the Bible. Every partici-pant will receive a free Bible to begin his or her journey.

Contact Pastor Derrick with any questions at pas-tor@fbcmtvernon.org or 838-2187.

Bible study to start Feb.13 at APL

Mount Zion GBC focuses on ‘Transformation’

I DON’T UNDERSTAND by Lowell Tison

Sherie Cooley and Rita Riedford at the Saint Francis Xavier Relay for Life pancake breakfast. Photo by Katrina Paul

Ryan Seaton former lead singer for Signature Sound a Southern Gospel Quar-tet, Melody Boys Quartet, and the Gaith-ers is coming home to Posey County to be the feature of the Co-op’s an-nual affair. The meeting will be held at the Posey County Community Center Thurs-day evening February 23 beginning at 6 p.m. Ryan a Cynthiana native joined a barbershop quartet while a sophomore in high school and fell in love with four part harmony. Shortly after high school he joined the Cathedrals which is where he met Ernie Haase who later brought him into Sig-nature Sound. During his time with SSQ he met and married Krista. A devoted family man when he’s not touring Ryan enjoys spend-ing time with his wife and two daughters. In 2009 Ryan left Signature to be-come a solo artist recording “The Stage is Bare” which was released in 2010 and has been nominated for two Dove Awards by the Gospel Music Association.

In September 2011 “Love Songs” was released. This

album was made by spe-cial request of wife, Krista, and features such classics as “Unforget-table” and “All the Way”. Ryan’s perfor-mance should

be a great close to an evening of informa-tion, camaraderie, and din-ing.

The cooperative has concluded another suc-

cessful year. There will be a very short business session at which the mem-bers will elect directors to serve Bethel, Harmony, and Robb Townships. The nominating committee has named Rick Ziliak, Chuck Mann, and Wayne Wig-gins to fi ll these posts but as always there will be an opportunity to nomi-nate others from the fl oor. There will be a report on the association’s perfor-mance in 2011 and notice given that patronage pay-ments were mailed earlier in the day.

The meeting will begin with a welcome and sump-tuous meal provided by the North Posey Relay for Life team complete with Chick-en, Sausages, Sides, and Dessert. After Ryan’s per-formance the meeting will end with a gift for all fami-lies in attendance. Don’t fail to be in attendance and come early. Call your near-est Co-op branch for free tickets but please call we need to have an estimate for seating and meals. The Board of Directors and Employees look forward to being your host.

Ryan Seaton

Ryan Seaton to entertain at PC Co-op Stockholder’s meeting

Grammy Nominated artist Ryan Seaton, who charmed fans all over the world dur-ing his tenure with Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will perform at Christian Fel-lowship Church on February 17, 2012.

Seaton, a North Posey High School graduate who embarked on his solo career in June 2010 was nominated for two Dove Awards for his fi rst project, “The Stage is Bare.” The album is remi-niscent of the Crooners’ style of the 1950s and has been to compared to secular artists such as Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble’.

Seaton also released a sophomore album, “Love Songs” in September of 2011. Ryan Seaton will per-form songs from both al-

bums that evening and there will be a special appearance from the North High School Choir. The second half of the evening will feature the four-part harmonies of the quartet Seaton formed over a year-and-half ago.

Seaton is also planning to announce that evening the offi cial name of the quartet that he formed with good friends: Toby Hitchcock, Andrew Goldman and Aaron McCune. The quartet has come together to sing a few times over last year but will be announcing the offi cial name of the group and will begin a limited tour schedule in 2012.

“I have had the privilege to perform all over the na-tion but there is something special about singing in your

hometown amongst friends and family. I am also very excited to step on stage again with my newly formed quar-tet, which I feel has the po-tential of being a household name in the Christian music industry,” states Seaton.

The event will be held at Christian Fellowship Church on Friday, February 17, 2012. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets are general admis-sion $10 each

Tickets for this special evening are available at Christian Fellowship Church 4100 Millersburg Road, Evansville, IN 47725 Phone: 812-867-6464 or The Vine-yard Bookstore 5721 E. Vir-ginia Street, Evansville, IN 47715 Phone: 479-8777.

North Posey alum Seaton to perform

North Posey Relay crew works on plans for this yearA good crowd was on hand Sunday morning to help begin fundraising for the North

Posey Relay for Life. A breakfast was held at St. Xavier Church.

The North Posey Lady Vi-kings’ 1987 Regional cham-pionship girls’ basketball team will be recognized on Jan. 28 at the school.

There be a reception area for the team during the Lady Vikings’ reserve game with Gibson Southern and coach Charles Mair’s squad, the only Posey County basket-ball team, either girls or boys, to win a Regional title will be honored between the reserve and varsity games.

This is the 25th anniversa-ry of the Lady Vikings’ trip to the Seymour Semistate and one member of that team,

Kristi Talley Wright, will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2012 Silver Anni-versary Team.

She will join Mount Ver-non’s Marty Neihaus (Class of 1980), the current Forest Park girls’ hoop coach, as the only Posey County players to be named to Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary teams.

A former Gibson Southern Lady Titan was honored by the Hall of Fame last year, so this seems like an appropriate place to honor the team, ac-cording to North Posey prin-cipal Scott Strieter.

Lady Viking Regionalchamps to be honored

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near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

The Civil War in the United States elevated the popularity of coffee to new heights. Soldiers went to war with coffee beans as a primary ration.

Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland in considered an insult. The difference between apple juice and apple cider is that

the juice is pasteurized and the cider is not. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. The world’s smallest army is the Vatican Swiss Guard,

which stands 100 strong. They still wear uniforms designed by Michelangelo.

In Browning, Montana on January 23, 1916, the tempera-ture dropped exactly 100 degrees, from 44 degrees above zero to 56 degrees below zero. This is the world record for a 24-hour temperature change.

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Kendra Kendall, a student at Huntington University, was recognized during a Jan-uary-term trip to the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

The KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States.

This year, 13 students and theater faculty attended the regional KCACTF during

Jan. 3-7, which includes col-leges and universities from Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and selected west-ern parts of Ohio.

At the festival, HU stu-dents attended workshops, viewed high quality regional theatrical productions and competed in design and act-ing competitions as well as competitions in dramaturgy and playwriting.

Kendall, a senior Theatre Design and Technology ma-jor from Mount Vernon, I, submitted realized designs for Properties and Scenic Painting.

A photo of Kendall is available online at http://www.huntington.edu/News-Releases/Academics/Theatre/Students,-university-recog-nized-at-regional-theater-festival/?__taxonomyid=292. Click on the photo to open and download the high-reso-lution image.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian col-lege of the liberal arts offer-ing graduate and undergradu-ate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest,

and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America's Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its "Best in the Midwest" list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Uni-versities (CCCU).

For text of this and all Hun-tington University news re-leases, visit www.huntington.edu/news.

Kendra Kendall of Mount Vernon recognized at Regional Theater Festival

Using funds provided by a grant from the Na-tional Science Founda-tion (NSF), Kentucky Wesleyan College has initiated a program to increase the number of

graduates in the fi elds of science, technology, en-gineering and mathemat-ics (STEM). Scholarships up to $6,000 per year will be awarded to selected in-coming freshmen and new

transfer students pursuing a degree in a STEM dis-cipline.

For information on award criteria and how to apply, please visit the KWC website at www.kwc.edu/stem and/or con-tact Dr. Evelyn Hiatt at 270-852-3158 or ehiatt@kwc.edu.

Application deadline for incoming freshmen is Friday, January 27. The application deadline for new transfer students is Thursday, April 12.

Kentucky Wesleyan College offers Stem Scholarship

The University of Evans-ville is proud to announce that the following local students earned a position on the Dean's List for aca-demic achievements during the Fall Semester 2011:

Andrew Abad of Mount Vernon, majoring in Biol-ogy, Daniele Albrecht of Mount Vernon, majoring in Elementary Education, Jon-athan Boettcher of Mount Vernon, majoring in Com-munication, Heidi Cotner of Mount Vernon, majoring in Elementary Education, Shannon Dick of Mount Vernon, majoring in Pre Physical Therapy, Alyssa Key of Mount Vernon, ma-joring in Communication, Sethlyn Morgan of Mount

Vernon, majoring in Mar-keting, Kathryn O'Brien of Mount Vernon, majoring in Visual Communication Design, Patrick Scates of Mount Vernon, majoring in Global Leadership, Katie Schmidt of Mount Vernon, majoring in Pre Physical Therapy, Kourtney Steen of Mount Vernon, majoring in Exercise Science, Heather Williams of Mount Ver-non, majoring in Organi-zational Leadership, Jason Nelson of New Harmony, majoring in Organizational Leadership, Logan Schmitt of Poseyville, majoring in Business, Kayla Bren-ton of Wadesville, major-ing in Elementary Educa-tion, Samantha Neidig of Wadesville, majoring in Pre Physical Therapy, Ma-son Blankenship of Evans-ville, majoring in Com-puter Science, Sara Buente of Evansville, majoring in Spanish, John Cape of Evansville, majoring in Global Leadership, Jordan Dierks of Evansville, ma-joring in Biology, Alissa Fricke of Evansville, ma-joring in Communication, Garrett Hall of Evansville, majoring in Global Lead-

ershipm, Amanda Merkley of Evansville, majoring in Psychology, Elizabeth Reis of Evansville, major-ing in Mathematics, Drew Reisinger of Evansville, majoring in Mathematics, Michael Schade of Evans-ville, majoring in Finance, Amanda Topper of Evans-ville, majoring in Visual Communication Design, Tyler Tungate of Evans-ville, majoring in Com-puter Science and Carly Zenthoefer of Evansville, majoring in Athletic Train-ing

The students made the Dean's List by achieving at least a 3.5 grade point aver-age on a 4.0 scale.

"At the University of Evansville, students experi-ence a rigorous curriculum built on exposure to great ideas, timeless themes, signifi cant questions, and multiple perspectives," said UE President Thomas A. Kazee. "Earning a place on the Dean's List shows a strong commitment to academic achievement, and these students and their families should be incred-ibly proud of this accom-plishment."

Local students named to U of E Dean’s List

Ivy Tech Corporate College is pleased to offer a new series of courses that focus on Lead-ership. The classes include: Introduction to Supervision, Expectations of a Leader, Communications, Teamwork, Adaptability and Flexibility, and Coaching. Each of these courses cover key skill areas that supervisors need to get greater results. In these cours-es you will learn many leader-ship essentials, including:• Planning, organizing, mo-

tivating, and coping with workplace dynamics

• Concepts and components

of leadership• Effective listening, and us-

ing appropriate language• Principles of motivation,

diversity and building rela-tionships that foster dignity and respect

• Keys to embracing change in the workplace

• Techniques for giving and receiving feedback in a coaching roleFor more information on

these classes, please visit our Leadership Series webpage at Ivy Tech Corporate College Leadership Series or you may contact us at 812-429-9810.

Ivy Tech offers Leadership Courses

Kindergarten Students at North Elementary class celebrated their 100th day of school on Thursday. Seen here, Mrs. Dike’s class is in the hallway placing paint hand-prints on the ‘100’ banner. From left to right, top row: Kyle Downey, Jacob Downey, Cade Brandenstein, Tristen Gammon, Tyler Norrick, Will Werner, Reece Terhune. Bottom row: Danica Kendall, Izzy Klocinski, Auroroa Mayberry, Whitley Price, Kylie Will, Erica Ribaudo, Brianna Floyd and Allison Werkmeister. Photo by Zach Straw

New Harmony School’s Kindergarten class celebrated Day 100 on Wednesday, January 18. In the front row, left to right, are Katie Baize, Asher Haney, Danielle Underwood and Elijah Arrieta. In back row, left to right, are Maddie Kissel, Piper Osban, Lizzie Cox, Ava Lowe, Cole Cullum and Chloe Newman.

Calee Schneider counting lifesavers on the 100th day of school. Theme is “100 Days Brighter”. Mrs. Beebe’s class of West Elementary celebrated the 100th day of school by making headbands, eating cupcakes and counting 100 different items. Photo submitted

Mrs. Beebe's class of West Elementary celebrated the 100th day of school by making headbands, eating cup-cakes and counting 100 different items. Photo submitted

Indiana State University has announced its dean’s list for the fall semester. Students must have a 3.5 grade point av-erage or above on a 4.0 scale in order to be eligible for the dean’s list at Indiana State.

Area students making the fall 2011 ISU dean’s list include Matthew Culley and Cody Martin of Evansville, Joseph An-derson, Eric Higgins and Joseph Wagner, all of Mount Ver-non and Jessica Pate of Wadesville.

Indiana State announces dean’s list

BUSINESSPAGE A9 • JANUARY 24, 2012 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

We are grateful to the following donors for making it possible to purchase and erect the new Show Arena at the Fairgrounds. $50,000 has been contributed which will allow us to place a steel structure near the present barns. Work will start soon!

If you would like to help us in purchasing electrical and ventilation equipment please send your donation to: Posey County 4 H Fair Assoc. “Barns Project” PO Box 565 Mt. Vernon 47620

MAJOR DONORS:ADMBill & Ruth LangHarold C. Bender Farms Heritage Petroleum LLCHoehn Farms, Inc. Land O' Lakes FoundationMAP Oil Co.MAP Trucking, Inc.Pearison Inc.Posey County Co-opPosey County Farm Bureau, Inc.Tom & Tammy SchniederToyota Motor Manufacturing, IndianaTri County Equipment, Inc.Frank & Beth Bender

MAJOR SUPPORTERSAlan & Susie BenderIsacc EisterholdJerry & Linda SchenkJoe & Maria EisterholdJohn & Rose LangMarilyn & Kim RogersMarse Farms Inc.Mike WassmerRon & Rita SimpsonTom & Katy Lang

CONTRIBUTORS:Alvin GriesBrett & Trudy StockBruce R. WellsCarl Nix Welding ServiceCasey HudsonCharles & Mary RiesCharles (Mike) & Sharlyn MartinChris MulkeyCSB BankDonald UhdeDuane & Donna KuhlenschmidtElanor HoganFirst BankFrank & Lisa ShcmittFreeman’s GarageFrieda WellsGary VoegelJames & Lisa SchellerJames BenderJames MathewJeff TepoolJohn WebbJoseph SeibertK. S. Oil Corp.Larry & Shirley WentzelMargaret Sligh TrustMartin RedmanMarvin & Ruth RedmanMary Beth WilliamsMatthew & Andrea McFadinNicholas & Laura BenderPatrick & Josie DavisRalph & Loretta KoesterRick MercerRobert DausmanRobert JourdanRobert ThomasSteve MillerTim & Johlene HoenertTish MumfordTodd & Angela WileyUnited Fidelity Bank

Benenice Blankenberger - PriceBob & Marilyn PrinceBud’s HardwareCarla & John SailerClara M. DavidClarence & Maria NelsonDarrell & Donna CreekDarrick WigginsDavid & Joanie BesteDean & Ellen MitchellDennis & Angelika ClarkDennis & Michele MotzDonna MotzFrey ProduceJ L Farm Equipment Co., Inc.Jerry BeckerJim & Vicky SwinneyJohn JefferyK L FarmsKen & Mary JunckerKnight Ag SalesLois BoernerMarilyn & Ken BurgdorfMark BenderMark ReevesMrs. Gordon AlldredgeMt. Vernon Auto Parts, Inc.Mumford Hills LLCPoseyville KiwanisRichard KnightRitzert FarmsRonald & Winifred MartinSchmitt Ag ProductsSeibert Bros. Inc.Thelma EscheTim McGennnisTom & Pat HancockTom & Susan GentonWaite & Carolyn RoweWalter & Sharon BroadheadWilliam J. SchmittWoodrow & Theresa McFaddin

A BIG THANKS!

The Ports of Indiana handled 8.1 million tons of cargo in 2011, the largest annual tonnage since 2006. New ethanol and dried dis-tillers grains (DDGs) ship-ments combined with gains in limestone, salt and steel cargoes fueled a 5 percent increase in total shipments moving through Indiana's three ports.

The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon handled its largest annual tonnage since 1994 and the third highest in the port's 36-year history. The port handled 4.7 million tons in 2011, an increase of 12 percent over 2010 fi g-ures. Ethanol-related ship-ments played the biggest role in the increase, with Aventine Renewable Energy operating in its fi rst full year at the port and other ethanol producers taking advantage of the port's new rail-to-barge transloading facility. Ethanol shipments were fi ve times the previous year's to-tal and DDGs were 10 times

greater than 2010."This past year repre-

sented a diversifi cation of cargoes moving through the port," said Phil Wil-zbacher, port director at the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon. "Coal and grain remain our highest volume commodities but with Aven-tine's ethanol facility reach-ing full production, DDGs and ethanol rocketed from minimal numbers in 2010 to the port's third and fourth highest volume cargoes in 2011."

In addition, Mount Ver-non steel shipments were seven times greater than the 2010 total and the port expe-rienced gains in shipments of coke (188%), fertilizer (6%) and soy products (4%).

The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor moved 2 million tons of cargo in 2011, an increase of 10 percent over 2010 which was fueled by shipping increases in lime-stone (23%), steel (18%), fertilizer (61%), coal (44%)

and salt (18%). The Port of Indiana-

Jeffersonville handled 1.4 million tons in 2011 with salt shipments increasing 17 percent over 2010 fi g-ures. There were also small increases in coal and steel cargoes.

The Ports of Indiana is a statewide port authority that operates a system of three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan. The mis-sion of the Ports of Indiana is to develop and maintain a world-class port system that operates as an agile, strate-gically-driven, self-funded enterprise dedicated to growing Indiana's economy.

More than 60 companies operate at Indiana's three ports. The Ports of Indiana manages approximately 2,600 acres of property along the Ohio River and Lake Michigan - and has 800 acres available for fu-ture development. For more information, visit www.portsofi ndiana.com.

Ports of Indiana handles largest annual tonnage in fi ve years

Donning protective gear and standing next to a Rayco stump grinder, Jim Brown, owner of Wabash Valley Tree Service, pauses for a brief moment while removing a tree. Removal of the tree, located on the property of Poseyville Christian Church, started on Wednesday and was fi nished by Friday. Photo by Zach Straw

The Southwest Indiana Area Corn and Soybean Day program will be held on Tuesday, January 31 at the Vanderburgh County Fair-grounds Activities build-ing on Darmstadt Rd. near Evansville. This program is sponsored by Purdue Exten-sion from Gibson, Vander-burgh, Posey, and Warrick counties. The meeting will provide valuable informa-tion for area crop producers on weed resistance issues, other corn and soybean pro-duction issues, as well as, grain marketing update; all which should be valuable information as they plan their 2012 crops.

The program will begin with registration at 8 a.m.

(CST) for those produc-ers that need to apply for private pesticide (PARP) or commercial applicator credits, with the program starting at 8:30 a.m. For a complete listing of the day’s program, click on the link under “Hot Topics” at the Posey County, Purdue Ex-tension website at: www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/posey/, contact your local Purdue Extension offi ce or call: (812) 838-1331.

ADM, Cargill, Consoli-dated Grain and Barge, and Wabash Valley Grain el-evators will be providing the expertise for the Grain Marketing Panel discussion, which will be held immedi-ately following lunch that

they also will be sponsoring for the program participants.

Bob Nielsen, the “Corn Guy” who is well known to the area for his expertise in corn production, will be one of the three speakers talking about current topics in corn and soybean production.

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 Posey County Pur-due Extension offi ce or call (812) 838-1331. For special dietary needs, contact this same offi ce by no later than January 23.

2012 Corn and Soybean Day program to be held January 31

The corn market was sur-prised by the USDA’s fi nal 2011 corn production esti-mate and the estimate of De-cember 1, 2011 corn stocks. The March 2012 futures price declined by $0.52 per bushel in the two sessions following the release of the reports.

At 9.642 billion bushels, December 1 corn stocks were 425 million bushels smaller than those of a year ago and the smallest in 5 years, but were about 240 million bush-els larger than the average of the reported trade guesses. Those guesses were in an extremely wide range of 500 million bushels. Three of the 15 analyst guesses reported by Dow Jones were 9.55 bil-lion bushels or larger, so not everyone was surprised by the USDA estimate.

Part of the surprise in the magnitude of December 1 stocks came as a result of the average expectation of a smaller 2011 crop estimate. With the absence of any sup-porting evidence, it is not clear why, on average, ana-lysts expected a 30 million bushel reduction in the esti-mated size of the crop. The USDA estimate was a very modest 48 million bushels (0.4 percent) larger than the November 2011 forecast. The 78 million bushel difference between expected and actual production accounts for about one third of the surprise in the stocks estimate. The remain-der of the surprise is the re-sult of incorrect expectations about the level of feed and re-sidual use of corn during the fi rst quarter of the 2011-12 marketing year.

The market anticipated a high level of use to be re-vealed, perhaps partly to correct what was perceived as an under-estimate of feed and residual use in the previ-ous quarter. The surprisingly large estimate of September 1, 2011 stocks implied a very low level of feed and residual use during the fi nal quarter of the 2010-11 marketing year and for the entire marketing year. Some believed that the low (and incorrect) estimate of feed and residual use last year had resulted in an un-realistically low forecast of use for the current year. It was thought that the Decem-ber 1 stocks estimate would “correct” the past errors and show a high level of use dur-ing the September-December quarter, resulting in a larger projection of use for the year.

That did not happen. Instead, implied use during the quar-ter was consistent with the USDA forecast of 4.6 billion bushels so the forecast was not changed. Calculated feed and residual use of 1.838 billion bushels during the quarter represents 40 percent of the projected total for the year. The percentage of total use during the fi rst quarter last year was an unusually large 43.2 percent. In the pre-vious 4 years, use during the fi rst quarter averaged 39.3 percent of the marketing year total, in a range of 38.2 to 40.7 percent.

The seasonal pattern and the total implied feed and re-sidual use of corn during the 2010-11 marketing year is still troublesome. Explana-tions for the low level of use center on the potential for over-estimating the amount of corn used to produce eth-anol, increased feeding of distiller’s grains, and/or an underestimate of the size of the 2010 crop. None of those explanations, however, ad-dresses the inconsistent sea-sonal pattern of implied use. In addition, the implied sharp decline in feed and residual use of corn, all grains, and all feeds (including an estimate of distillers' grain) per animal unit during the last half of the marketing year is without ex-planation.

With year-ending stocks of U.S. corn still expected to be a relatively low 6.7 percent of projected use, a lot of price uncertainty remains. The im-mediate focus may be on the size of the South American corn crop and the implica-tions for U.S. corn exports.

The USDA lowered the pro-jected size of the Argentine crop from 1.14 to 1.02 billion bushels in last week’s report. Recent and upcoming precip-itation will help stabilize that crop, but the extent of dam-age may exceed that refl ected in the current forecast. The forecast of the Brazilian crop was unchanged at 2.4 billion bushels. The USDA now ex-pects U.S. corn exports to reach 1.65 billion bushels during the current marketing year. Nineteen weeks into the year, export inspections have averaged 32.7 million bushels per week (adjusted for Cen-sus export estimates through November). Inspections need to average 30.9 million per week from now through Au-gust in order for the total to reach the projection. A further reduction in the size of the South American crop, as oc-curred in the drought of 2008-09, could boost U.S. exports above the current projection, particularly if China con-tinues the current pattern of small weekly purchases.

Beyond the South Ameri-can crop, corn prices will be infl uenced by 2012 U.S production prospects. In gen-eral, analysts are anticipating more acres, higher yields, and a much larger crop than in 2011. Such a large crop has not yet been priced into the market. Potential crop size will be gradually refl ected from spring through harvest, beginning with the USDA’s February baseline projections and including the March 30 Prospective Plantings re-port. Oh, and don’t forget the March Grain Stocks report to be released on the same day.

Understanding the surprise in the USDA Corn Stocks Estimate

Among the many im-portant lessons my parents taught me, one stands out: “Not everyone is going to like you,” which they inevita-bly followed with, “You just can’t let it bother you.” None of us lives very long without learrning this lesson fi rst-hand. We might suffer the taunts of a bully, or get left out of a certain clique, or stagger after the betrayal of someone we held in high esteem. Most of us require a life time, however, be-fore we stop letting disap-proval, if not downright dastardly deeds, bother us.

At 53 years old, I’m fi -nally starting to accept when people don’t like me.

I hope people will like me, and I try to behave in ways

that will m o t i v a t e people to like me. If anyone still doesn’t like me, though, I’m becom-

ing determined to move on. I can’t control peo-ple’s likes and dislikes any more than I can control the weather, but I can control my response to their choic-es. When someone doesn’t like me, I’ve started to shake the dust off my feet (metaphorically speaking) as I walk away from the person (literally speaking). I no longer waste my time courting people who don’t like me since I know they aren’t likely to change their minds. I cultivate

relationships with people who like me.

My new attitude advanc-es me light years on my spiritual journey. For most of my life, I have depended upon the approval of oth-ers before I could approve of myself. Needless to say, I was left wanting a lot of the time. When every cross look or smartaleck remark gets notice, soon self-preservation crumbles. As the oldies song goes, “If you don’t respect yourself, ain’t nobody else.”

With that in mind, I recall a teacher sharing with me once that every-one should hold a healthy disrespect for the opinion of others. I interpret his advice to mean stopping short of either taking an-other’s views as Gospel or putting those views down

as blather—until we’ve ap-plied the rule of reason to them. The rule requires us to think about what people say (and do, for that mat-ter), which is precisely what my teacher wanted me to do.

When this rule is ap-plied, almost everyone’s beliefs and actions be-come notable primarily for their constant state of fl ux. Some might have considered global climate change a construct to re-strict job development and growth, for example,

until recent catastrophic weather events got them to wondering about their initial assessment. We all should consider ourselves fortunate that great latitude is shown in any character judgment.

In taking inventory of my life now, I choose to treat myself with compas-sion and direct my ener-gies toward those who like me in spite of myself. As with anyone, my popular-ity often depends upon whether or not my views agree with those of an-

other. Given this fi ckle nature of popularity, I can assure you I keep small company. Only a faithful few demonstrate such true devotion as psychologists revere—loving me even when I am acting at my most unlovable.

Like Stuart Smal-ley, I commend reciting a message in support of a positive self-image. With him, I declare, “I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!” Even if only a few at a time.

As I sit here at nearly midnight on Sun-day evening, the storm sirens are roaring in Poseyville and that’s probably appropriate, considering the week of weather we have had, and the week in gen-eral.

I spent a great deal of time early last weekend working on one of this week’s front page stories. I had heard that the suspect in the Mount Vernon Pharmacy robbery had been arrested in Wisconsin and after some research, I found out most of the facts surrounding the case. However, in the pro-cess of confi rming my facts, I was asked by local law enforcement to hold the story un-til this week as additional arrests could be forthcoming.

Despite the time and energy spent on the story, I agreed to hold the story and help Posey County’s offi cers avoid possible injuries which could have resulted from information becoming public knowledge before all arrests had been made. It was a judgment call, but one I would make again.

But that was just the beginning of this week. For those who care to read on, I am about to make your head spin. I am so proud of the small but diligent staff of the Posey County News for the efforts everyone has put forth this week. While Michelle Gibson and Zach Straw have kept me and the offi ce running, student worker Haley Moore has stepped up to the plate and has taken more responsibility.

While this week was a little busier than

usual, it really wasn’t that far out of the or-dinary. But just to give you an idea what our small staff covered this week, please read on.

Besides the news items, which include meth-relat-ed arrests of fi ve, and the pharmacy arrest, the Mount Vernon School Board and the Mount Vernon Board of Works stories are in this week’s newspaper as well

as stories from the Poseyville Town Coun-cil and the North Posey School board. A joint meeting was also held this week be-tween the North Posey and New Harmony school boards to fi nalize plans for the two districts to merge into one. Valerie Werk-meister reported that things went smoothly and swiftly.

Ryhs Mathew reported that the New Har-mony Fire Department could be in their new digs by March 1.

Pictures of New Harmony students vis-iting North Elementary were taken and pictures were taken at the New Harmony Fire Department annual bean supper at the Posey County Community Center. Both New Harmony and North Posey held their respective basketball homecomings on Sat-urday night so arrangements had to be made to get pictures from both schools.

But perhaps as much as anything, this was a week of sports. Between Steve Joos and myself, we have referred to it as the “sports week from hell.”

Besides girls games early in the week in-

volving all three high schools, New Harmo-ny played a boy/girl double header on Fri-day night while Mount Vernon played fi ve games this week in the Carmi-White Coun-ty Invitational. North Posey’s boys played at South Knox on Friday night and returned home on Saturday night to face South Spen-cer on homecoming night. Saturday night’s homecoming in New Harmony involved the Rappites and Wood Memorial. North Posey’s girls seem to have righted the ship and picked up a pair of wins this week. New Harmony’s girls played a total of three games this week.

To put an interesting and somewhat en-lightening spin on the week, Pam Robinson wrote a delightful story about Creation Sta-tion in New Harmony.

Both Mount Vernon’s Big Eight wres-tling meet and North Posey’s Pocket Ath-letic Conference meets were held on Satur-day along with both the boys’ and girls’ Big Eight Swim tournament in Boonville. So, to say it has been a very busy week would be a gross understatement. And for those who know me well, I also was at my other job for 40 hours this week.

But life doesn’t slow down for me or any-one else. Well over 1200 pictures of local elementary, junior high, and high school sports were posted on our Facebook site, “The Posey County News,” over the course of this week yet despite the efforts, we still have people asking why we are “slight-ing” certain individuals or areas. The only answer I have is we are doing the best we can. Even on Facebook, Richard Karns did

an excellent job of trying to keep Facebook watchers in the know regarding Sunday evening’s severe weather.

Martin and Tom Redman, who work to-gether to see that our newspapers are deliv-ered in a timely fashion to be sent out in your mail, even volunteered to have the brakes checked on our van this week. My wife, Connie, went in over the weekend to catch up the books and to make sure every-one gets a paycheck this week.

During a week like this, the only way everyone is going to get completely equal coverage would be if everyone got no cov-erage at all. Your friends at the Posey Coun-ty News are not going to let that happen. So in the meantime, we will continue to do the best we can.

I recently told one of our aspiring young writers that our reports are as close to the inside of a town hall, a school board meet-ing, a courthouse, or a county meeting that 95 percent of our readers will ever see. If we don’t report it, no one will. Most of the things that go on in Posey County are not signifi cant enough to be picked up by the larger papers or radio or television sta-tions. Yet they are so important to the fu-ture of our county and its people. So, with your help through local advertising dollars and your continued subscriptions, we will continue to bring you coverage on as many things as we possibly can.

We all still believe in a strong locally-owned community newspaper with all our hearts. If that fact is not obvious this week, it never will be!

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Letters to the Editor

TRUTH...STRANGERTHANFICTIONBY DAVEPEARCE

LIVINGFOR THEJOURNEYBY PAMROBINSON

Today Alzheimer’s costs Americans $183 billion dol-lars a year and will skyrock-et to $1 trillion each year in the same time frame if noth-ing is done.

5.4 million American’s have Alzheimer’s today and that number will go to 16 million in the next 38 years if nothing is done.

14.9 million American’s are caring for those with the disease and that number

will sour to 45 million in the same time period if nothing is done.

Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. No other chronic disease that affects so many has no known way to cure, prevent or even slow its progress.

Alzheimer’s is devastat-ing to families from every walk of life. The economic cost is staggering. It’s time

to fulfi ll the potential that the National Alzheimer’s Project Act which was passed unanimously by Congress and signed by the President a year ago.

Write your U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman to-day and tell them to act, and act now. Families won’t forget.

Tom Bodkin National Director of The Alzheim-er’s Association

The Mount Vernon Fraternal Order of Police lodge #133 would like to thank the many individuals, groups, business, active associate affi liate auxiliary mem-bers, and sponsors that help to make the Cops and Kids program a success this past year. This was the 20th year the FOP has had a program to make the Christmas time brighter for a few of our neighbors’ kids that are in need.

The FOP works with the local Minis-terial association that has identifi ed 100 kids throughout Posey County that need assistance. The kids along with their par-ents, grandparents, or guardian are in-vited to the Mount Vernon Jr. High Caf-eteria for the event. There the kids get to interact with law enforcement offi cers

that serve Posey County. The partici-pants are served meals from McDonalds, and Dairy Queen. They decorate their own cookies and meet clowns from the local shrine lodge.

The highlight of the day is a special visit with Santa. All the kids leave with a new toy, a gift card from Wal-Mart for $50.00 and a bag of fruit courtesy of the Mount Vernon FFA.

Again, thanks to all that have made this event a success for so many years. A special thanks goes to McDonalds and Dairy Queen for stepping up when their assistance was needed, and to the Mount Vernon FFA for their continued support of Cops and Kids.

Paul Axton

Guest Column: Wendy McNamara

This Wednesday, I have the privilege of hosting sixteen students from the Indiana Youth legisla-tive Council (ILYAC) at the Statehouse. ILYAC is a body of Indiana youths from across the state that serve in an advisory ca-pacity to the Indiana Gen-eral Assembly and report on issues affecting young adults in Indiana. This is an incredibly hard-working and bright group of young adults, and I have thor-oughly enjoyed working with this council over the past few months.

Since becoming involved with the council, it was a goal of mine to bring them to the Statehouse and have them experience the leg-islative process fi rst hand. One of their key roles is to communicate their recom-

mendation and concerns on legislation to the Gen-eral Assembly. What better way to help them formulate those opinions than observ-ing a session, committees and meetings?

They will attend these key legislative activities by shadowing a fellow legis-lator for the day. This will allow them to become fully immersed in the process. They will go on a tour of the Statehouse and learn about its rich history. Also, during their visit we will continue our discussion from this summer on the best way for them to com-municate with the General Assembly and I will an-swer any questions they have.

It is my hope that they walk away from the day having a better understand-

ing of the process and feel-ing more connected to the General Assembly. I feel passionate about getting our students involved in government early on, so that one day they feel com-fortable to take on leader-ship roles themselves.

The council was estab-lished in 2008 and mem-bers are chosen through an appointment process and range in age from 16 to 22. The program is run by the Indiana Bar Foundation Center for Civic Educa-tion.

This is an excellent aca-demic program and it is a privilege to work with such a talented group of students. I look forward to their Statehouse visit tomorrow and to hearing their fresh legislative opin-ions.

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Celebrating uniqueness is just a part of gaining maturity

Teamwork is secret to successful newspaper operation

Cops and Kids Program says ‘Thanks’

Alzheimer’s, growing concern

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By Steve JoosThe Mount Vernon Wet

Wildcats are the champions of the Big Eight Conference swim meet.

That’s all one has to know.The Wet Wildcats swept

Saturday’s fi nals at Boon-ville, with the girls racking up 431 points and the boys scoring 392, winning both titles by nearly 100 points over Jasper’s teams, which scored 343 in the girls’ meet and 295 in the boys.

The Lady Wet Cats were ranked third again this week with 147 votes, unchanged from their third-place rank-ing of the week before (in which they also had 147 votes).

And for the most part, they showed the rest of the conference why they’re ranked so high.

The Lady Wet Cats swept the relays and took fi rst place

in eight individual events, including 1-2 fi nishes in four of them. Stalwarts like Kelsey Turner, Erika Mc-Cormick and Samantha Gowdy were double win-ners as individuals and each swam legs on at least two of the blue ribbon relay teams (while other standbys like Mary Klueh, Amy Steele and Clara Baggett helping out there).

Did anyone mention that freshman Baggett also won two events?

She didn’t just win those events, the freshman (more bad news for future Mount Vernon opponents) broke two records in taking the 100-yard freestyle in 52 sec-onds and the 50-freestyle in :24.05.

The meet record book for both teams went in for major revisions Saturday, as eight marks fell, including all

three girls’ relays. Turner, McCormick,

Gowdy and Steele set a new standard in the 200-medley relay, with a time of 1:49.41, then after McCormick broke the meet record with a 2:06.84 in the 200-individ-ual medley and Baggett did her thing twice, they teamed up with Steele and Klueh to

swim the 200-freestyle relay in 1:38.53.

Another McCormick meet record followed, this time in the 100-breaststreoke (1:02.79), Klueh, Gowdy and Baggett capped the girl’s meet by teaming with Turner to set a new record in the 400-freestyle relay (3:37.97).

Gowdy, Stteele and Kelsey Bruno also went 1-2-3 in the 100-butterfl y.

The boys weren’t as dra-matic as the girls, they just quietly and calmly overtook the rest of the Big Eight fi eld, winning six events and go-ing 1-2 on the diving boards, where Kyle Smith (322.20 points) and Jake Whaley (279.15) took top honors.

Jake Poole was a double winner, while the Mobleys also gave the record books some revisions. Wade Mob-ley set a new mark in the 200 Individual Medley (1:57.21), while Reid Mobley set a new standing in the 100-back-stroke (:53.38).

All in all, a great day for the Wet Cats.

Both teams.The team standings were

the same for both meets with Vincennes and Boonville go-ing 3-4 in both.

The Lady Alices scored 187 and one-half points to Boonville’s 136 and one-half in the girls’ contest, while

Vincennes’ boys scored 250 to 163 for the Pioneers in the boys’ meet.

Big Eight Conference girls’ swim meet:

200-medley relay: 1) Mount Vernon (Turner, Mc-Cormick, Gowdy, Steele) 1:49.41*; 200-freestu;e: Turner (fi rst) 1:57.24, Ra-chel Burke (third) 2:06.04, Emily Harris (fi fth) 2:12.15; 200-IM: McCormick (fi rst) 1:06.84*, Klueh (second) 2:16,07, Kendyl Bourne (fourth) 2:24.98; 50-free-style: Baggett (fi rst) :24.05, Steele (second) :25.73, Sa-mantha Reese (fi fth) :27.32; Diving: Katie McDonald (third) 321.95, Amanda Duckworth (fi fth) 249.80; 100-butterfl y: Gowdy (fi rst) 1:01.24, Steele (second) 1:02.77, Bruno (third) 1:07.22; 100-freestyle: Baggett (fi rst) :52.00*, Taylor Cullman (fourth) :58.40, Harris (fi fth) :59.48; 500-freestyle: Tuner (fi rst) 5;19.97, Burke (second) 5:32.58, Bruno (fi fth) 6:13.11; 200-freestyle relay: 1) Mount Vernon (McCor-mick, Steele, Klueh, Baggett) 1:38.53*; 100-backstorke: Gowdy (fi rst) 1:00.46, Re-ese (third) 1:06.23, Cull-man (fourth) 1:07.28; 100-bresaststroke: McCor-mick (fi rst) 1:02.79*, Klueh (second) 1:06.51, Bourne (fourth) 1:15.04; 400-free-

style relay: 1) Mount Vernon (Gowdy, Turner, Baggett, Klueh) 3;37.97.

Boys:200-medley relay: 2)

Mount Vernon (R. Mobley, Poole, W. Mobley, Layton Hopper) 1:43.16; 200-free-style: Nicholas Loehr (third) 1:54.61, Sage Irons (fi fth) 1:57.16, Aaron Duckworth (sixth) 2:02.68; 200-IM: R. Mobley (fi rst) 1:57.21*, Hopper (fourth) 2:18.10, Kevin Moore (fi fth) 2:22.32; 50-freestyle: Poole (fi rst) :22.78, Danen Turpin (fi fth) :24.26; Diving: smith (fi rst) 322.20, Whaley (second) 279.15, Johnny Young (sixth) 231/95; 100-butterfl y: W. Mobley (second) :56.49, Turpin (fi fth) 1:02.83, Ty-ler Moll (sixth) 1:03.56; 100-freestyle: Poole (fi rst) :49.87, Austin Colson (fourth) :54.12, Hopper (sixth) :54.45: 500-freestyle: Loehr (second) 5:07.95, Irons (third) 5:14.63, Aaron Duckworth (fourth) 5:39.72; 200-freestyle relay: 2) Mount Vernon (Hopper, Aar-on Duckworth, Irons, Loehr) 1:38.42; 100-backstroke: R. Mobley (fi rst) :53.38*, Tra-vis Harris (fi fth) 1:03.52; 100-breaststroke: W. Mobley (fi rst) 1:02.86, Moll (third) 1:07.96; 400-freestyle relay: 2) Mount Vernon (Loehr, R. Mobley, W. Mobley, Poole) 3:21.51.

Dual Champions; Dual Trophies--The Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Swim and Dive Teams brought home double the hardware after the Big 8 Conference Meet at Boon-ville on Saturday. The Girls team took fi rst place by 88 points and the Boys took the trophy by 97 points, both over the Wildcats from Jasper. Between the two teams, they took home 17 out of 24 blue, fi rst place ribbons and added another fi ve red, second

place ribbons. Nine records were set between the two teams; Erika McCormick, 200 Individual Medley and 200 Yard Breast; Clara Baggett, 50 Yard and 100 Yard Free-style; Reid Mobley, 200 Individual Medley and 100 back; and all three Ladies Relays made up of combinations of Kelsey Turner, McCormick, Samatha Gowdy, Amy Steele, Mary Klueh, and Baggett. Photo by David Koch

Wildcat girls, boys, rule Big Eight pool

Mount Vernon senior Erika McCormick churns through the water on her way to breaking her own record in the 200 yard breast stroke at the Big 8 Conference meet in Boonville on Saturday. McCormick also broke the record in the Individual Medley and was a part of the record-setting 200-yard Medley and 200-yard Free Relay teams. Photo by Terri Koch

Mount Vernon junior Wade Mobley took a second place ribbon in the 100 yard butterfl y during the Big 8

Conference meet to help his teammates take the Cham-pionship plaque. Photo by Terri Koch

By Dave PearceSomeone forgot to tell the

North Posey Lady Vikings they were not supposed to win basketball games this week.

Heading into this week’s action, the Lady Vikings had been playing better and had put together some better ef-forts in recent game but still had only two wins to their credit. They doubled that total this week, with confer-ence wins over Pike Central and Tell City.

The Lady Vikes apparent-ly liked the feeling they got when they held on to defeat Pike Central in a barn-burn-er on Wedensday evening. They liked it so well that they left no doubt on Sat-urday against Tell City. The Lady Vikings took a 9-2 lead after one period and never looked back, outscoring the Lady Marksmen 28-8 over the two middle quarters to secure the win. The Vikings actually outscored Tell City 15-1 in the third period.

But Wednesday night’s game was anything but rou-tine. When things haven’t been going well for you, it is tough to step up to the plate and take opportunities when they are presented. North Posey Coach Tracy Stroud hopes that will change with the different kind of streak started by his team this week.

Pike Central and North Posey played to an 11-all stalemate in the fi rst period before they rode the hot hand of Haley Harness to a 21-20 lead at the half, Har-ness, playing on a tender ankle which was sprained last week, scored six of the team’s 11 points in the quar-ter.

But in the third period, the Chargers took advantage of their size advantage and held as much as a four-point lead in the third period before the

Lady Vikes pulled back to 31-all. Pike Central nailed a 15-footer as the third-quarter buzzer sounded to take a 33-31 lead into the fi nal period.

“Haley was playing on a very sore ankle and just kept battling and Brianna Perry had one of her best games of the year,” Stroud said fol-lowing the contest. “Those two kept us in the game in the fi rst half. I am so proud of them because they there were a lot of things that didn’t go their way tonight yet they found a way to overcome it. That’s a sign that the team is maturing and growing up. It’s a good time of year to be seeing that.”

In the fourth quarter, Pike Central looked early like they might shut down the home team as they took a 36-32 lead before Rachel Ungetheim hit one of two free throws to get the Lady Vikes on the board.

Emma Werry then took advantage of her speed and got ahead of the pack to go coast-to-coast to pull her team back to within 35-36 on a lay-up.

“Emma had a great game but they got to where they were just beating on her,” Stroud said of the young point guard. “They got to where when she was driv-ing, they would just stick their arms out and I don’t understand how that’s not a foul.”

Pike Central hit a free throw before senior Caitlinn Herrmann, in foul trouble early, stuck in a rebound bucket to tie the game at 37-all.

“They only got one shot most of the time there in the fourth quarter because Caitlinn pulled down a ton of rebounds,” Stroud said. “When she was out, they were getting multiple shots but when she got back in there and started getting all

those rebounds, that was big was us.”

Perry gave the team it’s fi rst lead in the fourth quar-ter when she got an outlet pass off a steal and drive it to the basket. The Lady Char-gers quickly answered to tie the game at 39.

But the Lady Vikings could have put the game away earlier in the fourth quarter but failed to fi nd the range from the free throw line. But ironically, it was free throws that sealed the deal when Emma Werry gave the Vikings a 43-39 lead with a pair of free throws after she was fouled with just 12 seconds remain-ing.

“We weren’t hitting our free throws very well so our defense had to shut them down,” Stroud said. “And Rachel Ungetheim wasn’t hitting her shots tonight but she makes the cuts and has got some good post moves. The shots have been falling for her the last few games. She’s been out leading scor-er the past couple of games. She still pulls down quite a few rebounds. She’s got a little bit of ‘nasty’ to her that we really need.”

The Chargers buried a 3-pointer from the corner to pull to within 4342 and quickly called time out with .7 seconds showing. The Lady Vikings got the ball in and the game was over.

“The girls are fi nally gain-ing confi dence in themselves and believing in each other,” Stroud said after Saturday’s lop-sided win over poten-tial sectional opponent Tell City. “Brianna Perry again had a career day. She played

good defense and moved her feet and didn’t foul. She and Caitlinn had a ton of re-bounds. Brianna has to real-ize that everything she does is important. She sometimes judges her game by the num-ber of points she scores and there is much more to it than that. I’m glad to see that she is understanding that a little more.”

Stroud gave credit to each member of the team, as they

played perhaps their best game of the season at Tell City. Despite winning by 22 points, the Vikings had only one in double fi gures. Werry fi nished with 11 while Herrmann and Perry had nine each. Ungethiem fi n-ished with fi ve while Mad-die Koester hit a pair of free throws. The Harness twins each had two points.

“I hope this will make them realize that if we play

our game and don’t get rattled, we can play with about anyone we are going to see the rest of the season,” Stroud said.

Against Pike Central, Wer-ry had 11 while Herrmann and Haley Harness had eight apiece. Perry and Ungetheim had six apiece and Hannah Harness had four. The Vi-kings hit only 8-of-20 from the line against Pike but hit 10-of-15 against Tell City.

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Brianna Perry takes the ball deep into the paint during this week’s win over Perry Central. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey Point guard Emma Werry gets away from a defender to make a pass to the basket during one of the weekend’s two wins. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Vikings turn tables, double season win output in one week

By Dave PearceThe North Posey Vikings made the most of

what they had to do with on Saturday at the Pocket Athletic Conference wrestling meet. Considering that the Vikings were forced to forfeit in nearly half the matches because of a shortage of wrestlers, the middle of the PAC was a good day for the team as they were fi fth of the nine PAC teams.

It was a bull market for one Stock…Ty, that is, as he won the 113-pound champion-ship. Michael Frymire also had a great day as he managed to become a conference cham-pion for the fi rst time.

Lack of numbers did not hurt the quality as Seth Elderkin, Gary Martin, and Austin Lit-tle all fi nished in second place to help make their depleted ranks become competitive.

Chris O’Risky and Shane Martin each earned third place ribbons for the Vikings.

The remainder was a bit of a bear for the rest of the North Posey wrestling team as they were forced to forfeit in six weight classes and did not place anywhere else.

North Posey came in fi fth in the team standings, scoring 149 points. The Vikings were closer to the top than the bottom, how-ever, fi nishing just two points behind fourth-place Tell City (151) and only eight in back of third-place Gibson Southern (157). South Spencer came in sixth, with 137 tallies, 14 in back of the Vikings. Heritage Hills scored 244 points and had four individual cham-pions to win the conference crown, while

Southridge took second with 212. Rounding out the fi eld were Pike Central (106 and one-half), Tecumseh (88) and Forest Park (81).

At least this time, the Vikings weren’t beaten by the forfeits.

North Posey got a few blows in Thursday, but they couldn’t match the visiting Memo-rial Tigers, dropping their dual meet 55-13.

“A couple of kids didn’t wrestle too bad.” Spencer said. “But Memorial’s pretty good. In the SIAC, it’s Mater Dei and Reitz and Memorial’s the third best team in there. And on any given night, they could compete with Reitz and be the second best team. As coaches, we knew these guys coming in here would be good. They’re defi nitely better than average, we told (the team). Did we wrestle particularly well? No, but that’s why we suit up every week and try to get better.”

Spencer felt that going up against a team of Memorial’s caliber could be helpful in preparing for the PAC and the postseason meets.

“That’s Sectional competition,” he said. “That’s Regional competition, Semistate competition. Some of those kids are state-bound and some of them are state champi-ons, so that’s defi nitely the kind of teams we want to be wrestling.”

Stock and Michael Frymire were the bright spots, winning their matches on senior night, while Austin Little came out aggres-sive and unveiled some new techniques to pin his heavyweight opponent.

North Posey quality scores well asPAC meet is quality versus quantity

Michael Frymire claimed a PAC title on Saturday. He was one of two North Posey wrestlers to bring home gold. Photo by Dave Pearce

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On January 27, the New Harmony Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball teams will take on Can-nelton starting at 6 p.m. We invite everyone to pack the stands and wear your Rappite Blue.

All New Harmony Alumni will be admit-ted to the games free along with their one guest. We ask that you please sign in at the gate.

Please plan to come early and support the Junior Class Chicken and Dumpling Dinner as they raise money for Prom 2012. Dinner includes Chicken and Dumplings, Mashed Potatoes, Corn or Green Beans, Roll, Drink and Dessert.

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By Steve Joos“That’s the defi nition of a team right there.”That’s how Mount Vernon girls’ basketball

coach Steve Mitchell summed up Saturday’s game with Jasper.

Mount Vernon overcame a size disadvan-tage, foul trouble and injuries to pull away from visiting Jasper 39-28 in a key Big Eight Conference contest.

“This was an awesome win, a team win,” Mitchell said. “We had Jade (Dixon) already out and didn’t get to play at all and then Amy (Seifert) went out and we had people step in and do the job. We had Charlotte Roberts and Rachel Cash and Shelby Ritzert each step in and do the job. That’s what team is all about. I’m so proud of these guys, they didn’t let a little adversity get them down, and they showed a lot of heart, played hard for four quarters and beat a really good Jasper team.”

Seifert suffered an ankle injury in the sec-ond quarter when she came down on another player’s foot after a basket. She could be out for the remainder of the season, Mitchell said, something that is especially tough since it is Seifert’s senior year. She had scored two points prior to the injury.

Mount Vernon went to the zone twice to try and counter Jasper’s strong inside game.

First, they came out in the zone, but switch-ing to their high-pressure man-to-man after falling behind early in the contest.

They trailed 10-9 after the opening chapter, but after switching to the press, took advan-tage of the turnovers caused by that press and let the defense create some offense.

The result? A 14-8 second-quarter run that put Mount Vernon in the driver’s seat at the half 23-18.

Foul trouble forced Mount Vernon back into the zone, especially after Ellen Foster was whistled for her third foul just seconds into the second half. Jacey Ritzert also got into early foul trouble, which helped force the team into the zone.

Defensively, the zone was just the place where Mount Vernon was, holding Jasper to 11 points in the second half and pulling away in the fi nal chapter to better than double a 28-23 advantage after three quarters.

“I was proud of our defense today,” Mitch-

ell said. “Both man and zone.”The main challenge for Mount Vernon’s

defense was containing Jasper’s big girls, Meagan Sternberg and Shelby Merder. Mount Vernon had to keep the ball away from them, while denying Sternberg and Merder the boards and keeping them off the free throw line, Mitchell explained.

“We just tried to have two people on them in the zone and in the man, have good help side and if it went in, we tried to double down,” the coach explained. “I think the girls did a good job.”

The scorebook seems to point that out as well. Sternberg was the only player in double fi gures for Jasper with 10 points and Merder was limited to six tallies, with just two free throws in the second half.

Sternberg was the only player in double fi gures for either team, as a balanced Mount Vernon effort provided a key to the win.

Jacey Ritzert led Mount Vernon with nine points, while Lauren Stemple dropped in eight. Foster and Megan Randall each scored six points, while Roberts and Shelby Ritzert provided a spark off the bench with four and three.

This was Mount Vernon’s second win in three years over Jasper and it left them in second place in the Big Eight, sporting a 4-2 record. Jasper has two games to play and a loss in either one (against Boonville and Princeton) could give Mount Vernon a share of the title.

“I don’t want to single anybody out, be-cause this was just a team effort,” Mitchell said. “All of us, even the girls on the bench, were into the game and working hard in prac-tice. This was just a team effort.”

In fact, it was the defi nition of a team ef-fort.

Jasper took the reserve game 27-18. Shelby Ritzert scored six points to pace the reserves, while Cheynne Strobel added four and Kel-len Ray three. Abby Randall and Erin Wolf put in two points each, while Andrea Dick dropped in one.

Mount Vernon tuned up for Saturday’s contest by going up “The Hill” and taking one from Reitz earlier in the week in Evans-ville.

Lady Cats ‘consummate team’ in wins over Jasper, Reitz

Mount Vernon’s Amy Seifert struggles to regain her balance after grabbing the re-bound to go back up for the two-point layup during Tuesday night’s win at Reitz. Photo by Dave Koch

Rappites to host ‘pack the stands’ night

The North Posey eighth grade boys’ bas-ketball team is entering the last part of their season still in search of their fi rst victory.

The eighth grade Vikings dropped a 31-16 decision to visiting Boonville Thursday de-spite seven points from Grant Scheller. Con-ner Voegel added four points, while Josh Cooke and Tyler Hensley each put in two. Austin Graves scored a point.

Recently, the eighth graders fell to Haub-

stadt 37-29. Graves led the team with nine points, while Voegel put in eight and Pres-ton Reese fi ve. Hensley added four tallies, Cooke two and Cale O’Risky one.

The eighth graders enter tournament play this coming Thursday, when they will host Tell City. Their season wraps up with the South Gibson Invitational, which tips off Jan. 31, at Haubstadt.

North Posey eighth graders still seeking fi rst win

One has to sometimes take the good with the bad and that’s how things went for the North Posey Junior High School girls’ bas-ketball teams recently.

But it was mostly good, as the eighth grade Lady Vikings split their games and the seventh graders won three, including a 39-16 romp at Owensville that wrapped up the regular season Thursday night.

The good news was provided by the sev-enth graders, who posted wins over Heri-tage Hills 35-24, and Haubstadt 25-19.

Ally Brandenstein scored 19 points and Kaitlyn Blankenberger 12 in helping the

seventh graders overtake Heritage Hills.Against Haubstadt, it was Brandenstein

again, this time pumping in a team-high 12 points, while Amanda Marshall chipped in six.

The eighth graders really took the good with the bad, beating Heritage Hills 31-14, but losing to Haubstadt 40-25.

Kayla Sanford paced the eighth graders in both games, scoring 17 against Heritage Hills and nine against Haubstadt. Celeste Hill put in fi ve points against Heritage Hills and eight against Haubstadt.

North Posey Junior High Lady Vikes gain their wins

By Steve JoosLittle things mean a lot.For the New Harmony boys’ basketball

team, they were the difference in at least one game last week.

The last basketball homecoming game in Rappite history was a rough one, as the visit-ing Wood Memorial Trojans rolled to a 66-33 victory, one night after a series of missed opportunities cost New Harmony in close loss to Bloomington Lighthouse Christian, 64-61.

Coach Jim Little seemed to be more pleased with the way his team played against the Trojans, but was quick to praise both his team and the opposition.

“Wood Memorial’s got a good team,” he said. “They have a stronger, more physical team that was going to give us trouble. I think our kids played hard both nights and I think we had some really great crowds both nights.”

The Trojans’ athleticism was apparent in the middle quarters Saturday, as Wood Me-morial scored eight unanswered points to open the second quarter, erasing an 8-7 fi rst quarter New Harmony advantage and giving them a 15-8 lead.

Wood went on to outscore the Rappites 21-6 in the second chapter, taking a 28-14 lead to the locker room at halftime. The Tro-jans stretched the lead to 25 points at 43-18, before three-pointers by Clint Matthews cut the lead to 43-24 entering the fourth quarter.

Little felt that in some cases the players had to adjust to different positions which they really weren’t supposed to, adding that the Rappites put up a good effort against a stronger Wood Memorial team.

That was the case in the fi rst quarter, as the Rappites hung with the Trojans, taking a 6-5 lead on a pair of Thomas Steagall free throws with 1:37 to go in the period. Stea-gall then stretched that margin to 8-5 on a driving layup with 1:18 left.

The sophomore guard drew a foul on that play, but missed the free throw, leaving New Harmony in front 8-5. They wouldn’t score again until Kyle Whitmore put back a re-bound with 5:02 to go in the second quarter.

The Trojans then reeled off another six un-answered points before the Rappites scored again. In the third quarter, Wood Memorial opened with a 12-2 run which basically put the game away.

Whitmore paced the Rappites with 15 points, while Matthews added nine, Steagall fi ve and Elliott Lange four.

Little was also pleased with the fl oor games his team played against both Wood and Lighthouse Christian.

“Elliott Lange had 13 rebounds (against Lighthouse Christian),” Little said. “Kyle Whitmore had 11 rebounds, Thomas Stea-gall had 11 points and had a big night for us. Clint Matthews had 10 points and eight assists, so he had a great game for us.”

Heath Kohlmeyer paced the Trojans with 16 points.

The little things proved to be the undoing of the Rappites Friday night.

Missed defensive assignments, ball-han-dling miscues and a bad night at the free throw line (they clanged 16 free tosses) all combined to put New Harmony on the short end of a 64-61 loss to visiting Lighthouse Christian.

“The little things hurt us,” Little said. “If the school were staying open, we’d use ef-forts like (Wood Memorial and Lighthouse Christian) and try to build on them for the future, but we have to build momentum now. We have to take care of these little things that might cost us a game. We could have won this game.”

Free throws were one of those little things, New Harmony made just 11 of 27 from the charity stripe Friday, missing a number of shots which could have come in handy.

The Rappites scored the fi rst fi ve points of the game and jumped out to an early 10-4 lead before the Lions went on a 10-1 run to take a 12-11 lead with two minutes to go in the fi rst quarter.

The Bloomington school led 17-15 after the opening chapter and stretched it to 33-26 at halftime. A three-point barrage kept New Harmony close in the third chapter, but they still trailed 53-49 entering the fi nal chapter.

A trey by Whitmore with 2:43 left in the game gave New Harmony a 59-56 lead, but the junior forward missed two free throws on New Harmony’s next possession and Lighthouse Christian came back to outscore the Rappites 8-2 over the last two minutes of the game.

Jacob Biesecker rolled in a 16-footer to pull the Lions to within a point at 59-58. Lange’s bucket stretched the lead back to three points at 61-58, but Lighthouse Chris-tian scored four points, including two by Biesecker off a steal, to take a 62-61 lead with 1:23 to play.

Despite two attempts at getting a last-minute shot off, New Harmony was unable to score.

Biesecker and John Ray each scored 20 points to lead the Lions. Little warned his team about the Lighthouse Christian duo prior to the game and they delivered as ad-vertised. Mack Morrison added 11 tallies to give the Bloomington team three players in double fi gures.

Whitmore dropped in a game-high 25 points to pace the Rappites, who put four in double fi gures. Matthews and Steagall each dropped in 11 points, while Lange added 10. McDaniel and Eaton each chipped in two tallies.

“This was a good game for the fans,” Lit-tle said. “It was a fun game to watch.”

But it wasn’t all that much fun for the coach, due to a few little things.

While Little acknowledged that his team shot the ball better than they did against Day School earlier in the week, he was still dis-appointed over the Rappites’ lack of atten-tion to the little things.

Little things turn big inpair of Rappite losses

PAGE B4 • JANUARY 24, 2012 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

By Steve JoosTwo Mount Vernon Wildcats won Big Eight Confer-

ence wrestling championships at Saturday’s conference meet, but the team fell short, fi nishing third at Boonville with 138 points.

The Cats had been within three of eventual champion Jasper (184) at one point in the championship round, but they faded in later matches and wound up behind runner-up Washington (143) in third place.

It was a good day for two Wildcat grapplers, as seniors

Jon Hoen (145 pounds) and Jordan Dallas (152) won their championships.

Princeton was fourth in the meet with 125 points, fol-lowed by Boonville (112), Vincennes (74) and Mount Carmel (68).

Senior Jordan Dalls wrestlers during last week’s North Posey 6-way. On Saturday, he claimed the Big Eight title in his weight class. Photo by Dave Pearce

Senior Joh Hoehn gets another win during action in last week’s Six-Way. Hoehn claimed the Big Eight title on Saturday. Photo by Dave Pearce

Wildcats claim pair of big eight champs, team is third

The Mount Vernon eighth Grade Boys basketball team has improved its record to 16-1 and won two championships. The week of January 9 the team defeated Resurrection and Corpus Christi to win the Helfrich Park championship. On January 19, Mt. Vernon defeated Castle South to win the Big 8 junior high regular season championship, with a 6-1 con-ference record. January 24 Mt. Vernon will take on Castle South on the road in the fi rst round of the conference tourna-ment. Below of detail from the last fi ve games:

Helfrich Park Tournament:Mount Vernon 46 - Resurrection 41 (January 9)Zac French 23 points; 9 rebounds; 6 stealsLuke Steinhart and Kaleb Grabert4 assists

Mount Vernon 44 - Corpus Christi 36 (January 11)Zac French 13 points; 12 rebounds; 3 stealsLuke Steinhart 3 assists

January 12Mount Vernon 46 - Carmi 28Riley Snodgrass 15 points; 17 reboundsDamon Collins and Adam Grabert 3 assists

January 17Mount Vernon 46 - Haubstadt 22Zac French 8 pointsBryce Krizan 7 points; 5 stealsLuke Steinhart 7 points; 3 assists

January 19Mount Vernon 47 - Castle South 35Riley Snodgrass 14 points; 7 reboundsZac French 12 points; 7 assists; 7 rebounds

Mount Vernon eighthgraders complete 16-1season, enter tourney play

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By Steve JoosAlyssa Scherzinger only scored two points in Saturday’s

girls’ basketball game between New Harmony and Shoals, but they were big ones.

The sophomore forward hit two free throws with 10.3 sec-onds left in the game, salting away the Lady Rappites’ 53-48 victory over the visiting Lady Jug Rox.

The Lady Rappites connected on 10 free throws in the last 1:42 of the game to put the Lady Jug Rox away, snapping a 43-43 tie.

Kelsey Owen started the rally, knocking down a pair of free tosses to give the Lady Rappites a 45-43 advantage. Kendall Morris, Morgan Matthews (four times) and Madison Worman then took turns sinking charity tosses to stretch the lead to six points and then maintained the advantage until Scherzinger could get to the line with 10.3 ticks left on the clock, when she put the game away.

The Lady Rappites got the plays when they needed them and edged the Lady Jug Rox, for two wins in three games last week, with Saturday’s win capping a busy (to say the least) week.

“This was our third game in three days,” coach Jennifer Toopes said. “We were tired at the end and so we called a lot of time outs. We needed to do that in order for the girls to catch their breath.”

With just eight girls available, the Lady Rappites struggled at times with the much more physical Lady Jug Rox, but they twice took the lead on last-second baskets and downed 22 of 27 free throws, including 12 of 15 down the stretch to hold off Shoals.

“We tried to keep their best player (Michaela) Brookman under control,” Toopes said. “We were able to defend her by

putting two girls on her and trying to shut down the passing lanes.”

Although Brookman hit double fi gures, she was limited a bit, scoring 12 points.

It may have been harder for Brockman, but it wasn’t “Hard-er” for her teammates, especially Nicolde Harder (who paced the team with 18 points) and Rachel Harder (who matched Brockman’s 12 tallies).

All three of them kept the Lady Rappites busy, but when New Harmony was able to get their shots in, especially when they were needed.

New Harmony had the edge for most of the afternoon, but they never could quite shake them off, except for a few times here and there.

Like at the end of each quarter, including the fourth.Shoals drew fi rst blood in the opening quarter, but Worman

answered from long range to put New Harmony in front 3-2. The two teams went back and forth in the fi rst period, with

Shoals putting in four unanswered points to take a 12-11 lead late in the period.

Owen answered with a shot at the buzzer, putting New Har-mony up 13-12 at the fi rst stop and Worman sunk one from three-point land to open the second quarter, giving New Har-mony a 16-12 advantage.

That didn’t last long, as Shoals reeled off fi ve straight points for a 17-16 lead. The lady Rappites reclaimed the lead, but a trey by Nicole Harder gave the edge to Shoals with two min-utes to go, but back came New Harmony.

First, Matthews converted one of two free throws, cutting the lead to one, and then Worman buried a three-pointer to pit the Rappites in front at the intermission 22-20.

Morris paced the Lady Rappites with 19 points, while Wor-man added 15. Toopes said that the team virtually put four players in double fi gures, as Matthews tossed in nine points and Owen put in eight.

Morris gave the Lady Rappites a four-point lead to open the second half, then added a pair of free throws to make it 26-20 and Worman struck again from three-point land to give New Harmony a 29-20 bulge.

The lead stayed around eight points until Shoals scored at the end, making the score 35-30 at the break.

In the fourth quarter, Shoals chipped away again, taking ad-vantage of three missed free throws to close to within a point at 43-42 on a three-pointer by Nicole harder with 2:19 to go and tying the contest at 43-43 21 seconds later.

That was when New Harmony started going to the line and started getting the free throws when they needed them.

Matthews grabbed eight rebounds, while Owen pulled down six and Worman three. Morris handed out three assists and had three steals, while Matthews dished out a pair of as-sists.

Saturday’s game followed a 55-43 win over Lighthouse Christian on Friday and a 55-41 loss at Tecumseh on Thurs-day.

•New Harmony’s week got off to a late and unsuccessful start Thursday, with a 53-41 loss at Tecumseh.

The fi rst and third quarters were killers for the Lady Rap-pites, as they fell behind 17-12 at the fi rst stop and were then outscored 16-8 in the third period, turning a 30-25 halftime defi cit into 46-33 entering the fi nal chapter.

Morris scored 17 points and Worman 16 for New Harmony. Owens tallied six points, while Matthews and Scherzinger

each put in two.Katie Burkett dropped in 18 points to pace the Lady Braves,

while Auriel Tribble added 15.The Lady Braves hit nine three-pointers, while New Har-

mony’s shots didn’t fall, Toopes said, adding that the Lady Rappites did convert 10 of 14 from the free throw line.

Owen cleared six rebounds, while Matthews and Worman each pulled down two Scherzinger handed out three assists, while Morris passed out two to go with a team-high four steals. Worman also pilfered the ball twice.

• The Lady Rappites built an 18-point lead over the fi rst half of Friday’s game and went from there to drop visiting Lighthouse Christian Academy of Bloomington, Ind., 55-43.

Worman scored 23 points and Owen 14 as New Harmony jumped out to a 19-8 lead in the fi rst quarter and stretched it to 33-15 at the intermission before the Lady Lions played them even in the second half, mainly against the younger Lady Rap-pites. It was 47-30 after three quarters.

“It was a game where we knew we could play our subs,” Toopes said. “So we got to play them. All eight girls got to play, including our three freshmen, who don’t normally get a chance to play.”

Playing the three freshmen was one reason why Lighthouse Christian was able to get back into the game, Toopes went on to say.

She was pleased with Worman’s output, adding that the Lady Rappite coaches had been working with the junior on driving the lane more and not completely relying on the pe-rimeter shots. That work paid dividends against the Lady Li-ons.

Toopes was pleased with Owen’s efforts on the inside, adding that she is quietly making a strong contribution to the team. Matthews put in 10 tallies to give New Harmony three players in double fi gures.

The Lady Rappites pressed in the fi rst quarter and that gen-erated offense off the defense, the coach explained. The team also connected on all eight of their free throw tries.

Toopes was concerned, however about her team’s efforts defensively.

“A lot of that comes from playing our subs,” she said. “We gave up 43 points tonight. We need to get into the passing lanes and stopping the ball. We aren’t getting into the passing lanes and we need to work on that.”

Morris chipped in six points, while Wilson added 11.Sarah Waldo scored 13 points to lead Lighthouse Christian,

while Mary Blemker put in 12 and Anna Biesecker added 10. Toopes felt that the team shot better and gave a better defen-

sive effort against Lighthouse Christian than they did against Tecumseh on Thursday.

“I think everytime we play Tecumseh, it’s more of a mental thing,” she said. “I think they’ve only beaten Tecumseh once or twice over the years that they have trouble with them.”

Toopes said that the Lady Rappites were fl at at Tecumseh on both sides of the ball.

Owen had a very good night, clearing 15 rebounds, dishing out two assists and pulling off fi ve steals. Oh and she also took a charge. Matthews also had a double-double, grabbing 11 caroms, as well as four steals.

Scherzinger, Morris and Worman each had three rebounds, while Morris handed out two assists and had two steals.

That’s right, three games in the three days, but the Lady Rappites came away with two wins and an 11-6 season record.

New Harmony’s Kelsey Owen is hounded by the fe-fense after cooming down with a rebound in one of the two Rappite wins this week. Photo by Dave Pearce

New Harmony’s Madison Worman searches for an open teammate during Friday night basketball action.Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Rappites take two of three during homecoming week

Historical Society to meetThe Posey County Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m.

on Saturday, January 28 for its regular monthly meeting. The meeting will take place in the Society’s new headquarters at Hedges Central in Mount Vernon. Enter Door 4 on the west side of the building. Members are expected to be there; guests are welcomed, of course.

Indoor rummage sale plannedThere will be an indoor rummage sale held at the Posey

County Community Center on the Posey County Fair-grounds, March 3 from 8 a.m. to noon. There is still ven-dor booth space available for $25 for two, eight foot tables (provided). For more information or to sign up as a vendor, contact the Posey County Community Center at: 682-3716 or by e-mail at: poseyccc@gmail.com.

SPORTS & LEGALJANUARY 24, 2012 • PAGE B6WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS

Legals2012-014

JOINT RESOLUTIONof

M.S.D. of North Posey Countyand

Consolidated School Town of New Harmony &Harmony Township

WHEREAS, M.S.D. of North Posey County (“North Posey”) and Consolidated School Town of New Harmony & Harmony Township (“New Harmony”) are in agreement that by and through the process of annexation authorized by I. C. 20-23-5 that North Posey shall annex New Harmony. WHEREFORE, North Posey and New Harmony held a joint meeting at New Harmony Media Center on January 19, 2012 at 6:00 P.M. to publicly consider this Joint Resolution. THEREFORE, North Posey and New Harmony jointly RESOLVE: 1. After the effective date of annexation, the school corporation will continue to be called the M.S.D. of North Posey County. 2. The annexed territory shall consist of Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana including the Town of New Harmony. 3. The annexation shall be effective on July 1, 2012. 4. Prior to the effective date of annexation, New Harmony shall continue to educate students within its facilities. 5. As of the date of this resolution, New Harmony has no outstanding bonds to construct or rehabilitate school facilities. 6. New Harmony has incurred obligations to provide transportation, special education services and vocational education to its students. Any debt for such services or liability incurred as a result of educational services provided either directly or indirectly to New Harmony resident students prior to July 1, 2012, shall be satisfi ed or transferred to North Posey. Funds held or grants related to the forgoing will be transferred to North Posey. 7. Upon the effective date of annexation, North Posey agrees to initiate a plan change pursuant to I.C. 20-23-5-11 to provide representation on North Posey’s governing body for individuals who reside within the annexed territory described above in paragraph 2. 8. New Harmony presently employs the following categories of employees: administrators, teachers, non-certifi cated staff and bus drivers for the purpose of providing educational services to students who reside in the annexed territory. Upon the effective date of annexation, New Harmony will no longer provide educational services, and accordingly, will no longer need to employ any staff. 9. North Posey agrees to assume the on-going obligations of the employment contract between New Harmony and its teachers for the duration of the contract. New Harmony will determine if any reduction in force needs to occur through procedures under IC 20- 28-7.5-1 et seq, and whether retirement incentives and severances/incentive payments are applicable to individuals who are not offered employment by North Posey or do not accept employment by North Posey. Any and all remaining teacher contract obligations as of June 30, 2012 will be assumed by North Posey for the 2012-2013 school year. Liabilities and obligations of employment contracts and fringe benefi ts, including but not limited to health insurance, unemployment insurance, employment taxes, not already paid by New Harmony will be assumed by North Posey as of July 1, 2012. 10. New Harmony has no bonds that are outstanding. All assets, including but not limited to certifi cates of deposit, cash balance, and any and all allocated, paid or partially paid, school tax levies will be transferred to North Posey as of July 1, 2012. School taxes levied and subsequently collected on property in the annexed territory after July 1, 2012 shall be allocated and transferred to North Posey. New Harmony State Basic Grant payments collected after June 30, 2012 shall be allocated and transferred to North Posey. 11. All fi nal payments of payroll obligations for staff employed incurred by New Harmony for the 2011-2012 school year and ending on or before June 30, 2012 will by paid by New Harmony on or before June 30, 2012 to the extent possible. Any claims made or remaining obligations that occur after June 30, 2012 will be assumed by North Posey. 12. From the date of this resolution through July 1, 2012, New Harmony will not incur any liabilities not disclosed as of the date of this resolution greater than $50,000, without the approval of North Posey. 13. North Posey will inspect all personal property currently possessed by New Harmony to determine what property can be used for its business purposes. Remain ing personal property will be disposed as specifi ed under IC 36-1-11-1 et seq. prior to June 30, 2012 to the extent possible. Any and all proceeds from disposal of personal property will be transferred to North Posey on July 1, 2012. 14. New Harmony currently owns the real estate generally described as New Harmony School that includes athletic fi elds. Said real estate may be disposed as a whole through procedures specifi ed under IC 36-1-11-1 et seq. prior to June 30, 2012 to the extent possible. New Harmony and North Posey hereby authorize its offi cers to execute documents necessary to transfer any and all real estate owned by New Harmony upon the effective date of the annexation. 15. There will be no amount paid by North Posey to New Harmony for personal property and real estate received from New Harmony as outlined above. 16. Both New Harmony and North Posey have reviewed the disposition, allocations, and amounts to be transferred to determine that such are equitable. 17. Individuals choosing to exercise the right to remonstrate the annexation must fi le in accordance with IC 20-23-5-10 et seq.Adopted and approved: January 19, 2012

North Posey Voting for the Resolution Voting Against the Resolution

Joseph D. Neidig, President ___________________________ Stephen H. Bender, Vice President ___________________________Larry O Lewis, Secretary ___________________________Linda K. O’Risky, Member ___________________________Geoffrey A. Gentil, Member ___________________________Adopted and approved: January 19, 2012

New HarmonyVoting for the Resolution Voting Against the ResolutionJames R. Scarafi a, President ___________________________Jason J. Wilson, Vice President ___________________________Brenda S. Butman, Secretary ___________________________James O. Eagan, Jr., Member ___________________________Curtis R. Schmitt, Member ___________________________Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

By Dave PearceNorth Posey Viking Coach Matt Wad-

sworth told his team following the debacle at the Graber Post Tournament in December that they were just going to start a second season in the new year. So far, it is work-ing out pretty well for the team as they have won for of fi ve games in the second season.

This weekend it was evident how much progress the team has made as they went to Knox County and handily defeated a South Knox team that had beaten them on a neutral court just four weeks ago.

After the Vikings fell behind early and trailed 10-7 at the end of the fi rst period, Vi-king fans who made the long trip were prob-ably scratching their heads wondering when their team was going to come around.

“We pressed and trapped a whole lot more against them this time,” Wadsworth said of the win over the Spartans. “We had three games in three days and you don’t set up in practice to do some of those things.This time, we had time to prepare for them and we used a diamond press against them and put Nick Neidig out front and his length gave them some trouble. It was a change of pace and gave them something they hadn’t seen before.”

They didn’t have to wait long. The Vi-kings used good defense and their quickness to outscore South Knox 22-6 to put a damper on the Spartans’ parade. And if that weren’t enough, the Vikings continued to play well and 45-26 lead into the fi nal period.

“We’re getting better and it is evident by the game at South Knox,” Wadsworth said. “It is good to see how far we have come in just a month with the win up there.”

But on Saturday night, the Vikings were hosting a more important game, a Pocket Athletic Conference game in front of a packed house for homecoming. When South Spencer and North Posey get together, it is always a battle. Saturday night disappointed no one.

The teams traded baskets early before back-to-back 3-pointers by the Rebels’ Risse gave the visitors a 14-9 lead with 2:30 to go in the quarter.

But Austin Bender came off the bench to

bury a 3-pointer and “old reliable” Jourdan Cox drive the lane to tie the game at 14-all. The Rebels scored again only to have a tip-in by Nick Neidig tie the game at 16 at the end of the fi rst period.

But the Vikings allowed the Rebels to score the fi rst six points of the second pe-riod before Wadsworth took a full time out and fi red up his troops. Kyle Swope nailed a big 3-point basket to regain half the defi cit. Swope’s fl oater in the lane pulled the Vi-kings back to within one. They fi nally took the lead again mid-way through the period when Alec Werry nailed a 3-pointer of his own. Wes Harness scored off a rebound to give the Vikes a 4-point lead before the Rebels answered with 1:30 remaining in the half.

The Rebels attempted to hold for one shot at the half but it did not fi nd its mark so the Vikings held onto the 26-24 lead at the half.

Another Swope fl oater got the Vikings on the board fi rst in the second half before No. 5 Risse began to rain three pointers.

His fi rst one brought the Rebels to within one at 28-27 but a steal and a Werry to Cox assist put the Vikings up 30-27. Another quick steal and bucket by Werry gave the Vikings a 32-27 lead before that guy, Risse, nailed another 3-pointer.

Again, Werry would have an answer, this time from the free throw line and the Vi-kings led 34-30. But again, Risse hit from down town and pulled the Rebels right back into the game at 34-33. Harness nailed 3-of-4 free throws over the next three possessions before the Rebels fought back to tie it at 37-all with 2:38 showing on the third-quarter clock.

Juniors Neidig and Werry hit the fi nal four points of the quarter and North Posey led 41-37 at the end of three.

“Alec just needed to get some confi dence and I think that game at Mount Vernon may have done that for him,” Wadsworth said of Werry.

But the Rebels were not ready to give it up. As a matter of fact, they took their fi rst lead since early in the game when foot-ball star Jared Lauer hit the fi rst of his free throws and then got his own rebound off the

second to give the Rebels a slight 48-47 lead at the 2:37 mark.

Cox hit a pair of free throws and the Vi-kings got the ball back after a South Spencer 3-pointer went awry. The Vikings held the ball until the 1:09 mark and then took a time out.

“The thing about Jourdan is that he has been in these types of situations before and we’re not going to get into a situation that he has not been in before,” Wadsworth said of his senior sharpshooter. ”He knows how top respond and how to talk to the guys.”

Despite the fact that the Vikings hit only two of six free throws down the stretch speaks volumes for the defense applied by the Viking team. Lauer’s rebound basket would be the fi nal points the Rebels would score. The Vikings held on to win 51-48 and get back to 7-7 on the year.

“Our defense was evident tonight because we held a team that has averaged over 60 points a game to 48 points,” Wadsworth said after the contest. “Risse got hot early and again in the third quarter and we made a defensive switch to get Wes on him and I thought that took the momentum out of his sails.”

“It’s been a long climb,” Wadsworth told the team after the game. The team entered the Christmas break with a 3-6 record.

“I thought we just wore them down,” Wadsworth said. “We had to keep going at them defensively and stay in that man de-fense and make them earn baskets in the half-court and we were successful with that.”

Against South Knox, Harness used a 9-for-9 free throw performance to lead the team with 15 points while Cox had eight. Werry, Swope, and Colton Motz had six points apiece and Austin Bender had fi ve. Michael Bender had three while Tyler Ad-kins and Alec Beard had two apiece.

Against the Rebels, balance was the key as only Werry reached double fi gures with 13. Neidig, Swope, and Cox had nine apiece and Harness had six and Austin Bender had three and Motz two.

Besides Neidig with nine points, he also had nine rebounds. Kyle Swope’s nine

points were accompanied with three assists and two steals. Werry contributed two assists and two blocked shots while Motz continues to play havok on the inside with two steals and four rebounds. Cox had four rebounds and a steal. Harness had six rebounds.

But the ‘coach’ came out is Wadsworth as he assessed the game.

“This game revealed a lot of things we can still get better at,” he said. “We have to be able to get the ball inside and it is my job to see that it happens. And we didn’t re-bound well enough tonight. We have to get better at that.”

Vikings fi nally get back to .500, 4-1 in ‘second’ season

Colton Motz looks for an open team-mate during the win over South Spencer on Saturday night. Photo by Davee Pearce

By Steve JoosThe Mount Vernon boys’ basketball team has been coming

to the Carmi-White County Invitational tournament since 2001 and has won or shared the championship fi ve times.

That wasn’t the case this year, as the Cats were blown out, and got run over at the end by a Ferrari another night.

The Wildcats opened the tourney last week by beating the host Bulldogs 50-43, hut then things started going downhill as they dropped a 63-39 decision to Olney Tuesday night, lost at the buzzer to Fairfi eld Thursday 56-54, threw a scare into Harrisburg Friday before dropping a 69-61 decision and

then losing another heartbreaker Saturday, this time falling to Mount Carmel 66-64, on a last-second 3-pointer.

The Wildcats could have ended the tournament the way it started by coming back from an early defi cit to post a win, but Saturday’s fi nal scenario was closer to what happened Thursday, as Mount Carmel’s Reece Metcalf buried a three-pointer to put the Golden Aces past the Cats.

The Aces pulled out to a 25-15 lead after the fi rst quarter, but the next twp periods belonged to Mount Vernon, as they all but erased hat early defi cit in the second quarter, cutting the Mount Carmel advantage to 34-33 at halftime.

A 19-9 run in the third chapter opened a 52-43 lead for the Cats, but then things again got away from the Wildcats.

Koch scored 21 points to lead the Cats, pouring in 14 in Mount Vernon’s big third quarter. Paris came off the bench again to tally 15 points, while Varner and Goebel each added eight. Newman added fi ve, VanZant four and Ritzert three.

The biggest difference in game may have been on the pe-rimeter. The Golden Aces tried 19 shots from beyond the three-point arc, connecting on six, while the Cats were un-successful on all seven of their attempts from long range. Levi Laws drained four treys en route to a game-high 24 points. Metcalf was next with 22 tallies and just one three-pointer, but it was the most important one.

The Cats fi nished fi fth in the CWIT with a 1-4 record, coming in ahead of winless Carmi. Olney East Richland (5-0) won the tourney, with Harrisburg (4-1) in second, Fair-fi eld (3-2) third and Mount Carmel (2-3) fourth.

Koch and Metcalf were named to the all-tournament team, the only two selections not from Olney or Harrisburg.

Fehrenbacher was named the tourney most valuable play-er and was named to the team from Olney along with Pampe. Smithpeters and Henshaw represented Harrisburg.

• Not many people thought the Wildcats would beat Har-risburg, which came into the CWIT with a 15-3 record and rolled over its fi rst three tourney foes, and the Bulldogs de-livered as advertised, posting a win, but the Cats gave them a bit of a run for their money before going down 69-61.

The Bulldogs jumped out to a 24-11 lead in the fi rst quar-ter and then stretched that bulge to 39-23 at the intermission before the Wildcats started chipping away. Mount Vernon cut the lead to 55-43 after three quarters and pulled to within six before Harrisburg salted the game away at the charity stripe. The Bulldogs hit 10 of 12 free throws in the fi nal eight minutes to hold off the Cats (overall, Harrisburg was 19 of 23 from the line).

Paris came off the bench to lead Mount Vernon in scoring with 18 points. Koch added 15, while McNamara stepped up to score 10, giving the team three players in double fi gures. Newman added seven tallies, while Varner and Goebel each put in three. Ritzert and VanZant added two points each.

Tyler Smithpeters poured in a game-high 22 pints to lead Harrisburg (Illinois’ second-ranked Class 2A team), while Chapel Henshaw put in 18 and Ryne Roper added 12.

•The Cats opened the week by battling back after trailing early in the game and then holding off an opposition rally.

On Thursday, they built a big lead and had to fi ght off an opposition rally once again. Unfortunately, this time they couldn’t hold on, as Eduardo Ferrari’s layup with 1.2 sec-onds left in the game capped a Fairfi eld rally that put the Mules past Mount Vernon 54-52.

The Wildcats were ahead for most of the evening, as New-man played a strong fi rst quarter in helping Mount Vernon take a 16-14 lead. Fairfi eld made a run at the Cats in the second chapter, but then Varner drained a three-pointer late in the period to put Mount Vernon back in front at the half, 27-25.

They stretched that lead to 43-32 in the third quarter and still held a 43-34 bulge entering the fi nal eight minutes, but a 12-4 run pulled the Mules back to within a point and a four-point play by Tyler Hutcheson (who pumped in a game-high 25 points for Fairfi eld) erased a 50-46 Mount Venon lead with 3:34 left in the game.

Despite the loss, Hostetter saw a number of positives, including strong team chemistry, a determined effort and clutch defensive stops.

But it was those little things which cost the team opportu-nities to score and keep the Mules from scoring which hurt the team.

“It’s a work in progress,” the coach said. “If we can get this kind of effort from the kids every night, things will be looking brighter for us.”

Newman and Koch each scored 12 points to pace Mount Vernon, while Goebel put in nine and Varner seven. Paris, Ritzert and VanZant each chipped in four tallies.

Ferrari and Cody Bailey backed up Hutcheson with 10 points each for the Mules.

The Cats’ effort was a big improvement over their game with Olney Tuesday, Hostetter said, adding that the close games are the ones a team plays for, even if the outcome isn’t the best, as long as they have a chance to pull out a vic-tory at the end.

Mount Vernon Wildcats run into bad luck, good teams in tourney

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ROBINSON TOWNSHIP ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTFOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

DISBURSEMENTS BY VENDOR 2011

2012-013

Fund NameCumulative Fire

Fire Fighting

Rainy Day

Township

Township Assistance

CategoryCapital OutlaysCapital Outlays

Services and ChargesServices and ChargesCapital Outlays

Township AssistanceTownship Assistance

Personal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and Charges

Township Assistance Township AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship Assistance

Paid ToG & B Metal Fabrications Inc.Expressway Ford Total Cumulative FireWadesville Center Volunteer Fire DepartmentMarrs Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentG & B Metal Fabrications Inc. Total Fire FightingGerman Township Water DepartmentVectren Total Rainy DayGary SaalweachterRuth SaalweachterCharles SeibertBarbara GrabertGlen SaalweachterUnited States TreasuryPostmaster USPSBoyce FormsOffi ce DepotRosenmeyer AgencyDowney InsuranceDavid Schroeder cemetery mowingMatt Willett cemetery mowingKnights of St. John cemetery mowingGary Saalweachter mileageMount Vernon DemocratPosey County NewsGary Saalweachter offi ce rentIndiana Township AssociationUnited Township AssociationAT & TWilliam Bender Total TownshipGeona HealthcareWesselmansPropane OneGerman Township Water DepartmentVectrenDr. DippleSandleben PharmacyGlenn SchmittAlvin DroegeFred SeibBig Creek ApartmentsNancy GumbelDawn Neuffer Total Township Assistance

Amount$165,000.00$32,658.93

$197,658.93$42,000.00$42,000.00$25,000.00

$109,000.00$75.57

$2,695.39$2,770.96$9,240.00$2,564.88

$855.00$855.00$855.00

$1,084.75$79.20

$441.94$312.34

$1,269.00$145.00

$1,900.00$450.00$900.00$971.20$300.09$379.38

$1,800.00$200.00$75.00

$1,479.97$450.00

$26,607.75$124.61

$2,059.13$799.80$169.48

$22,806.83$186.00

$1498.64$3,400.00

$300.00$2,250.00

$445.00$400.00$500.00

$34,939.49

PART 9 - CERTIFICATIONState of IndianaSS: Posey County

I, Gary Saalweachter Trustee of Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affi rm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is com-plete, true and correct, that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me: and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated: that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. I further affi rm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been fi led as required by law in the offi ce of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township.Gary SaalweachterRobinson Township TrusteeTelephone: (812) 985-5536Date this report was to be published: Subscribed and sworn (or affi rmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of Robinson Township at its annual meeting, this 17th day of January, 2012.Charles SeibertRobinson Township Board Chairman

OPTION 1This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 17th day of January, 2012.Robinson Township Board:Charles SeibertBarbara GrabertGlen Saalweachter

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

Governmental Activities

Cumulative Fire

Fire Fighting

Rainy Day

Township

Township Assistance

General Property Taxes

Financial Institution Tax DistributionVehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionTrnasfers In Total Cumulative FireGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Financial Institution Tax DistributionVehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionTransfers In Total Fire FightingTransfers In Total Rainy DayGeneral Property TaxesFinancial Institution Tax DistributionVechicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionTransfers In Total TownshipGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Financial Institution Tax DistributionVehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionDonations, Gifts, and Bequests Total Township Assistance

$30,363.67

$16.00$4,006.93$6,000.00

$40,386.60$75,043.88$10,222.33

$39.00$9,466.66$6,000.00

$100,771.87$2,850.00$2,850.00

$26,115.90$64.00

$3,767.72$492.56

$30,440.18$17,777.70$10,222.33

$44.00$2,565.42

$0.40$30,609.85

Governmental Activities

Local Fund Number

1

23456

Beg Cash & Inv Bal

Jan 1, 2011

$173,406.04

$37,414.04$492.56

$2,893.14$24,889.99$13,994.18

$253,089.95

End Cash& Inv Bal

Dec 31, 2011

$10,133.71

$23,185.91$0.00

$2,972.18$25,872.42$9,664.54

$71,828.76

Local FundName

Cumulative Fire

Fire FightingLevy ExcessRainy DayTownshipTownship Assistance Total All Funds

Receipts

$40,386.60

$100,771.87$0.00

$2,850.00$30,440.18$30,609.85

$205,058.50

Disbursements

$203,658.93

$115,000.00$492.56

$2,770.96$29,457.75$34,939.49

$386,319.69

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP/DETAILED RECEIPTS

LYNN TOWNSHIP/CASH & INVESTMENTS COMBINED STATEMENTS

ArrestsJanuary 13

Shawn Niehaus—Poseyville—Warrant-Fail-ure to Appear—PCS

January 14

Amy Neighbors—Mount Vernon—Battery—MVPD

January 15

Justin Grayson—Evans-vil le—Warrant-Driving While Suspended—ISP

ComplaintsJanuary 7

8:43 a.m.—Suspicious—Caller states there is a brown older car parked to the left the apartment. There is a male subject in it sleeping. Car is running and some-times his foot is on the accel-erator and revs the motor—Whiting St, Cynthiana

10:13 a.m.—Informa-tion—Caller called back and said that male subject is go-ing to (n a.m.e) residence on Jackson Road via Tile Fac-

tory. He is in an 86 Brown Ford F 150 with temporary tags. Caller sold this to an-other subject and that subject sold it to the driver. The VIN still returns to caller and she wants it off the road. She said it doesn’t have insur-ance and the tag has expired. Wants offi cer to have vehicle towed—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon

12:27 p.m.—Suspi-cious—Advised has lo-cated paper towels with red substance in them—Grand Chain Rd, Mount Vernon

6:15 p.m.—Alarm—Bur-glar alarm—Tri-County Equipment, Poseyville

10:40 p.m.—Extra Pa-trol—Caller would like extra patrol in the for speeders—Blackford and Nation Rd, Mount Vernon

January 8

3:20 a.m.—Suspicious—Caller advised that the dogs in the neighborhood were go-ing crazy and he looked out-

side and 3 of his neighbors are walking around. Would like the area checked—West St, Stewartsville

3:41 a.m.—Suspicious—Out with a vehicle at St. Pe-ter’s Church, 5 occupants—Wadesville

7:19 a.m.—Suspicious—Black van sitting at the Co-Op—Lockwood, Poseyville

10:40 a.m.—Standby—Caller has her daughter and granddaughter, needs to get some articles from the other grandmother’s residence. Would like a deputy to stand-by. Is afraid something could happen when they try to pick the things up—S Cale St, Poseyville

12:24 p.m.—Vandalism—Mailbox torn up. Last week he had concrete statue bro-ken. Wants this on record. No offi cer needed but would like extra patrol—E Copper-line Rd, Mount Vernon

7:35 p.m.—Domestic—Caller going through diffi -cult time. Husband came up

and hit her on the head. Has not happened before. Hus-band is still there. He is in the kitchen and she is in the living room. Caller advised she does not need medical at-tention. While on the phone with caller she changed her mind and advised she is not going to press charges. Ad-vised she over-reacted and does not need an offi cer—Gregory Lane Mount Vernon

January 9

12:55 p.m.—Fraud—Re-ceived fax, possible scam. Would like to speak to a deputy—Wadesville Fire Department, Wadesville

11:29 p.m.—Welfare Check—Caller advised that female subject was suppose to be at work at 10:45 p.m. and she hasn’t shown up or called. The caller knows she has problems with her ex-husband and is worried about her—Rebecca Court, New Harmony

January 103:52 a.m.—Informa-

tion—Out at this address—N Sauerkraut Lane, Mount Vernon

1:51 p.m.—Informa-tion—Wants to speak with an offi cer about someone that he has had trouble with shoplifting. Subject is not there now but has questions about the subject—CVS, Mount Vernon

4:53 p.m.—Suspicious—Received a phone call from a subject wanting her hus-band’s social security num-ber in reference a fl u shot he had gotten. Not sure if this is a scam or not. Did not give the subject her husband’s social security number. Re-quests an offi cer call her—N St. Francis, Poseyville

7:13 p.m.—Suspicious—Caller advised she saw a vehicle, possibly a minivan, pull into the cemetery right up next to the fence and turn its lights off. Thinks it was suspicious—Black Chapel Cemetery, Mount Vernon

7:17 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Truck was broken into after 2:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. this morning. Lottery cards and stamps taken. Had been gone through. Does not need to speak to a deputy, just wants this on fi le—Farmway Road, Evansville

January 11

6:49 a.m.—Car-Deer—2008 GMC Canyon white. Hit on Darnell School Road—West Franklin Road, Mount Vernon

9:58 a.m.—Trespass-ing—Request to speak to deputy in reference to hunters—Grossman Road, Mount Vernon

3:00 p.m.—Road Haz-ard—Blue Dakota in road-way, no one around—St. Phillips Road, Evansville

4:51 p.m.—Threaten-ing—Advised received a text from (name), ex-em-ployee. Caller advised he stated he was going to burn caller’s home down and kill his famiily—Wade Park Drive, Wadesville

5:26 p.m.—Vehicles in fi eld up against tree line. Ad-vised vehicle is leaving, pos-sibly a truck. Does not need to speak to an offi cer, would like an offi cer to check the area—Slim Bottom Rd, Mount Vernon

5:45 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Vehicle was gone through Tuesday morning. Nothing missing. Does not need to speak to an offi cer. Just wanted this reported. Advised it hap-pened on Kramer’s Drive and Ridgeview Drive. Sev-eral vehicles had been gone through—Ridgeview Drive, Evansville

6:49 p.m.—Suspicious—Just got home and there is a trailer and bulldozer parked in caller’s driveway. Also left a big rut in her yard. Re-questing an offi cer. Does not know who it belongs to—Ford Road, Mount Vernon

10:45 p.m.—Suspi-cious—Female subject walking on the edge of the road wearing all black. Very hard to see—Industrial Road, Mount Vernon

January 12

12:31 a.m.—Shots Fired—There are subjects shooting in the area of the Robinson Township Con-servation Club area. Caller said this is the second night of this type of shooting. Caller would like the area checked—Stierly Road, Wadesville

7:43 a.m.—Distur-bance—Caller advised she is enroute to her daughter’s house. Advised her son-in-law is on a drunk rage and feels her daughter may be in danger. Caller advised there may be a child in the residence—Goodman Road, city not listed

12:05 p.m.—Medical—21-year-old female—Dia-mond Island Road, Wades-ville

1:02 p.m.—Be-on-the-Look-Out—2002 Chevy Cavalier, 4-door, gold in col-or, dark tinted windows—Posey County

5:09 p.m.—Threaten-ing—Advised ex has called and threatened to shoot caller over charges he has fi led against her—Deer Run, Evansville

7:50 p.m.—Accident—Semi off of the roadway, north side of the road. Un-

known injuries—I 64, New Harmony

8:49 p.m.—Deliver Mes-sage—Caller lives in Penn-sylvania—Elk Trail Drive, Evansville

January 13

12:38 a.m.—Acci-dent—White Ford Ranger. Hit black ice, slid off into embankment. Advised it is totaled. No injuries—Cop-perline Road, Mount Vernon

2:09 a.m.—Unauthorized Control—Male subject let female friend drive new ve-hicle today. Hasn’t returned the vehicle. 2005 white GMC Envoy. Temporary tags—Posey County

7:32 a.m.—Car-Deer—2005 F 150 with damage to the front passen-ger. Subject hit a deer earlier this morning and then went ahead to work—Green Val-ley Drive, Mount Vernon

8:29 a.m.—Suspicious—Footprints in the snow up to caller’s windows and vehicle—Kramer’s Drive, Evansville

2:10 p.m.—VIN Inspec-tion—Subject at jail needing inspection—Mount Vernon

3:50 p.m.—Reckless—Had a crew working on Givens road tracks. Advised they had a vehicle stopped and a 4-door GMC Canyon, black, advised this vehicle passed the vehicle the crew had stopped and then al-most hit his crew working on the tracks—Givens Road, Mount Vernon

4:10 p.m.—Alarm—Residence, entry door—Old Beech Road, New Harmony

4:21 p.m.—Traffi c Haz-ard—Traffi c is backed up for awhile around curve, not sure what is going on. No one moving either way—Wabash Bridge, Mount Ver-non

5:57 p.m.—Citizen As-sist—Advised object fl ew off of semi and hit his van. Advised busted radiator, over $1,000 worth of dam-age. Will be in black Jeep Patriot—I 64, 15 mm

7:15 p.m.—Suspicious Odor—Mount Vernon

7:29 p.m.—Suspicious—Advised she received mail from post offi ce that was already open that said they found it on Nation Road and Davis Road. Wants to talk to an offi cer—Middle Mt. Ver-non Road, Mount Vernon

11:05 p.m.—Reckless—Silver S 10 and a full size truck racing on W. Franklin by Vectren silo and heading south—Evansville

11:58 p.m.—Informa-tion—Caller advised he re-ceived a call about weapons in Wadesville

January 1412:06 a.m.—Suspi-

cious—Gold colored Ford Focus, 4-door, sitting on side of the road. Passenger door is open. Subjects are sitting in the vehicle. Caller isn’t sure what is going on—165, Poseyville

3:45 a.m.—Distur-bance—Caller advised he is across the street at Huck’s and can see three black fe-males arguing in the parking lot at the Platolene—Mount Vernon

6:33 a.m.—Vandalism—All four tires have been slashed on caller’s 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix, greenish blue. Would like for a deputy to come to the residence. This is the second time and caller’s daughter saw some-thing happen yesterday that could have caused this to happen—Cougar Dr, Evans-ville

8:27 a.m.—Vandalism—Punctured two tires on one pickup and two on another pickup. Both were 95 Fords. No offi cer needed, just want-ed to report—Deer Run, Evansville

10:20 a.m.—Vandal-ism—four tires and spare punctured on 98 Jeep—Bea-ver Drive, Evansville

11:06 a.m.—Shots Fired—Neighbor has tar-gets set up and is shoot-ing at them with some sort of gun towards Schuessler Road. Caller would like to speak with an offi cer after they resolve the situation at the caller’s residence—Elk Trail, Evansville

12:21 p.m.—VIN Inspec-tion—98 Jeep—Blair Lane, Wadesville

4:53 p.m.—VIN In-spection—three ATVs and trailer—St. Wendel Road, Evansville

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Legals2012-012

PART 9 - CERTIFICATIONState of IndianaSS: Posey County

I, Donald Mercer Trustee of Lynn Township, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affi rm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct, that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me: and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated: that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. I further affi rm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been fi led as required by law in the offi ce of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township.Donald MercerLynn Township TrusteeTelephone: (812) 783-2391Date this report was to be published: Subscribed and sworn (or affi rmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of Lynn Township at its annual meeting, this 16th day of January, 2012.Rebecca StallingsLynn Township Board Chairman

OPTION 1This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 16th day of January, 2012.Lynn Township Board:Rebecca StallingsSpencer AldrichGregory A. Redman

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

LYNN TOWNSHIP ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTFOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

DISBURSEMENTS BY VENDOR 2011

Fund Name

Fire Fighting

Goad Cemetery

Park & Recreation

Township

Township Assistance

Category

Personal ServicesOther DisbursementsOther Disbursements

Other DisbursementsOther Disbursements

Other DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther Disbursements

Personal ServicesPersonal Services Personal Services Personal Services Personal ServicesPersonal ServicesSuppliesSuppliesOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther Disbursements

Other DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther DisbursementsOther Disbursements

Paid To

Allyn & GivensHarmony TownshipBlack Township Fire & Rescue Total Fire FightingBrad MercerPosey County Co-Op Total Goad CemeteryDan Stratton ConstructionWabash Valley Tree ServiceBrad MercerIndiana Farmers Mutual Ins.VectrenPosey County TreasurerPosey County Co-Op Total Park & RecreationDonald MercerJoan MercerSpencer AldrichGreg RedmanRebecca StallingsU.S. TreasuryOffi ce DepotBoyce Forms/SystemsShrode Agency, Inc.Bureau of Motor VehiclesPosey County NewsMount Vernon DemocratDonald Mercer/RentWright-StemleJohn Deere FinancialCNH CapitalJL Farm EquipmentBrad MercerAT & TIndiana Township AssociationPosey County Treasurer Total TownshipVectrenFrieda OrthJudy SmithIGAStephan LoehrSouthwind DentalPosey County Co-Op Total Township Assistance

Amount

$150.00$10,460.00$10,460.00$21,070.00$1,500.00

$311.94$1,811.94

$10,090.00$2,100.00

$400.00$924.00$115.71

$5.00$196.00

$13,830.71$8,400.00$1,440.00

$450.00$450.00$450.00$856.02$521.65$153.34$235.00$43.75

$349.78$235.24

$2.040.00$9,350.00

$36.82$131.22$313.43

$1,800.00$403.98$150.00

$5.00$27,815.23$1,821.58

$150.00$200.00$150.00$150.00$128.00$150.00

$2,749.58

Governmental Activities

Fire Fighting

Goad Cemetery

Park & Recreation

Township

General Property Taxes

Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total Fire FightingDonations, Gifts, and Bequests Total Goad CemeteryGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Vechicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total Park & RecreationGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionEarnings on Investments Total Township

$25,105.52

$2,283.89$27,389.41$2,066.56$2,066.56$7,165.75$3,285.13

$666.47$11,117.35$28,815.45$4,800.00$2,676.31

$10.13$36,301.89

Governmental Activities

Local Fund Number

1

234567

Beg Cash & Inv Bal

Jan 1, 2011

$21,921.92

$405.39$184.42

$13,539.19$2,286.62

$45.810.51$8,604.45

$92,752.50

End Cash& Inv Bal

Dec 31, 2011

$28,241.33

$660.01$184.42

$10,825.83$2,286.62

$54,297.17$5,854.87

$102,350.25

Local FundName

Fire Fighting

Goad CemeteryLevy ExcessPark & RecreationRainy DayTownshipTownship Assistance

Total All Funds

Receipts

$27,389.41

$2,066.56$0.00

$11,117.35$0.00

$36,301.89$0.00

$76,875.21

Disbursements

$21,070.00

$1,811.94$0.00

$13,830.71$0.00

$27,815.23$2,749.58

$67,277.46

LYNN TOWNSHIP/DETAILED RECEIPTS

LYNN TOWNSHIP/CASH & INVESTMENTS COMBINED STATEMENTS

2012-006

PROJECT IDENTIFICATIONMiscellaneous Renovations:North Elementary School/North Posey High SchoolPoseyville, Indiana 47633

The work is to be constructed according to Plans and Specifi cations prepared by VPS Architecture, 528 Main Street, Suite 400, Evansville, Indiana 47708 (812) 423-7729DESCRIPTION OF WORKNotice is hereby given that Metropolitan School District of North Posey County will receive sealed bid proposals until 2:00 P.M., local time, February 9, 2012, and not thereafter, at the Central Offi ce Building, 101 North Church Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633-9026 for the furnishing of all materials and labor for Miscellaneous Renovations to North Elementary School and North Posey High School. Bids will be opened and read publicly.

The work at North Elementary School includes renovation of six (6) class-rooms and a corridor with Base Bid and Alternates.

The work at North Posey High School includes renovation of four (4) science classrooms with Base Bid and Alternates.BID TYPEUnifi ed lump sum bid proposals will be accepted.EXAMINATION AND PROCUREMENT OF DOCUMENTSThe Plans and Specifi cations may be examined at the following:VPS Architecture, Inc. MSD of North Posey County528 Main Street, Suite 400 Offi ce of the SuperintendentEvansville, IN 47708 101 N. Church Street Poseyville, IN 47633Copies of Plans and Specifi cations may be obtained at Repro Graphix, 14 N.W. 6th Street, Evansville, Indiana 47708, (812) 422-2400, upon deposit-ing the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($ 150.00) for each set. If paying by check, please make checks payable to Repro Graphix, Inc. You may also order prints at www.reprographix.com. The deposit will be refunded in full to any prime contract bidder when the Plans and Specifi cations have been returned to Repro Graphix within ten (10) days after the time set for receiv-ing bids, in good re-usable condition. If Plans and Specifi cations are returned after this ten (10) day limit, or in an unusable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited to cover the cost of reproduction.

On a non-refundable basis, bidders and sub-bidders may purchase drawings and specifi cations at the cost of reproduction.

If mailing is required, mailing costs shall be paid for by the bidder.

The Bidder shall refer to the Instructions to Bidders, bound in the Project Manual, for additional bidding procedures and requirements.

BID SECURITYEach proposal must be accompanied by a certifi ed check made payable to MSD of North Posey County in an amount equal to not less than fi ve per-cent (5%) of the base bid or an acceptable bidder’s surety bond made payable to MSD of North Posey County, not less than fi ve percent (5%) of the base bid, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Indiana. The certifi ed check or bidder’s bond shall be a guarantee that said bidder will, if the contract is awarded to him, execute within ten (10) days from the acceptance of his proposal a contract for the work bid upon, and furnish acceptable surety bonds as set forth in the specifi cations. However, if the contractor has not executed the contract within the ten (10) day period, or has failed to furnish acceptable surety bonds as indicated, the Owner reserves the right to award the contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, and the bid security will be forfeited.

Bid Forms shall be properly and completely submitted on the latest version of Contractor’s Bid for Public Bidding Form No. 96 as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts for the State of Indiana, in addition to the Bid Form in-cluded in the Project Manual

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids.BIDDER’S QUALIFICATIONS

A Financial Statement is a required attachment to Form 96.PRE-BID CONFERENCE

Pre-bid Conferences will be held at 3:00 P.M., January 31, 2012 at North Posey High School and at 3:00 PM., February 1, 2012 at North Elementary School. The Pre-bid Conference will be attended by representatives of the Owner and Architect. All interested Contractors, manufacturers and suppliers are encouraged to attend.OWNER’S RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS

Owner, reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any defects or irregularities if deemed to be for the best interest of the Corporation.LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract. All wages on this project shall be not less than the common wage rates as determined by the members of the Common Construction Wage Committee appointed pursuant to I.C. 5-16-97.

All Bidders must conform with the anti-discrimination provisions of the In-diana Law.All Bidders must comply with the “Drug and Alcohol Policy” adopted by the Southwestern Building Trades Council. All Bidders must have a Certifi ed Safety Program.All Bidders must comply with I.C. 22-5-1.7 (E-Verify Program).

Published in the Posey County News on January 17 & 24, 2012

Legals

Superior CourtFelony/MisdemeanorAlice Maurine Beshears,

24, Boonville. Ct. 1- Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Class C Felony; Ct. 2- Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Class D Fel-ony; Ct. 3- Attempted Bat-tery by Body Waste, Class D Felony; Ct. 4- Resisting Law Enforcement, Class D Felony; Ct. 5- Public In-toxication, Class B Misde-meanor. Ct. 1 is dismissed. Amended; Ct. 2- Battery on a Police Offi cer, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Bat-tery by Body Water, Class D Felony; Ct. 4- Resisting Law Enforcement, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 5- Public Intoxication, Class B Mis-demeanor. $1 plus costs, no alcohol, seek employment, obtain GED, counseling, restitution to Poseyville Police Department for dam-ages to patrol car and to Indiana Public Employers Employment Plan in the amount of $1,347.39, pro-bation and fees. Ct. 2, 4- 1 year Posey County Jail; Ct. 3- 18 months Indiana De-partment of Corrections; Ct. 5- 6 months Posey County Jail, all suspended except 140 days.

Michael J. Beshears, 36,

Poseyville. Battery Result-ing in Bodily Injury, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs. Six months Posey County Jail, suspended.

Lucian Bratcher, 23, Mount Vernon. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, 1 year probation and fees, driver’s license suspended 180 days. One year Posey County Jail, suspended.

Brent Brown, 47, Evans-ville. Theft, Class D Felony. Judgment of Convictions entered as a Class A Mis-demeanor. $1.00 plus costs, restitution to Fligeltaub’s in the amount of $613.20, 12 months probation and fees, 50 hours public ser-vice. Twelve months Posey County Jail, suspended.

Patricia A. Groves, 31, Mount Vernon. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. Petition to Revoke. Dismissed.

Patricia A. Groves, 31, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- As-sisting a Criminal, Class D Felony; Ct. 2- Criminal Trespass, Class A Misde-meanor. Ct. 1 is dismissed. $1 plus costs. Ten months Posey County Jail.

Patricia A. Groves, 31, Mount Vernon. Driving While Suspended, Class A

Misdemeanor. Petition to Revoke. Dismissed. Proba-tion is terminated.

Ryan P. Hoehn, 33, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Hunt-ing Deer Without a Valid Hunting License, Class C Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Re-moval of Deer Head Before Check-In, Class C Misde-meanor. $50 plus costs. 60 days Posey County Jail, suspended.

Jeffery S. Hopper, 46, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1, 2- Dealing in Methamphet-amine, Class A Felony; Ct. 3- Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Class D Felony. Ct. 1 and 2 amended to Class B Felony. Fine and costs are waived, $200 countermeasure fee. Ct. 1, 2- 10 years Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections; Ct. 3- two years Indiana Depart-ment of Corrections.

Chad E. Irvin, 32, Mount Vernon. Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Class A Misdemeanor. $1.00 plus costs, restitution to Timothy Kammerer, counseling, 50 hours public service. One year Posey County Jail, all suspended except 90 days on house arrest, balance to Community Corrections Program.

Christopher L. Kiessling,

43, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle with a Blood Alcohol Concentra-tion Equivalent of .15% or More, Class A Misde-meanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Failure to Stop at Acci-dent Resulting in Damage to Attended Vehicle, Class C Misdemeanor, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 2 is dis-missed. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, coun-seling, driver’s license sus-pended 180 days, 18 months probation and fees. Ct. 1- 12 months Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 60 days Posey County Jail, suspended.

Gordon D. King, 53, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1, 2- Dealing in a Schedule II Controlled Substance, Class A Felony; Ct. 3- Maintain-ing a Common Nuisance, Class D Felony. Ct. 1, 2 amended to Class B Felony. Fine and costs are waived, $200 countermeasure fee, 18 months probation and fees. Ct. 1, 2- 10 years In-diana Department of Cor-rections; Ct. 3- 18 months Indiana Department of Cor-rections, all suspended ex-cept 8-and-a-half years.

John Henry Lewis, 53,

Poseyville. Ct. 1- Burglary, Class B Felony; Ct. 2- Theft, Class D Felony. $1 plus costs, no contact with Tina Glover, Dallas Glover or any other of her children, counseling, 2 years proba-tion and fees. Ct. 1- 8 years Indiana Department of Cor-rections; Ct. 2- 2 years Indi-ana Department of Correc-tions, all suspended except six years.

Amy D. Neighbors, 39, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Theft, Class D Felony; Ct. 2- Re-sisting Law Enforcement, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Possession of Metham-phetamine, Class D Felony; Ct. 4- Possession of a Con-trolled Substance, Class D Felony; Ct. 5- Possession of a Controlled Substance, Class D Felony. Dismissed.

Eric W. Penner, 38, Ow-ensville. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle with a Blood Alcohol Concen-tration Equivalent of .15% or More, Class A Misde-meanor. Ct. 2 is dismissed. $1 plus costs, $200 coun-termeasure fee, counseling, driver’s license suspended 90 days, one year probation and fees. One year Posey County Jail, all suspended except 10 days.

Zachary Edger Rice, 23, Poseyville. Ct. 1- Domes-tic Battery, Class A Misde-meanor; Ct. 2- Interference

With the Reporting of a Crime, Class A Misdemean-or. Ct. 1 amended to Bat-tery, Class A Misdemeanor.

Jerome M. Roberts, 39, Poseyville. Battery Result-ing in Bodily Injury, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, Six months probation and fees, no contact with William Ray Jessie. Six months Posey County Jail, suspended.

Donald L. Simmons, 26, Mount Vernon. Domestic Battery, Class A Misde-meanor. $1 plus costs, coun-seling, One year probation and fees. One year Posey County Jail, suspended.

Kunta Desion Steward, 33, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Para-phernalia, Class A Misde-meanor. Ct. 2 is dismissed. $1 plus costs, $200 coun-termeasure fee, counseling, one year probation and fees. One year Posey County Jail, suspended.

Kevin Thompson, 36, Mount Vernon. Cruelty to an Animal, Class A Misde-meanor. $1 plus costs. Six months Posey County Jail, suspended.

Kevin L. Wise, 36, Mount Vernon. Driving While Sus-pended, Class A Misde-meanor. $1 plus costs, driv-er’s license suspended 180 days, one year probation and fees. One year Posey County Jail, suspended.

By Pam RobinsonThe Mount Vernon Board

of Public Works and Safety focused on legals during its Thursday, January 12, meet-

ing. City Councilman Bill Curtis stepped up for his fi rst meeting as the new board member to serve alongside Councilman Steve Fuelling

and Mayor John Tucker.The board approved the

low bidder, E & B Paving, for the city’s asphalt needs. J.H. Rudolph submitted

the only other bid. Street Commissioner Roy May-nard pointed out that E & B Paving was $4.25 per ton cheaper on asphalt surface applied and $8.50 per ton cheaper on asphalt base applied.

Maynard received per-mission to advertise for bids on a new dump truck, snowplow and salt spread-er also. He reported that his department had been making payments on three

vehicles—a packer, a dump truck, and a lightning loader. He stated that the last pay-ment was made on the packer in 2011, so a new vehicle can now be purchased. Although a new packer truck is usually purchased each time one is paid off, Maynard said prior-ity should be given to a new dump truck. He noted that the city could purchase a new packer when payments are completed on the existing dump truck.

Although the board took no action on the storm drain-age bids for West Elementary School, it was announced that low bidder Blankenberger

met all legal criteria and was expected to receive approval for the project once the specs are reviewed by the engineer. City offi cials and school dis-trict offi cials plan to meet on Wednesday, January 25, at 10 a.m. to fi nalize the project.

In other business:• The board approved use

of the city credit card for meal and hotel expenses and the use of a city car when Sgt. Glenn Boyster leaves Feb. 21 for the Indiana Drug Enforce-ment seminar, held Feb. 22-24 in Indianapolis. The coun-ty prosecutor’s offi ce pays for the training itself.

• The board approved the use of a city truck by Waste-water Superintendent Rodney Givens and one employee to attend the technical seminar on January 19 hosted by the

Southwest Indiana Sewer Al-liance. There is no charge for the seminar.

• The board approved $720 tuition ($360 per person) for two employees of the sewer department to take a class at Ivy Tech from Feb. 15 – April 11 in preparation for the wastewater exam.

• The board declared two items as junk in the street department, each item hav-ing completed its purpose: an old salt spreader that had been used for parts after be-ing taken off the streets and a 1985 Dodge pickup truck more costly to repair than it’s worth.

The Mount Vernon Board of Public Works and Safety will meet again in two weeks on Thursday, January 26, 2012, in the City Hall Annex.

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Legals

2012-004

MSD OF NORTH POSEY COUNTYNOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for up to (3) 2013, 72-passenger, type “C” school bus or the equivalent equipment. Please submit bids to the Board of Education of the M.S.D. of North Posey County by 11:00 a.m. on February 8, 2012. M.S.D. of North Posey County offi ce is located at 101 N. Church Street, Poseyville, IN 47633. Any bid received after the designated time will be returned unopened.

All bids shall be submitted on State Board of Accounts Form 95. The specifi -cations are on fi le in the offi ce of the superintendent of schools. Each bidder shall furnish a certifi ed check, bank draft, or bid bond for an amount of 5% of the total bid to guarantee completion of the contract that may be awarded. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informality in bidding and to reject any and all bids.

Items for bidUp to Three (3) - 2013, Type “C” 72-Passenger School Bus

Bus(es) should be delivered on or no more than two weeks after July 13, 2012. All bids shall be made without regard to Indiana sales tax and federal excise tax. The M.S.D. of North Posey will provide tax exemption certifi cates to cover these taxes.

Metropolitan School District of North Posey County Board of Education

Joseph Neidig, PresidentStephen Bender, Vice PresidentLarry Lewis, SecretaryGeoff Gentil, MemberLinda O’Risky, Member

Published in the Posey County News January 17 & 24, 2012

HARMONY TOWNSHIP ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTFOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

DISBURSEMENTS BY VENDOR 2011

2012-015

Fund NameFire Debt

Fire Fighting

Library

Township

Township Assistance

CategoryDebt service - principal and interest

SuppliesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesSuppliesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and Charges

Services and ChargesServices and Charges

Personal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesPersonal ServicesSuppliesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and ChargesServices and Charges

Township AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship AssistanceTownship Assistance

Paid ToOld National Bank Total Fire DebtTowers Fire Apparatus CompanyEwing TireHoesli Diesel Service7.7 TireGerry’s AutomotiveMid America Fire & SafetyMidwest Security SolutionsMid America Fire & SafetyTown of New HarmonyTown of New HarmonySchuletheis InsuranceTown of New HarmonyNew Harmony Volunteer Fire DepartmentTown of New HarmonyTown of New HarmonyTown of New Harmony Total Fire FightingWorkingmen’s InstituteWorkingmen’s Institute Total LibraryUnited States TreasuryDavid ButlerDavid ButlerDonna ButlerDaniel CreekCharles MannIvan AlsopBetty GibbsPostmasterSutton Tax ServicePosey County NewsMt. Vernon DemocratBoyce FormsRibeyre Gymnasium Restoration GroupRandy’s Tree ServiceMt. Vernon DemocratPosey County NewsPatricia DeckardJohn MaierMartha MaierBoyce FormsPostmasterSchultheis InsuranceRibeyre Gymnasium Restoration Group Total TownshipVectrenNew Harmony UtilitiesVectrenNew Harmony UtilitiesNew Harmony UtilitiesNew Harmony UtilitiesAT & TDarvin BarnesJames StinsonNew Harmony UtilitiesNew Harmony UtilitiesAnonymous FlippersVectrenBill CoxVectrenNew Harmony UtilitiesVectren Total Township Assistance

Amount$7,067.59$7,067.59

$463.25$52.00

$302.00$170.00$162.86

$4,315.50$2,700.00

$240.50$3,183.00$1,136.18$2,622.45

$580.50$2,600.00$1,343.20

$500.00$3,183.00

$23,454.44$4,000.00$4,000.00$8,000.00

$508.72$2,400.00$2,400.00

$650.00$400.00$400.00$166.67$233.33$18.65$25.00

$305.69$208.46$12.25

$225.00$1,500.00

$72.80$40.50

$3,200.00$595.00$595.00$117.70$88.00

$150.00$225.00

$14,537.77$154.42$145.58$280.58$19.44

$300.00$300.00$53.28

$246.72$300.00$300.00$300.00$300.00$300.00$300.00$210.00$90.00

$300.00$3,900.00

PART 9 - CERTIFICATIONState of IndianaSS: Posey County

I, David O. Butler Trustee of Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affi rm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct, that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me: and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated: that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. I further affi rm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been fi led as required by law in the offi ce of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township.David O. ButlerHarmony Township TrusteeTelephone: (812) 682-3083Date this report was to be published: Subscribed and sworn (or affi rmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of Harmony Township at its annual meeting, this 16th day of Janu-ary, 2012.Chales W. MannHarmony Township Board Chairman

OPTION 1This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 16th day of January, 2012.Harmony Township Board:Charles W. MannBetty GibbsDaniel Creek

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

Governmental Activities

Fire Debt

Fire Fighting

Library

Township

Township Assistance

General Property Taxes

Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total Fire DebtGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax DistributionFire Protection Contracts and Service Fees Total Fire FightingGeneral Property TaxesFinancial Institution Tax DistributionVechicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total LibraryGeneral Property TaxesCounty Option Income Tax (COIT)Financial Institution Tax DistributionVehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total TownshipGeneral Property TaxesFinancial Institution Tax DistributionVehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution Total Township Assisance

$426.25

$2.00$428.25

$7,577.86$4,844.01

$20.00$10,460.00$22,901.87$7,787.30

$111.00$85.00

$7,963.30$17,445.27

$395.38$148.00$111.00

$18,099.65$1,049.95

$8.00$6.00

$1,063.95

Governmental Activities

Local Fund Number

1

234567

Beg Cash & Inv Bal

Jan 1, 2011

$349.58

$9,479.57$7,592.48$3,021.83$1,904.15$8,789.68

$13,058.28$44,195.57

End Cash& Inv Bal

Dec 31, 2011

$349.58

$2,840.23$7,039.91$2,985.13$1,904.15

$12,351.56$10,222.23$37,692.79

Local FundName

Cumulative Fire

Fire DebtFire FightingLibraryRainy DayTownshipTownship Assistance Total All Funds

Receipts

$0.00

$428.25$22,901.87$7,963.30

$0.00$18,099.65$1,063.95

$50,457.02

Disbursements

$0.00

$7,067.59$23,454.44$8,000.00

$0.00$14,537.77$3,900.00

$56,959.80

HARMONY TOWNSHIP/DETAILED RECEIPTS

HARMONY TOWNSHIP/CASH & INVESTMENTS COMBINED STATEMENTS

2012-008NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION

NO. 65C01-1201-EU-1 IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFH. MANFORD KERN, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that GEORGEANNA KERN was on the 9th day of January, 2012, appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of H. MANFORD KERN, Deceased, who died testate on November 27, 2011 and was authorized to proceed with the administration of said decedent’s estate without Court Supervision.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must fi le the claim in the offi ce of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the fi rst publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 10th day of January, 2012.

BETTY POSTLETHEWEIGHT, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana By: Jaime L. Simpson Deputy

Published in the Posey County News on January 24 & 31, 2012

2012-009Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed Additional Appropriations

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Posey County that the proper legal of-fi cers of The Posey County Council will meet at 330 Walnut St., Mt. Vernon, Indiana on February 14, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the following additional appropriation in excess of the budget for the current year.

Name of Fund Purpose Intended AmountCounty General Prosecutor/Depositions $ 750.00County General EMS/Professional Services $3,487.76

Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The addi-tional appropriation as fi nally approved will be referred to the Department of Local Government Financing. The Department will make a written determina-tion as to the suffi ciency of funds to support the appropriation within (15) days of receipt of a certifi ed copy of the action taken at the above meeting.

Nicholas WildemanPosey County Auditor

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

2012-010Notice to Taxpayers of Additional Appropriations

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana, that the proper legal offi cer the Poseyville Town Council at their regular meet-ing place at 60 N. Church Street, at 4:30 O’clock p.m., on the 8th day of Febru-ary, 2012, will consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budge for the current year.

Fund Name: EDIT Amount RequestedMajor Budget Classifi cation:444001431 EDIT/Capital Outlays $ 50,000.00

TOTAL for EDIT/Capital Outlays Fund: $ 50,000.00 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The ad-ditional appropriation as fi nally made will be referred to the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF).Dated January 17, 2012 Nancy L. Grimes (Fiscal Offi er)

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

2012-011

LEGAL NOTICEDUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.

Public notice is hereby given that on September 2, 2011 Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. fi led a Petition in Cause No. 44061 requesting the Indiana Utility Regula-tory Commission to decline jurisdiction over or otherwise approve an Alterna-tive Regulatory Plan for proposed Refi ned Coal Transactions pursuant to Ind. Code 8-1-2.5-5 and 8-1-2.5-6. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. By: Douglas F Esamann President, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.

Published in the Posey County News on January 24, 2012

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Just minutes after being sworn in, Mount Vernon Clerk-Treasurer Denise Dike swears in the two Mount Vernon City Council members serving on the Board of Public Works and Safety--(L to R) Bill Curtis and Steve Fuelling. Photo by Pam Robinson

Mount Vernon Works Board handles routine matters, reorganization in year’s fi rst meeting

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Upton native Donnie Bailey and his wife Pam spend their retirement giving back to the Mount Vernon community they will always remember helped them through hard times. The Baileys can teach us all something about expressing gratitude with joyful generosity.

Moving to Mount Vernon with her family in 1966, Pam recalls babysitting for Don-nie’s sister, the matchmaker for her brother. Donnie heard all about Pam from his sister while stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, with the Navy, nearing the end of eight years of service. On his next leave, Donnie met Pam. They will celebrate 44 years of marriage this coming October 25.

“He was the fi rst one I dated and kissed,” Pam remarks, “and I married him.” She adds, “I wouldn’t change my life in any way.”

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Donnie suffered the additional pain of un-employment for the fi rst fi ve years with his bride. Pam pushed aside her fears and started working as a housekeeper, continuing in this profession for the next 20 years.

“If it weren’t for the church, we couldn’t have got through it,” she says.

“They helped us a lot,” Donnie agrees, “and my brother paid our house rent for a year and a half.”

Pam concludes, “We had a lot of good family and help. The preacher would bring us bags of groceries. We just got through with lots of help.”

Later, Donnie worked 11 years for Bab-cock & Wilcox and for another 23 years at General Electric before retiring.

“We’re able to help others now,” Pam says.

The Baileys have worked tirelessly and have repaid their church, Point Township Church of the Nazarene, many times over.

They still help with every church fundrais-ing dinner as well as every funeral dinner. Pam has served as treasurer for the church and on the church board. In addition, Pam volunteers her time every Thursday to man-aging B & B Antiques while her friend Bev-erly Tucker provides church services for the residents at Mount Vernon Nursing and Re-habilitation Center. Both Donnie and Pam have been willing to help the church any time in any way possible.

They continue to fi ght the good fi ght of faith not only through Point Township Church of the Nazarene, but also through Mount Vernon Relay for Life, a cause dear to their heart. Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, Donnie believes in the Relay’s mis-sion to fi nd a cure for cancer.

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