January 10, 2023 - the Posey County News

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Poseyville addresses water issues

By Theresa Bratcher

Drinking water issues continue to plague the town of Poseyville. Levels of nitrate continue to register just above the recommended ‘safe’ point for adults and remain unsafe for children under six months of age. Letters have been sent to citizens advising those with young children to continue the no town water advisement.

In an effort to correct the issue, Jim Higgins with LWG CPAs & Advisors joined the December 13 Town Council meeting via Zoom to advise council members on the need for Water Ordinance Bond 2022-12-13-01 which will establish finances for a new $3.5 million nitrate project.

Poseyville has been awarded one million dollars in grant money, along with receiving $549,000 from the EPA WIN grant, which consists of the whole amount EPA is allowed to give each year. With the remaining $1,951,000 needing to be financed, the bond is necessary. “The SRF has awarded us a zero percent interest loan/bond on the remaining total owed,” shared Hig-

gins. “This is a preliminary estimate, however, the paperwork needs to be in place for the March 8, 2023 closing. This ordinance establishes that the board approves of using the bond for the final amount due.”

Town Council President Mike Baehl explained, “Our town water system has tested over 12 for the last three quarters in nitrate. It is my opinion this is not going to go down. We have to move forward with this project to get our water to a good level again.”

Higgins shared that he has discussed the impact of the nitrate levels in the town of Poseyville with IDEM, needing them to understand the impact to the town. Council Member Justin Rutledge questioned if there was a chance for additional money from SRF to which Higgins quickly answered, “That’s an excellent question, you should ask IDEM. I wish I could say yes, but my gut tells me the million is all they are willing to put on the table with the zero percent interest for the

Colorado murder suspect captured in Posey

By Dave Pearce

The suspect of a Colorado murder was captured following a short police chase in Posey County on Friday morning.

According to information from the Indiana State Police, a state police officer was patrolling I-64 near the seven-mile marker when he observed the driver of a gray 2015 Nissan Pathfinder traveling east at 86 miles per hour.

Fulton attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver continued to travel east at a high rate of speed before exiting north onto SR 165 and then west on CR 1000 South.

The driver reached speeds in excess of 90 mph before losing control, leaving the roadway on the south side, rolling several times, and coming to a final rest in an open field. The driver was not injured and was taken into custody.

County fathers organize for 2023

Hovey House at its January 4 organizational meeting. The newlyelected District Two commissioner was eager to start his four year term, replacing Randy Thornburg.

Newman’s first action was to make a motion to nominate Bill Collins as Commissioner President again this year.

It was seconded by Commissioner Bryan Schorr and passed unanimously. Newman then nominated Schorr as Vice-President and that was unanimous. Attorney Joe Harrison was retained as Legal Counsel. From there, the newly-organized trio routinely approved minutes, claims and the November Clerk’s Report.

Under New Business, offers to purchase two parcels of property were approved to become part of the Western Bypass Project around Mount Vernon. The first is Parcel Number 43, involving 4.962 acres located on the west side of Lower New Harmony Road, south of Bellefontaine Road. The purchase price, submitted by the engineering firm of American Structurepoint, is $164,550. The other, Parcel Number 44, at the corner of Lower New Harmo-

ny Road and Bellefontaine, is for 3.95 acres at a price of $39,600. Two appraisals were required for each parcel and the county cannot offer any more than the average of the two for the land.

Commissioners also approved to surplus desks and bookcases no longer used in the Circuit Court.

Many persons were reappointed to one-year terms on boards they are presently serving on, with terms expiring December 31, 2023. They include ABC Board--Jim Kilgore; District Ten Planning Council--Jeremy Fortune; Kay Kilgore --Visit Posey County; and Rachel Rainey— Tourism Board. Ralph Weinzapfel was reappointed to the Wabash River Heritage Corridor with Carrie Parameter as the alternate.

Other board appointments for one year are Andy Logan-- EMA Advisory Board; ADA Compliance Board— Joe Harrison, Steve Schenk, John Hoehn, Rick Sellers, Ed Battieger, Judy Heberer and Roy Fleenor; Board of Review-Billie Rae Butler and Don Oeth; Coliseum Board— Paul Williams, Ed Battieger, Jeff Greenwell, and Mindy Bourne;

A vehicle registration inquiry on the Nissan revealed the vehicle had been reported stolen from Wheat Ridge, Co., and may have been involved in a homicide on Thursday, January 5. Indiana State Police detectives were later able to determine the driver, Shawnathan Deangelo Chance, 26, of Dunn, NC, was a suspect in the homicide.

Based on information obtained by Indiana State Police detectives after

the crash, Chance was arrested on probable cause for the homicide and was transported to the Posey County Jail where he is being held without bond for Colorado authorities.

He likely will be facing a murder charge in Colorado along with Indiana charges of Resisting Law Enforcement (a Level 6 Felony), Possession of a Stolen Vehicle (a Level 6 Felony), and Reckless Driving (a Class B misdemeanor).

What goes up...

Case closed as former MVPD officer Collins pleads guilty

By Dave Pearce A

former Mount Vernon Police Officer will have the opportunity to have a felony charge pled to a misdemeanor charge if he completes the elements of a sentence handed down by Posey County Judge Craig Goedde this week.

According to Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers, Michael Collins plead guilty on December 13 to charges he faced following his arrest on August 26, 2022.

According to Clowers, Collins pled guilty to Count 1: Official Misconduct, a Level 6 Felony; and Count 2: Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, a Class A Misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one (1) year in the Indiana Department of Correction, with two (2) days executed followed by the balance suspended to Probation.

Clowers confirmed that if Collins successfully completes probation and treatment, he has

the opportunity to earn a misdemeanor.

Aside from the suspended sentences, Collins will face court costs and a countermeasure fee of $200.

According to the original Probable Cause Affidavit, an Indiana State Police Trooper was dispatched to the scene of an accident involving two Mount Vernon Police cruisers. The accident had occurred in front of 160 West State Road 62 near Four Seasons Motel in Mount Vernon. The

trooper was dispatched around 9:22 p.m.

According to information provided by the State Trooper, he arrived approximately 20 minutes later and located two MVPD cars with their red and blue lights flashing, stalled in the left lane of SR62 facing west. One of the MVPD cars had rear-ended the other, and there was heavy damage to both vehicles.

Posey County’s Korff is News Director at Eyewitness News

By Lois Mittino Gray Posey County native Warren

Korff quickly worked his way up the ranks to be appointed the TV News Director at Eyewitness News WEHT/WTVW (Channel 25 and Channel 7) on November 22, 2022. When he proudly announced the promotion on his Facebook page, a friend teased, “Since it’s so close to Thanksgiving, please don’t try a turkey drop.”

That admonition makes Warren smile as he recalls that famous episode of the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati.”

“That has to be the best episode ever,” he laughed, remembering how Station Manager Arthur Carlson ordered 200 domestic turkeys released from a helicopter over a shopping center as a holiday promotion. Mild-mannered news reporter Les Nessman watches in horror as the birds plummet like concrete bombs to the pavement since they can’t fly. Carlson and Nessman are attacked by an angry crowd and barely make it back to the station, disheveled and remorseful. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly,” is the manager’s’s legendary line.

Korff doesn’t plan on any dramatic gaffes like that in his work and is enjoying his new position as News Director. His ‘Les Nessman’ days pounding the pavement will be traded in for more of a supervisory, business role. “I will miss those days of the past , but I’ll be more confined to the station now.

If things are tight, I may do a story or two now and then. I mainly will be responsible for hiring and training staff and scheduling, handling HR issues, and corporate edicts. I take care of keeping the budget and making sure all vehicles are in top condition. I coordinate departments and check on engineering. I will do the evaluations. It will be a varied role, and I am enjoying it very much so far,” he described.

Just before Christmas, the fun-loving news director dressed in a homemade Santa suit stitched by his wife and did a daily segment called “Santa’s Naughty and Nice List.” It celebrated those doing laudable things in this area and generic ‘baddies’ such as whoever left the camper in the Ohio River.

Korff, who resides in Wadesville just off Indiana 66, commutes daily to the station in Henderson, Kentucky. He wrote on December 5, “I moved about twenty feet today to a new desk with this new job and it went well with my great staff. I’m also happy to let everyone know my good friend, Brett Allega will be the Assistant News Director.” Allega is from Posey County, too.

The veteran newsman recounted major events he has covered in his career. “I was actually out there with the C-130 crash and the Petersburg Tornado. I covered Ronald Reagan

New Harmony’s Ken Back volunteers to take down Christmas decorations on Main Street following a very successful holiday season and Main Street in New Harmony celebration. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Lois Mittino Gray

The Posey County Commissioners began the new year by welcoming Greg Newman to the dias at the

Mount Vernon resident Steve Loehr, with wife Tammy, puts his name on the dotted line to run for mayor of Mount Vernon. Posey County Clerk Kay Kilgore, left, oversees the process. Photo submitted

Shawnathan Deangelo Chance

Wadesville resident Warren Korff jokingly calls this “his first day of school” picture on his first day as News Director on December 5, 2022.

Mike Stolz

Great news, friends…I have arrived. The day that I have heard about all my life is finally here. If everything remains the way it is, I will receive my first Social Security check on Feb. 15, 2023, on my brother’s birthday. Great present for me!

All my life, I have heard people talk about reaching this milestone and how they have looked forward to it. Well, folks, I’ve got news for you. It’s not all that!

First of all, you realize that you are old as dirt. Despite relatively good health and the ability to continue to work (as I will likely do), I realize that I am blessed on the one hand and cursed on the other. Sure, I’m good now but what about the future? How long will my good health hold out? Who knows? But I have made up my mind that as long as it holds out, I plan to enjoy it. I plan to continue to work for a real living and do what I can for

I have arrived but just not sure where

my fellowmen. All that being said, there is meaning to my madness.

Not too long ago, my wife had to have back surgery. She nursed along with her back in much worse shape than I had known. She traveled with me when she could and never really complained except that it was painful and getting rougher each month. So finally the day of the surgery arrived.

We arrived early (you know they always want you there before the sun comes up for a noon surgery), kind of like the airport. She checked in and got comfortable. That would be the last time she would feel that word for several days.

The surgery was a success, despite having to take her off pain medications either during the surgery or shortly after (depends on who you believe). She decided she didn’t want to breathe as much as she should so they took the pain medications away from her to “help” her. This was even more painful than hearing the phrase “We’re from the government and we are here to help.”

My wife has a high pain tolerance,

obviously, since she is married to me. But in all sincerity, she rarely has complained with pain throughout our nearly 35 years of marriage. But when they rolled her into the room, I could tell the next segment of time was not going to be good. She was shaking violently and was in so much pain she could only answer my questions with one word. That wasn’t good.

Actually, the entire experience left a little to be desired. I know hospitals are busy places and most are overworked, but the least you can do is act like you care, even if you really don’t. My friends, you don’t want my opinion of health care in America after this experience.

But to make a long story short, she got out in a couple of days and did pretty much what the doctor told her to do and is making good headway. She’s not there yet but with no backsets, I expect her to be back to normal within a couple of months.

But while she was off from work and recuperating in a recliner as she was instructed, I did find out that they did, in fact, make 200 million Hall-

Lighten up a little in 2023

action there is an equal opposite reaction.

mark movies, all with the same plot and most quite possibly on the same street in the same small town. We watched all of them three times over the month she was down.

I gladly agreed to just about anyone who would offer could come over and sit with her while I went to work or just about anywhere else. There would be one Hallmark movie on when I left and I think it was still going when I got home in the evening. You know, the big city guy that came to town with ulterior motives but in the meantime, fell in love with the beautiful young Damsel in Distress and they ended up together and lived happily ever after. I know you have seen that one. I love my wife but I can only watch so many of those without totally losing my mind. Like I said in the beginning, I have arrived.

I found myself staring at Hallmark movies from the time I walked in until the time I walked out. You do realize they often replay those things over and over 24 hours a day? She had medication but I didn’t! She likes the television on for “noise” all the time

and I realized during this timespan there is no way I can retire, stay home, and have any semblance of a happily married life.

She still has a couple or three years to go before she will be able to say “I’ve arrived.” I guess we will have no choice but to cross the Hallmark bridge again when she is able to retire. In the meantime, I plan to work as much as I can and love my people (yes, all friends and future friends included) and live my life as if I’m still waiting to arrive.

After all, sometimes when you look really forward to reaching something, it’s not all you thought it would be. Remember 16, then 18, then 21, then 25, then 30, then 40 and so on… It’s about there that you realize time needs to slow down but it doesn’t. It marches on like Hitler or Stalin, doing nearly the same damage.

Remember, life at any age, is a precious gift. Do your best to enjoy it and be good to people. At the end of the day, the good things you do in life may be just what the doctor ordered for someone else.

T F T S B D H

It’s a new year. Funny thing is...I don’t feel any different. But regardless, it’s a new year so that means there is always a new beginning. For that matter everyday is a new beginning yet everything is the same.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

A couple of years ago was one of the most difficult years, we all experienced a lot of bad things in our community. We cried when a member of our farming community took his life, it hurt, and we don’t understand or expect events like this to happen. I also went to a farm auction of a friend of mine, because the ag community is struggling and is in financial distress. There were other things as well, the unexpected illnesses and accidents, then there is politics, opinions and people.

When we fall on hard times we often wonder what it was that we did to deserve such punishment. Sometimes our problems are self inflicted...cause and effect. For every

M V B D . G M

Throughout the years, many of us watched Barbara Walters from NBC to ABC. I always tried to watch her special interviews. Often, the people she interviewed on primetime television specials were “the” high profile people at that given time. She became the highest paid journalist of her day being the first to sign a million-dollar contract with ABC.

Regardless of what we do in life we are still confronted by difficulties

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Other times it’s just life. Its just stuff that happens for no reason whatsoever. Matthew 5:45... for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

But then there were good things that we experienced also, babies were born, we had visits from friends and family, attended weddings and birthday parties, and many other blessings too numerous to count. The blessings of life that are generally not thought of, or are soon forgotten and get taken for granted.

Sometimes we can’t enjoy life because we are too busy making a living. We work our life away and miss opportunity to enjoy it.

Haggai 1: 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

So of all the resolutions that we have made in the past, lets consider making a different one this year. Let resolve to take time to enjoy the little things… for the rest of our lives. Life is short let’s live it to the fullest. Let’s lend a hand or bring a smile to others that cross our path. Show a little kindness.

Let’s all lighten up a little and have a little fun. Remember none of us are getting out of this alive, and we ain’t taking nothing with us when we go.

Those who are grieving and suffering loss

that often debilitate us. Walters had survived her own personal struggles, like we all do, including four divorces. Unfortunately, her reported battle with dementia took its toll on her health. We can all accomplish much in life. Maybe not as much as Walters or maybe even more. Regardless, there is much about life we can’t do anything about other than try to deal with it and do the best we can.

At least 37 people died from the recent winter storm in Buffalo, New York. Families are grieving. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, freezing temperatures, and snow have wreaked devastation on our country in the last twelve months. Loss of life can come

from disease, weather, accidents or unconscionably by design.

We all have been horrified by the death of four college students in Moscow, Idaho. It’s been beyond us how four beautiful people could be stabbed to death in their beds reportedly between 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. A young man who is a student at nearby Washington State University on the Pullman campus has been arrested at his parents’ house in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. Moscow police believe they now have the murderer in custody.

How anyone could commit such a heinous crime is beyond our comprehension. I’m sure it was beyond the

scope of thought for these innocent young adults. We never know who is taking note of our lives, whereabouts and activities. Regardless of how calm and safe your community seems you can’t take anything for granted. Lock your doors. Lock your bedroom door. Keep your handgun on your lampstand and try your best to create an environment that protects you as much as possible. With so many people sleeping in the rental house in Moscow, I’m sure these young college students felt safe. What appeared to be safe for them became an opportunity for an evil mind.

Typically, the attacker has the element of surprise on his side. It’s al-

The Good, The Bad, The Average

ways best to try to think ahead. Sadly, four Idaho University students were killed by someone who planned, plotted, and was patient enough to find the right moment to carry out the murders.

Accepting and dealing with what we cannot change is one thing. Preparing for life but rolling with the punches, the turns and twists is another. Being watchful, careful, and never taking anything for granted could make the difference between life and death

Pray for these families and all the many friends and loved ones as they grieve and suffer from such devastating loss.

B J J R

Is it an end or a beginning? A New Year of hope or a past year of regret? A harbinger of exciting new adventures or a specter of hovering doom? I guess one way of discerning whether we are going to gaily anticipate, as the tune says, “Oh, the good times are coming,” or gloomily dwell on, “I took the blows and did it my way,” is to make an accounting of 2022. After all, if past is prologue, perhaps we can peer into the future by studying the past. But, as the sorceress Cassandra who was blessed by the gods with the gift of prophecy but also cursed because no one would believe her forecasts of coming disasters, we might see the freight train coming but ignore it anyway. Nuclear war anyone? Ah, well, let’s count some blessings and justify some bad choices from 2022.

I would say my number one blessing during 2022 is that I am not related to Harry and Meghan. When one has family like that, other bad relationships fade into royal oblivion. It’s not that my family is perfect; my older brother and my three older sisters still assume I cannot tie my shoes without their help. But let’s move on.

The 2022 college football season was pretty much a bust. The Indiana University Hoosiers, of course, never disappoint because we never expect anything. However, the Oklahoma

Sooners had better be rebuilding or else the whole apparatus is falling apart. And the Oklahoma State Cowboys looked more average than average can bear. Come on, Pokes, do something! Peg, not I, cares about the Purdue Boilermakers who got clobbered in their mediocre bowl game. As an IU alum I didn’t mind, but Peg’s two brothers are Purdue grads so she was upset. If 2023 is a rebuilding year, I just hope the crumbling Roman Coliseum is not the model our teams are emulating.

Speaking of disasters and rebuilding, we had two, that’s right two, water leaks in our cabin at JPeg Osage Ranch in 2022. One came from a clamp that slipped off of a water heater hose and the most recent, December 23, 2022 (Merry Christmas), was caused by a connection to the ice maker on the refrigerator. Did you, Gentle Reader, ever worry about your refrigerator attacking your home? Me neither. I’ve worked construction and made countless home repairs to everything from fountains to garden hoses and never once had to deal with a refrigerator water leak. Happy 2022 all’ya’all.

Now did anything good occur in 2022? You bet. Peg successfully rehabilitated after her hip replacement surgeries and I managed to learn about three chords on the guitar, although Peg will not countenance me trying to sing along as I strum. She claims my key changes are bad. What’s a key?

Well, I have revisited about all the chagrin I can stand and the 2022 bright spots are fading fast, so on to 2023. My

predictions are mainly connected to Peg’s and my work in the Republic of Georgia that sits right on the Black Sea directly across from Ukraine and has Russia on it’s northern border. What could go wrong?

Putin, the Grinch who is trying to steal Ukraine and who already occupies 20% of Georgia, looms large in my reading of bird entrails. The only bright spot I see is our son Jim’s observations about Russian military equipment he fought against in the Iraq War, the Gulf War and briefly in Afghanistan. Jim says it was junk then and it’s junk now. Of course, even nuclear junk might ruin our whole day in 2023.

But I boldly foresee a world where Putin comes to his senses and Zelensky re-thinks his thirst for revenge. Both leaders will most likely end up accepting less than half a loaf of what they want. At least that’s my hopeful, if naive, bet.

Regardless, “When the dealing’s done and there’s time enough for counting” in 2023, I predict “Sunshine and lollipops”. Why not dwell on the positive? After all, Harry and Meghan will surely shut up sometime. But, until then as both King Lear and King Charles found out, “More sharper than a serpent’s tooth is a thankless child,” especially ones who are mistreated by allowing them to live in palaces and spend their time with sycophants such as Oprah.

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Stanley E. Schapker, 68, of Evansville, passed away at his home on Saturday, December 31, 2022, the anniversary date of his God mother and grandmother, Olivia Schapker’s death.

Stan was born July 7, 1954 in Evansville to the late Elmer and Charlotte (Niemeier) Schapker. He was a laborer and a member of Laborer’s Local 561. Stan cherished his family and time spent with them. He never missed a family gathering and always remembered the birthdays of his siblings. He enjoyed hunting, watching NASCAR and most sports on television, spending time on the Evansville riverfront, working on and fixing things and helping others. Stan, like his mother, was an avid Saint Louis Cardinals baseball fan and was named after the great, Stan “The Man” Musial.

Surviving Stan are his wife of 42 years, Judy (Martin) Schapker; sisters, Jane Mossberger, Julie (Terry) Fehrenbacher and Ann (Steve) Southwell; brothers, Alan (Sheila) Schapker, Kurt (Cheryl) Schapker and Roger (Ann) Schapker; sister-in-law, Wendy Schapker; nieces, Staci (Chad) Burleigh, Brooke (Ben) McCord, Lesley (Matt) Beach and Taylor Schapker; nephews, Brandon (Kerri) Fehrenbacher, Paul (Beth) Fehrenbacher, Jason (Heath Barron) Southwell, Austin (Haley) Schapker, Nolan (Jill) Schapker and Daltyn Schapker; as well as several great nieces and great nephews, cousins and longtime

Alice L. Uhly, 102, formerly of Cynthiana, Ind., born May 16, 1920, in Saint Louis, Mo., passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022 in Princeton, Ind.

She resided at The Waters of Princeton Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Princeton, Ind., and served with the United States Postal Service until retirement. Alice loved her family, dogs, gardening and always loved a good home grown tomato. She also told great family stories and had a sweet tooth for butterscotch, cinnamon disc and peppermint puffs.

Preceding her in death were her parents: Charles and Cora (Witherspoon) Kercheval; husband: Walter L. Uhly in 1993; sister: Edith Mae (Kercheval) Condon along with nephews: Lawrence G. Condon and Francis O’Gorman Condon both in 1987.

Surviving are two great nephews: Kevin and Paul; two great nieces: Kathleen

Frances “Earlene” Tison, 91, of Wadesville, Ind., passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023. She was born in Harrisburg, Ill., on January 19, 1931 to the late Walter and Josie Johnson. The family later moved to Evansville, Ind., where she met and married Lowell Tison on October 28, 1950.

Giving her life to the Lord at an early age, she and Lowell sang in church and had a music ministry for most of their lives. She worked as an LPN and enjoyed caring for the elderly. The memories she enjoyed in this life are indeed precious memories. Frances worked as an LPN for local nursing homes, Brauns and Gertha nursing homes.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, David Alan Tison

Frances is survived by her husband Lowell Tison; daughters, Elizabeth Kay (Chuck) Newton, Janet Lee (Glen) Prine; son, Marty

friends. Also surviving Stan are his wife’s family, Pamie, Stanley, Cindy, Lindsay, Darrell, Johnny and Danny, Corinne and Andy.

In addition to his parents, Stan was preceded in death by his brother, Doug Schapker; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Vernon and Jessie Martin and sister-inlaw, Clare Martin.

Funeral services for Stan were held at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, January 6, 2023 at Saint Joseph Church in Vanderburgh County, Rev. Eugene Schroeder officiating. Burial followed in the Saint Joseph Church Cemetery.

Friends visited with family from 4 until 7 p.m., on Thursday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 West Franklin Street and from 11 a.m., until service time on Friday at Saint Joseph Church, 6202 West Saint Joseph Road.

Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Vanderburgh County, Saint Jude Children’s Hospital or to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

Rick Alan David, 63, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away January 3, 2023 at U of L Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He was born July 27, 1959 in Evansville, Ind. to William C. and Clara (Nurrenbern) David.

Rick was a 1977 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, where he served as class president. He was a devoted union electrician and a member of the IBEW Local 16 for 40 years. Rick was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Owen Dunn Post 5. He enjoyed spending time with his family.

He was preceded in death by his father; brothers, Mark, Rob and Jon David.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mary (Fischer) David; children, Cody David (Janelle), Jill Wilson (Nick) and Ross David (Emily); mother, Clara David; grandchildren, Joslyn, Jensyn, Josie and Casper David and Granger, Rhett and Bailey Wilson; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and a host of extended family.

Funeral mass was held at

11 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2023 at Saint Matthew Catholic Church, 421 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Fr. Jim Sauer and Fr. Ted Tempel officiating and burial followed in Saint Matthew Cemetery.

Visitation was held from 9 until 11 a.m., service time on Friday, January 6, 2023 at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Kidney Fund, www.kidneyfund.org or the Saint Matthew Cemetery Fund.

Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Our Brother and Son Bradley Jay “Jaybird” Mason, 52, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2022, in Gillette Wyo. He was surrounded by family and dear friends. He is proceeded in death by his Mother, Susie Mason, in 2008. He is survived by his Dad, Alfred (Margaret) Mason; his twin brother, David Mason; his older Brother, Marty Mason; niece, Mersadys Mason; nephew, Anthony Deig; and many grand nephews and nieces. Jay’s faith was always very strong, so he was able to pass to the other side peacefully with complete faith that Heaven awaited him. He knew he had many friends and relatives, that he would get to see again, and he will be there waiting for all of us.

Jay was born on May 19, 1970, along with his best friend for life, his identical twin brother David. They remained close throughout their life with a bond only they understood.

Jay’s life was defined by his charitable, kind heart. He did most of his life’s work being an integral part of his community in Denver, Colorado. He worked with

Merit.

many charities and his name became synonymous with raising a great deal of funds to help others in his community. He once worked to raise $35K in one four-hour period for the Colorado Aids Project. He was always willing to give time to or help anyone in need. He regularly organized events to feed the homeless and others in need.

There will be a remembrance in honor of Jay on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Denning Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, Ind. Friends and family are welcome to stop by for the visitation from 2 until 5 p.m. A service will follow from 5 until 6 p.m., officiated by our close family friend the Rev. Mark Tabor.

the University of Evansville School of Nursing.

and Kerry along with six great-great nieces and nephews: Patrick, Meghan, Michael, Ashley, Rebecca and Riyad.

There will be no funeral services with burial in Liberty Cemetery in Cynthiana, Indiana.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Posey Humane Society, 6500 Leonard Road North, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

COL Nancy McFadin Mueller, age 74, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas after a lengthy battle with ALS. She was born October 22, 1948 in Evansville, Ind., to Katherine Doris (Uhde) McFadin and Woodrow Ranes McFadin Sr.

Nancy grew up on a farm outside Mount Vernon, Ind. Her passion growing up was to become a nurse. However, after starting nursing school at the University of Evansville, in Evansville, Ind., she realized what a financial burden the tuition would cause her family. Therefore, she accepted a scholarship through the Army student nurse program. In exchange for paying for her nursing education she committed to serving four years as a nurse in the U.S. Army. After graduating she was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Army Nurse Corps.

Nancy’s career as an Army nurse was characterized by her constant advancement as a nursing leader and administrator. The essence of her success was her excellence in nursing practice. Nancy was the epitome of the words we use to indicate sustained outstanding performance in a profession. She was a role model and a mentor. As a nurse practitioner she

worked in a very demanding and highly complex specialty as an oncology nurse and enterostomal therapist. Army nursing utilized her expertise in ambulatory care by making her responsible for hospital based ambulatory care services including the emergency room and all specialty clinics. Besides her administrative duties Nancy focused on assisting patients with complex problems and teaching young nurses and corpsmen what they needed to know and to do to be experts in their patient care responsibilities. Nancy’s influence on other professions extended to her relationships with physicians, social workers, physical therapists and nutritionists. Nancy was often the catalyst for bringing providers together to coordinate patient care.

Nancy’s value for patient care services was the reason she was first an assistant chief nurse for a hospital and then was selected to be the assistant chief for the administrative organization that was responsible for all US Army hospitals and clinics throughout the US. While serving in administrative positions Nancy was often asked to speak at professional meetings. Her presentations were always very polished and readily demonstrated her professionalism as a nurse, a nursing administrator and a nursing educator. Nancy’s performance far exceeded the expectations of her positions in Army nursing. She was an organizational leader who routinely made contributions that involved the other five Corps in the Army Medical Department. Her leadership abilities and her specialized knowledge earned her recognition with the award of the Order of Military Medical

Her potential in Army nursing had not been achieved when she decided to retire so that she could join her husband in his urology practice.

Entering a solo private practice of urology was a completely new experience for Nancy. She had never been intimately involved with the care of urology patients, but, as she always did, she embraced the challenge. Before long she was totally in control of the office and loved by both patients and staff. After several years of study, and experience, Nancy took and passed the urology nurse certification exam becoming the first board certified urology nurse in all of San Antonio. Even with all the time needed to run the practice and provide patient care, Nancy found time to become involved in the Society of Urologic Nurses Association (SUNA). She assumed more and more responsibility in national SUNA until in 2005 she became national president of SUNA. Nancy was always very involved with nursing education, both in the Army and in SUNA. She published numerous articles on the urologic care of patients including being the editor and an author of “Telephone Nursing Practice in Adult Urology-A Manual for Urology Nurses” published in 2000. In 2008, after practicing nursing for 38 years Nancy retired from nursing. This year she was inducted as an emeritus Fellow in the newly founded Academy of Urologic Nurses and Associates (FAUNA). On 2 December 2019 the chair of the University of Evansville School of Nursing was endowed in Nancy’s name. The Chair of the School of Nursing will always be known as the Nancy McFadin Mueller Chair of

In recognition of Nancy’s long standing excellence in the field of nursing, in 2011 she was named the outstanding alumnus of her high school, Mount Vernon High School, and gave the commencement address.

In her spare time Nancy loved gardening, line dancing, attending games of her beloved Spurs and socializing with her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Christine Schmitz; and brother, Woodrow McFadin Jr. Nancy is survived by her husband of 29 years, Col Edward J. Mueller, M.D.; daughter, Molly Connors and husband Chris; Sister, Beth McFadin Higgins and husband Brian; grandchildren, Blake, Luke, Wes, and Vince Connors; nieces and nephew, Kate Carter and husband Jon, Andrew Higgins, and Lauren Higgins; nephew, Andy Schmitz and wife Kalah; nieces, Arin Commens and husband Brian as well as numerous other extended family members and a lifetime of friends.

The family will receive friends for visitation at Porter Loring Mortuary North on January 11, 2023 from 7 until 9 p.m..

A memorial service will be held on January 12, 2023 at 11 a.m. at the Army Residence Community chapel followed by internment with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at 1 p.m.. There will be a reception following the ceremony at the Army Residence Community. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial contribution to the ALS Association of Texas https://alstexas.org/ or the University of Evansville Dunigan School of Nursing.

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Tison; grandchildren, Matthew, John, Tim, Tonya, Jenny, Betty, Jason; 11 great grandchildren; two greatgreat grandchildren.

funeral service was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Alexander Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel officiated by Pastor Glen Prine with burial to follow. Friends and family may visit 11 a.m. until service time at the Cemetery Chapel.

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Sylvia Diane Corum, 67, of Posey County, Ind., born November 23, 1955, to Carlton Lewis Duvall and Alta Fay (Leewright) Goldman in Evansville, Ind., passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Premier Healthcare of New Harmony in New Harmony, Ind.

She graduated from North Posey High School in 1973. Sylvia loved the outdoors and working in her yard. She loved her pets and animals of all kind. Above everything, she loved helping people and was always available to lend her helping hand.

Surviving are her mother: Alta Fay Goldman of Mount Vernon; daughter: Heather Herode (Tim) of Meridian, Idaho; sons: Jason Cissell of Newburgh and Charles Cissell of New Harmony; sisters: Carla Louise Duvall of Evansville and Kim

Birthdays

January 10 - John Ahren, Maggie Armstrong, Jeanette Sturgell, Krista Wilson, Michael Reynolds, Michael Chapman, Linda Chamness, Linda Payne January 11 - Vera Johnson, Holly Poshard, Ethel Stallings, Harold Stovall,

Mullen of Mount Vernon; five grandchildren: Hannah, Nolan and Mitchell Herode, Marian Whitsell and Izayah Cissell along with one great grandchild.

Preceding her in death was her father.

There will be no funeral services with burial in Poseyville Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Phyllis Westfall, Debbie Rowe January 12 - Molly Felder Grimm, Harry Hottel Jr., Laura Mohr, Sue Watson, Rose Wilkinson, Heather Weldon, Sue Curtis, Anna Boyles, Rose Wilkinson, Judy Meyer January 13 - Doug Little, Tina Parker, Ashley Shelton, Gail Norton, Geno Nix, K.D. Patton, Grace Kahle, Benjamin Milbrandt, Terri Brown, Valerie Stratton, Charlie Brand,

Among the artifacts here at the Working Men’s Institute which relate to the Harmony Society are some ceramics made by members of that society.

This article will focus on a cake pan. This pan has a glazed finish, and it is redware, pottery made from reddish brown clay. Its only decorations are simple shapes on the bottom and sides which help define the shape of the finished cake. It is a shape which we now call a Bundt cake pan, but that is a 20th century name; it was probably called a Gugelhupf dish. It shows signs of wear, so it seems to have baked many cakes over the years.

It has been positively identified as being Harmonist, made by a member of the Harmony Society.

Note: News in this issue includes: Editorial on life, When will a New Fad arrive in Mount Vernon? Miss Daniel appears in concert at Paris, eight incoming Township Trustees banquet, three short news briefs, sports, and news briefs and personals.

Editorial On Life From The Western Star - As we step out into the new year, it is pleasant to realize that we have a longer prospective lean on life than we would have had half a century earlier. In other words, if we had been born 50 years earlier than our present age, many of us would have died before now. All joking aside, the fact is that man now lives 26 percent longer than he did half a century ago. According to the Census of

Michael Lee Duncan, Sr., 76, of Evansville, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family.

Mike was born January 9, 1946 in Evansville, Ind., to the late Maurice and Estel Duncan. He retired after 54 years of service in telecommunications. He was a family man, always there and willing to help with anything. Mike also served as a volunteer firefighter for over 25 years on the Marrs Township Fire Department and was the Fire Chief from 1991 to 1994. He enjoyed traveling and loved the Great Smoky Mountains.

In addition to his parents, Mike was preceded in death by a sister, June Duke.

Surviving Mike are his wife of 57 years, Kathleen (Kirsch) Duncan; three sons, Michael Lee (Lisa) Duncan, Jr., Mark (Stephanie) Duncan and Scott (Jill) Duncan; a sister, Susan

Derek Perry, Bill Weatherholt, Theresa Reese, Cheryl Carroll January 14 - Agnes Morton, Sophie Panetti, David Parnell, Travis Kidd, Nicole Weinzapfel Schmitt, Shelly Eagan, Karen Walker, Eugene Herrenbruck, Margaret Nelson January 15 - Marilyn A. Cox, Abigail Mae Coon, Marie Johnson, Dot Kohlmeyer, Sarah Mae Mathews, Zachary Sollman, Adam Black, Karen

According to WMI records, this pan belonged to Margaret Siekman. Margaret was born in Germany in about 1826 and she and her husband Frederick came to live in New Harmony sometime in the 1870s. Even though they came to New Harmony from Germany in the 19th century, they were not members of the Harmony Society. We do not know how Margaret came to own this Harmonist cake pan. We can only conjecture; perhaps it was given to them by friends who were members of the Harmony

(Dave) Helfert; brother, Ronald Duncan; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Private graveside services for Mike were held Thursday, January 5, 2023 at Zion Lippe United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rev. Jeff Long officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

Walker, Austin Walker, Barbara Neaveill, Joan Toth, Vicki Turner, Linda Strupp January 16 - Donald Baier, Ted R. Muncy, Paul Slifer, John Gouldman, Adam Conyers, Judy Twyman, Don Baier If you have a name to be included, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631, or email: news@poseycountynews.com.

Society, or perhaps it was left here in New Harmony when the Harmonists returned to Pennsylvania.

Upcoming at the WMI:

Preschool Story Time with Peggy Meyer is every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m.

Advanced Yoga with Patty Beagle is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m.

Free Homework Help for students will be available on January 10, 17, 24th, and 31 from 6 to 7 p.m.

Kiwanis Story Time will be on the 26 at 6:30 p.m, and the book will be The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

Garden Club will meet on Saturday the 14 at 10 a.m.

Admission to all lectures is free. Lectures are recorded and available in several formats. DVD and Blu-ray may be checked out at the library. They are also available on YouTube. Links are posted on our Facebook page.

National and Local News 100 Years Ago

1870, the average of human life in the U.S. was only 41 years; today it is 56 years. In New Zealand it is 60 years. Our pioneer great-grandparents did much work and by their lack of sanitary science suicided themselves into early graves. Washington referred to himself as an “old man” at 38. We know more about sanitation and preventive medicine nowadays and we live longer in spite of our rapid pace and many unhygienic follies. Scientists say that there is no scientific reason why the “three score and ten” years given to man should not be stretched to one hundred and beyond. And, in spite of taxes, the high cost of living, the Volstead Law, or our anticipation of eternal bliss hereafter, few of us are in

a hurry to leave this mundane sphere.

When Will This New Fad Arrive In Mount Vernon? - Mount Vernonites are all agog with wonder as to when the shiny, sparkling-colored corduroy trousers will reach this city. This latest creation of Flapperdom has already caused them to sit up and gasp for breath in other cities and it looks as if the sheiks are making a successful effort to go to greater extremes than the female of the species. The fad was first introduced into Southern Indiana by Central High School students of Evansville and it is said the custom is spreading to the dance halls. Several sheiks from Poseyville and Owensville appeared here in the new garments at the OwensvilleMount Vernon games Friday night, creating a mild sensation. The new trousers are off set with triangles of bright colors at the bottom of each leg and trimmed around the bot-

tom with large pearl buttons. They are the very last word for the Male Flappers. Who will be the first to wear this latest style in Mount Vernon?

Miss Daniel Appears In Concert At Paris - It is with pleasure that we reproduced the following from a recent issue of the Paris, France, edition of The New York World, concerning Miss Helen Daniel, Mount Vernon’s lyric soprano, who is now in Paris taking additional voice instructions: “Miss Helen Daniel is one of the most promising young sopranos we have had the pleasure of hearing in a long time. Nature has been most generous and kind to this young American and if she is not overcome by the luster of the successes she reaps, she should make an enviable place for herself among the singers.”

Five Outgoing and Eight Incoming Township Trustee Banquet - The new trustees present were: Walter Lyke, Lynn; Clarence Todd, Point; Carl Horstman, Robinson; John Tenison, Center; Henry Graltney, Robb; Casey Martin, Smith; George Henderson, Black; and Wilhelm Becker, Marrs.

Sports Friday Night Action - Owensville boys

Jerry L. Knapp, 81, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at Saint Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Ind.

He was born October 4, 1941, to Edward J. Knapp and Marjorie (Schutz) Knapp. He graduated from Cynthiana High School in 1959. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army. He was an over-the road semi driver for nearly fifty years.

He is survived by one son, Glen Knapp (Melissa) of Fla.; two daughters, Kristina Marsh (Wayne) of Butlerville, Ind., and Beth Bass of Shawneetown, Ill.; four grandsons, Dakota Knapp Greenwell, Ashton Knapp, Nathan Bass, and Barrett Knapp; two granddaughters, Megan Wintrow and Isabella Bass; one great-grand

daughter, Aurora MeJean; lifelong friend, Robert Gee of Cynthiana, Ind.; and his former wife, Jackie Knapp, who cared for him during his battle with cancer.

Per Jerry’s wishes no services will be held. Online condolences may be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome. com.

Carnegie Library News

By Ashley Hartig

Now that winter is here, we would like to remind everyone of our winter weather closure policy. When the North Posey School District closes due to dangerous weather conditions, we will also be closed. You can check our Facebook page to see any closure announcements.

In observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Poseyville Carnegie Public Library will be closed on Monday, January 16. If you have items to return during a closure, please place them in the drop box located to the right of the parking lot door. Any fines charged on late materials due to library closures will be forgiven.

The front display now has materials for your New Year’s resolutions. We have books and DVDs covering a range of topics available on our shelves. If we do not have the item you are looking for, we will gladly order it from another library for you. Items ordered through the Inter-Library Loan system will take approximately one week to arrive. As soon as your items are available for pick-up, you will receive a phone call or email notification.

If you have made the New Year’s resolution to read more this year, we would recommend checking out the Libby app. After downloading Libby on your smart devices, you will have access to thousands of digital books, audiobooks, and magazines. All you need to get started is your library card number. If you have misplaced your library card or need assistance using the app, we welcome you to give us a call or visit the circulation desk.

We are excited to announce that beginning on January 1, 2023 the Robinson Township library service area has been reassigned from the Alexandrian Public Library to the Poseyville Carnegie Public Library. This means that residents of Robinson Township will now pay a lower tax rate and their tax money will be re-allocated to the Poseyville Public Library as their home library. This will be a seamless transition for Robinson Township residents as they will still be able to utilize either library due to our reciprocal borrowing agreements. If you do not have a Poseyville Carnegie Public Library Card, please stop in anytime during our regular business hours and apply.

beat Mount Vernon 27 to 21. Mount Vernon girls beat Owensville 32 to 21. Stewartsville loses to Patoka 24 to 14. The Poseyville - Owensville game was postponed due to no lights - a breakdown in the power plant.

Letter To Sporting Editor:

Dear Sir: I think that a Posey County tournament of the feminine high school teams should be played along with the masculine tournament games. All six of the County High Schools that have a boys’ team are also represented by a girls’ team. With the rumor that the Posey Girls have again reorganized, a full roster of county teams is again represented. Poseyville, Mount Vernon, Cynthiana, Stewartsville, New Harmony, and Wadesville all boast girl teams and each of these claims to be the best. The only way to settle the question would be to play a tournament. It would be an innovation and would certainly create added interest and make the Posey County tournament the best yet. Yours truly, Fred Trainor - Wadesville

Death of Mrs. BehrickHeart disease causes the death of Mrs. Behrick. She was the widow of Ferdinand Behrick who died here eight years

ago. She was 78. Surviving are three sons: Jake A., Henry, and Charles of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Wagner of Carmi. Her name was Gertrude (Wehr) Behrick and she was a native of Unter Ingelheim, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany.

News Briefs And Personals Ramblers Club Favor Dunes State Park - Resolutions favoring Indiana Dunes Park were adopted by the Ramblers Club at Monday’s meeting. Births - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hironimus Friday, a daughter. A son, Howard, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Atterberry Tuesday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Deig, a son, Wednesday.

Injuries - Carl Baro suffered a badly mashed forefinger on his right hand while working at the Keck-Gonnerman machine shop Wednesday. Also, while working at a joining machine shop Monday, James Richards suffered a badly mashed second and fourth finger on his left hand. Dr. T.C. Emmick found the fourth finger so horribly mashed, that amputation was necessary. Mr. Richards is mending nicely at home. Charles Walter is reported seriously ill. Mrs. Henry Pfeifer is still on the sick list and is reported as no better. Also, Miss Isabelle Niemeier fell Wednesday and severely hurt her knee. Hog

Killings - Several hog-killings took place last week in the neighborhood of Savah. Visits - Fritz Grabert transacted business in the city Friday and while here he renewed his subscription to the Star. Andrew Juncker transacted business in the city Saturday.

Two Weddings - Miss Dena Orth and Tom David were united in marriage Sunday. Miss Frances Conrad and Ed Grossman were united in marriage at the home of the bride Monday. Return To Studies - Paul James Ofer and Hugh McCormick have returned to their studies at Saint Meinrad.

News from 125 Years Ago

- Marriage Licenses - Wm. Smith and Rebecca McPherson; and Ed Blackkburn and Artelia Roe.

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News From The Western Star, January 10, 1923 - Mount Vernon

Artifact Under Exam by Melora Adams

Michael Lee Duncan, Sr.

Sylvia Diane Corum

Jerry L. Knapp

Other one year reappointments include Posey County Jail Building Board of Directors Conner Vogel and Hans Schmitz; Posey County Redevelopment Board—Andy Rudolph, Barry Cox, and Bill Newman; E911 Advisory Board members are Wes Dixon, Paul Micheletti, Tom Latham, Tim Compton, Charles Carter, and Larry Robb. Mark Seib will serve on the Board of Zoning Appeals for another one year term.

Dr. Joseph Lee was appointed to serve a four-year term on the Health Board. The Commissioners themselves will serve on several boards. All three Commissioners will serve on the Solid Waste Board for one year as stipulated by law. Collins will continue to serve on the Posey County Economic Development Partners Board for one year. Newman agreed to serve a year on the Area Plan Board and the Regional Workforce Board. Schorr will serve another year on the Child Protection Board and the Drainage Board as well as a two-year term on the Posey County Regional Sewer District. Some board appointments were tabled until the next meeting since no names were presented for the positions. The Posey County News

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The trooper indicated that during his crash investigation, he determined that Officer Michael Collins had been driving west on SR62 responding with his lights and siren on to a shots fired call, when he collided with the rear of another MVPD car that was stationary with its lights on in front of the scene where the shooting took place. When he arrived, he was advised that Mount Vernon officers had smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Collins as he stepped out of his crashed police car.

Shortly after this, a Mount Vernon officer told the trooper that during the ambulance ride to the hospital, one of the paramedics working on Collins in the rear of the ambulance had called him and told him he could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage on Collins.

The trooper then drove to the hospital emergency room moments later and met with Collins, who was conscious and alert, but wearing a neck brace and laying in a hospital bed. The trooper continued that he introduced himself and began asking him questions regarding the

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is the designated media outlet for the Posey County Commissioners for the year 2023.

The following department heads were unanimously reappointed: Chuck Mobley--Animal Control Officer; John Dike --Veteran Service Officer; Highway Superintendent-- Steve Schenk; EMA Director--Larry Robb; EMS Director—Paul Micheletti; E911 Director; Jamie Bradford and Ed Batteiger --Posey County Building Commissioner.

• Posey County Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Fortune gave the following housing report of the Posey County Jail: 14 Department of Corrections inmates, 18 Vanderburgh County inmates and 81 Posey County inmates for a total that day of 113 inmates. He said $25,762.50 was billed to Vanderburgh County for December per diem. This is considerably lower than usual. Sheriff Latham is talking with Vanderburgh Sheriff Robinson about maintaining levels at 50 inmates with this housing arrangement.

• Don Martin, Posey County Health Department Director, announced the Health Department still has home COVID testing kits and flu shots available at his office.

crash. He indicated that he could see that Collins had red glossy eyes. He asked Collins when was the last time he consumed alcohol and he indicated he consumed two beers after he got off work at about 3 p.m. He then told the trooper he stopped drinking and reported to the Mount Vernon High School football game to work off-duty security at 6:30 p.m.

The trooper informed Collins that he was going to perform an HGN (Sobriety) test. The test showed that Collins showed signs of being impaired and shortly after the test, nursing staff informed the trooper that they had received a toxicology presumptive from Collins’ bloodwork which had been collected prior to the trooper’s arrival. The presumptive result showed that Collins’ blood alcohol concentration was 0.114.

The trooper indicated Collins agreed to submit to a chemical test. A state kit was performed, and Collins’ blood was collected by a Deaconess phlebotomist. Collins had sustained several fractured vertebrae and he was hospitalized for several days.

Rutledge remarked, “It seems crazy that IDEM has skin in the game but still chooses not to act on the cause for the issue we are having.” Councilman Bruce Baker agreed stating, “We have to pay for wellhead protection every so many years according to IDEM requirements. They have to be marked as the state requires.” After more discussion, the ordinance passed unanimously.

Mike Crawford was recently named the new Poseyville Fire Chief as outgoing Chief Austin Ahrens’ term concluded at the end of 2022. Ahrens thanked the board for their support during his term, stated he plans to continue with the department, and wished the new officers his best.

A copy of Capital Asset Ordinance 2022-12-13-02 was provided to council members for review before this meeting. The only question was raised by Rutledge as to whether the currently proposed $500 machinery amount should be raised. It was determined the amount could be upped at a later time if found to be insufficient and the ordinance was passed.

Council members found themselves re-visiting the question of what to do with the old town hall building. Several have expressed interest in it, only to determine the deterio-

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when he came to town, Bill Clinton in Owensboro and Evansville, and Vice-President Bush Sr. And then there’s always fun stories, such as the Fall Festival, and local sports. “I did color commentary for many local football games. In my time, I’ve seen a bunch of good games and some bad,” he reminisced.

Korff received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Indiana in Communications with an emphasis on Radio and TV in 1987. While a student, he first learned the job with the WSWI radio station there. He worked several positions in communications through the years, most notably as the News Director at WEVV-TV (Channel 44) from January 2015 to December 2018, until he began with the Henderson station in news and moved up to Director.

Korff, born near Armstrong, met his wife, Mary at Central High School when he was a junior. They found out they lived only a quarter mile apart. The ‘childhood sweethearts” have been married for 38 years and she works in the North Elementary School cafeteria and does a lot of needlework. They have four chil-

ration and lack of parking makes it an undesirable purchase. Susan Weatherholt, owner of JL Hirsch’s Market, has shown some interest in purchasing it as her parking lot surrounds the building. Rutledge voiced concerns about continued costs to the town and the question was raised as to whether the actual property value was known. All council members agreed an appraisal was needed in order to accept bids on the property and tabled the matter once again in order to obtain the appraisal.

In other departments:

• Town Marshall Charles Carter thanked everyone for their generosity as the Toy Drive this year provided 124 Poseyville children with toys for Christmas. Around $2,000 was spent and anyone wishing to donate towards next year can do so by dropping off donations at the Town Hall or directly to Carter. “I sincerely appreciate those who donated,” Carter stated, “and a special Thank You goes to my wife, Kelsey, for her labor of love in wrapping and praying over each gift.”

• Town Clerk/Treasurer Christy Foster presented the board with the town bank reconcilement, a new monthly state requisite, which was unanimously accepted by the board.

• Baehl was once again appointed to the Area Planning Commission as the Poseyville Town Council representative.

Sermon of the Week - Nope, Too late... or is it?

Even people who have never heard about Jesus are still accountable for humbling themselves before God. In a future time, God will proclaim an “eternal gospel” to every nation, tribe, language, and people on earth. Revelation 14:7 “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.”

“No, I don’t believe in any God. You can’t tell me that there is some old man up in space somewhere, orchestrating everything happening here on earth. I believe that there is some kind of “force” that started the Big Bang, but as far as a God making all of this and us... no way. Too crazy to be real.” This man that I had just met, was in his early sixties, and was presenting his heartfelt beliefs to me. He doubted the existence of our Savior. He told me that he only believed in science.

I really wanted to witness to him but all that came out of my mouth was “Well, I never try to “push” my beliefs on anyone. You have the right to believe what you believe.” And that is where I lost him and my chance to discuss more about Jesus with him. He quickly changed the subject to baseball and restaurants that he

January 11 at 3:30 p.m.LEGO Club - A program for boys and girls who love Legos. We supply the bricks; you supply the creativity. For grades K-5. Registration is required and begins on December 28. Come and create projects that will be displayed with your friends in the Ohio and Wabash rooms of the Library.

January 11 at 6 p.m. - Coffee & (Bingo) Cards-evening edition! - Winners will receive fun prizes. This program is free. Teens are welcome. We will be in the Ohio and Wabash Meeting Rooms.

January 12, 19, and 26 at 10 a.m. - Adult Drawing and Watercolor Workshop - This free series is for anyone wishing to learn or perfect skills in drawing or watercolor. If you have questions or would like to take part call 812-838-3286. Although some supplies are available it is recommended that you provide your own art supplies for this program.

January 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - The library will be closed.

January 17 to February 28

- Adult Winter Reading Program - Registration and track-

ing your items read will be via Beanstack, which can be found on the library’s website or at https://alexandrianpl.org.

January 17, 24, and 31 at 10:30 a.m. - Preschool Story Time - There will be stories and rhymes and activities.

Registration for children ages 3 to 5 is required and begins December 27. If the registration is full, please join the waiting list.

January 17 at 3 p.m. -

liked. Man, I felt like my legs had been clipped off beneath me. I remembered a quote from For Those I Loved, an autobiography of Martin Gray, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto. He had escaped from trains and concentration camps to return to Warsaw to fight against the Germans. His life-saving advice was “Never let pass the first chance, because there may not be another.” In this case, my first chance was gone.

We all have missed opportunities to do good or help someone. Sometimes it just doesn’t happen. Then comes the moment to avoid dwelling on the past and to open yourself up to God and allow Him to renew opportunities or present new ones to us. Apostle Paul said: “This one thing I do; forgetting those things which are behind, I reach forth to the things which are before me.” God loves to restore opportunities that once seemed lost forever, whether it witnessing to another or other events in your life. It may not always be how we pictured it, but He will bless you.

Matthew 5:16 “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” So never give up when you let pass a chance to tell someone about Jesus. Just be yourself and pray for another opportunity. It will come. Amen

Tween Stencil Art Party - If you are between the ages of seven-12 and like to paint than this program is for you. Come join the fun and make your own masterpiece using stencils. Registration begins January 3.

January 17 at 6 p.m. - Under the Covers: A Romance Book Club - Join us every third Wednesday for fun con-

Romance books. This month we will be reviewing Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain. Look for us in the Ohio Room.

January 19 and 26 at 3:30 p.m. - Laughs and CraftsThere will be jokes, activities, stories, and a craft. Registration for students going into kindergarten to fifth grade will be required and begins December 27. If the registration is full, please join the waiting list.

dren: Jennifer, Aaron, Rebecca and Kimberly. All were North Posey Vikings. A granddaughter, Coraline turned one in September.

Very community-minded, Korff is a thirtyyear plus member of the Poseyville Kiwanis Club. He served as its President many times and is delighted to see members are growing in number. He actively serves on the Board of Elders at Immanuel Lutheran Church, located by North High School.

Warren has antique toy tractors and was thrilled when his children banded together and had them restored and fixed up this past Christmas as a surprise. “They took my old, very used, very dinged up, very scratched up toy tractors I got when I was a kid, restored them, and gave them back to me,” he wrote on his Facebook page of their pictures.

A real friendly, genial gentleman, Warren says that other interests include “cutting a lot of firewood, my cat, deer hunting and gardening. I grow many things, some I just try out, like spaghetti squash and then I give it all away,” he said. “If the garden is there, I like to fill it up.”

• The council received two quotes, from Poseyville Community Center manager Bernie Fehribach, from Beuligmann Heating and Air for new thermostats to be installed at the Community Center. After discussion as to which would not only be the better choice but also be available immediately, a motion was made by Council Member Bruce Baker to accept the quote of $1,680 and passed with a vote of 3-0.

In a end-of-year meeting held December 27, yearly transfers were presented to council members and approved and the 2023 council schedule was approved with only one amendment (October meeting changed to October 11 due to a holiday). Some water line breakage was reported due to the extremely low temperatures, but town workers were ready to assist the community with those and gas pressure was maintained during the period.

The next meeting of the Poseyville Town Council will be held tonight, January 10, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

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Saint Philip Men’s Club sets Annual Sausage Sale

The Saint Philip Men’s Club is sponsoring their Annual Sausage Sale on Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22. Pick up will be after the 4 p.m. Mass on the 21 and, after the 9:30 a.m. Mass on the 22. There will be two pound Bulk Sausage, four pound Link Sausage, two pound Liver Sausage, four pound Brats, four pound Smoked Link Sausage and four pound Soup Bones.

Men’s Club to sponsor Chicken Dinner

The Saint Philip Men’s Club is sponsoring a DriveThru Chicken Dinner Benefit Dinner for the Mike Stolz family. Mike was seriously injured after falling from a ladder while cleaning the gutters on their house. The Drive-Thru Chicken Dinner will be at Saint Philip Catholic Church, 3500 South St. Philip Road on Friday, January 13, 2023 from 5 p.m. until we run out. The cost is $12 per

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PCRSD Board to meet The board of the Posey County Regional Sewer District will meet on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 9 a.m., at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

2023 Farm Program deadline set March 15, 2023 is the deadline to sign up for the 2023 Farm Program. Producers can change the elections on the crops on their farms. Anyone having an interest on the contract must sign the contract and the signed contract must be back in the office by March 15, 2023. Farmers are reminded that if they have cover crops to certify them as soon as possible. Planting dates are required.

Keck-Gonnerman Meeting

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Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Bill Denning, Funeral Director

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meeting takes place the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m., at their building located at the fairgrounds.

North Posey Students, left to right: Audrey Fisher, Katelyn Seibert, Dharma Fribley, and Emma Moore, smile as they attend and participate in the annual BPA contest. North Posey has an excellent record in the competition. Photo submitted

Weekly Wildcat

Welcome to the Weekly Wildcat where we highlight a Mount Vernon High School student and their involvement in both their school and community. Jackson Clowers in a junior and a member of the varsity basketball and football team.

Tell me about yourself.

My name is Jackson Clowers. I am a junior at Mount Vernon High School. I play football and basketball. I also work as a lifeguard during the summer.

Tell me about your family.

There are five kids in our family. I have three brothers and a younger sister. My dad is the Superior Court Judge and my mom is a teacher’s assistant at Mount Vernon Junior High. My family is very supportive and we love going to sporting events. My older brother, Triston, is in Bolivia on a mission trip for a church. We write to him every week.

What is a fun fact about you that many people don’t know?

I am a huge fan of the show “The Office.” I have watched all of the episodes and find it hilarious. I even have a Dunder Mifflin tshirt. Another fun fact about me is that my friends and I started a business called JNJ Yardwork. We mow and do other random yardwork for extra money.

What words do you live by?

Luke 1:37

“For with God nothing is impossible.”

What is a funny or your favorite memory that relates to your involvement at school or the community?

I have great memories of winning the conference championship in basketball my seventh grade year with Coach Boyer. That was a great season and we all worked really hard to achieve our goal.

What do you enjoy doing (out of school activities and/or for fun) during your free time?

I shoot A LOT of basketball in my free time. I also really enjoy going to the Cross-Eyed Cricket for breakfast with my friends. My family and I also attend church every Sunday together.

What advice would you share with younger elementary or middle school students?

Work hard, never give-up, and you can accomplish anything.

What plans do you have for the future?

After high school, I plan to serve a mission like my older brother. When I come home, I plan to attend college and go into the medical field some day.

Jackson is not just a hardworker dedicated in the classroom and on the court, but also an entrepreneur while being guided by his faith. Jackson numerous points have made a huge impact on the Wildcat’s season. Catch Jackson and the Wildcats as they play Southridge on January 13. JV starting at 5:30 p.m., varsity to follow.

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PCCF Celebrates Giving Grant

Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church-MAGIC AfterSchool Program recently received a $3,000 grant from the Posey County Community Foundation through the Celebrating 30 Years of Giving Grant Program.

In celebration of Posey County Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary, the Celebrating 30 Years of Giving Grant Program allows advisory board members to recommend $3,000 grants to local nonprofit organizations. The Foundation’s most recent grant recommendation was made by Jane Koch and will provide general support to the MAGIC After-School Program.

The MAGIC After-School Program was established in 2005 with the objective of helping and reinforcing children’s academic and social

This week’s Viking Pride features freshman Aiden MacMunn. Aiden is an active member who focuses on programming for the North Posey Robotics team. The team, advised by Mike MacMunn, has traveled to several robotic competitions across the state, where they represented North Posey exceptionally.

Here is more about Aiden:

Tell me about yourself.

I was born in North Vernon, Indiana and lived in Haubstadt for about 13 years. Last year, I moved to Mount Vernon. In the future, I hope to attend Purdue University and work for NASA.

How long have you been in the activity?

This year is my third year on the robotics team.

Tell me about your role, responsibilities, and/or involvement in this activity.

I mainly program, but I also help design and build. When I don’t have anything to do, I help with odd jobs.

What do you enjoy most about the activity?

I enjoy seeing the different ideas of our team members come together to create one functioning end product that incorporates all of our ideas.

What keeps you inter-

achievements. The program is open to students in grades third thru sixth, that reside in Northern Posey County. The mission of the MAGIC Program (Making A Gigantic Improvement in Choices), is to improve the lives of the students by teaching them the value of good choices in life.

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ested and involved in your activity?

I’m constantly finding

For more information about funding opportunities through the Posey County Community Foundation, contact Amy Smith, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact, at 812-838-0288 or via email at asmith@communityfoundationalliance.org.

What advice would you share with younger elementary or middle school students?

In order to reach large goals, you have to work hard and push yourself to reach those goals. If you give up or take the easy way out, your chances of reaching those goals drop significantly.

What is a fun fact about you that people may not know?

I have two pet rats named Nigel and Gilbert.

What is your favorite quote and why?

new issues with the robot that need to be fixed or design new iterations of existing components. What other activities are you involved in?

I am on the Math Academic team and was on the Spell Bowl team.

Tell me about your family.

My parents’ names are Mike and Shannon MacMunn. My mom is the principal at North Elementary School, and my dad teaches physics and engineering at North Posey High School. I have a sister named Lily, who is in the seventh grade.

What do you enjoy doing (out of school activities and/or for fun) during your free time?

I enjoy reading, camping, and hiking.

“Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like this quote because I believe that ambition and drive is the key to all innovation and advancement. These are the qualities that give us modern technology and luxuries.

It is clear that Aiden has an exemplary work ethic when it comes to not only the robotics team, but his life in general. Aiden sets a great example on simultaneously working hard and goal setting, to achieve his dreams. Great job to Aiden and the robotics team on competing fiercely, having innovative ideas, and representing North Posey well.

Dharma

a local company as a core technician. In addition to her paid employment, Dharma volunteers at Saint Paul’s UMC Community Table, feeding meals to the community. She is heavily involved in Posey County 4-H and coordinated a girls STEM camp at North Posey this past summer.

Jaycee is a senior at Mount Vernon High School. Her parents are Tiffany and Wes Jarvis. Jaycee enjoys singing, playing guitar, being in all MV Fine Arts productions as well as productions at Evansville Civic Theater. Jaycee is involved in both young life and wyld life. She is a MVHS cheerleader and on the Unified Track team. She currently volunteers for the Isaiah 1:17 project, Saint Matthew’s, and young life.

Dharma’s school activities are just as extensive as her work experience and community involvement. She is a member of the varsity volleyball team. When she was injured, she still supported her teammates and served as line judge at home games. Dharma participates in Business Professionals of America, Academic Spell Bowl, Academic English Bowl, holding several leadership positions through her years at North Posey. She is a member of National Honor Society, Speech Team, and is part of the inaugural We The People Advanced Government class. Dharma also participated in Pal 2 Pal, working with our special needs students in our Life Skills class.

finds time to work amongst all of her school activities. She provides childcare services and also works for

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On December 14, Owners and Employees of Nix Companies traveled to Indianapolis for the Best Places to Work in Manufacturing banquet. The 2022 Indiana Best Places to Work in Manufacturing companies range in Hoosier employee count from 39 to over 7,600. The results were determined largely through employee surveys that are based on Overall Team Member Experience, Communication and Workplace Culture, Relationships with Leadership, Training and Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Overall Leadership, Benefits, and Work-Life Balance. With an average score of 80 percent employee satisfaction for the top 14 companies, Nix Companies obtained an 88 percent, which earned a fourth place recognition. Pictured front row, left to right: Linda Droege, Matthew Nix, Angela Kirlin, Lindsey Nix, and Adam Nix. Back row, l to r: Brian Merkley, Adam Schmitt, Brandon Wright, Kyle Attebury, Kevin Dilger, and Jared Baehl.

Pictured (left to right): Donna Nash, Director, MAGIC After-School Program, and Jane Koch, Posey County Advisory Board Member.

Rick & Patsy Wagner, Landon Wagner

Posey County Queen Jenna Veatch is all smiles at the Indiana State Fair this weekend. Here, she is pictured with organizers of the Posey County contest Keely Burkhardt, left, and Ashley Dorsam, right. Photo supplied

Lowry Hollow celebrated their grand opening with a Chinese New Year which included a wishing tree where Shannon Corrugan placed a ribbon and made her wish for the new year. Photo by Ella Galvin

Lowry Hollow celebrates Chinese New Year, The Art of Asia

Lowry Hollow reopened on January 6, 2023 with a celebration of the Chinese New Year. Come see all the changes! New shop decor and offerings, an exhibition featuring Asian prints, paintings and sculpture, a wishing tree and more. Come learn how to make an origami crane or furoshiki, the tradition of folding cloth.

“The Art of Asia: Selections from a Private Collection” includes spectacular objects including intricate soapstone carvings, examples of Buddha from India, China and Japan, Foo Dogs, and ceramic Mud figure as well as prints and paintings. On view in our upstairs gallery, this exhibit will run through February 19, 2023. On January 21, we will host a reception for the exhibition with appropriate fare. The town will be activated with lots of events all day and into the evening. Follow VisitNewHarmony.com for the most current list.

Each weekend, Lowry Hollow will offer guests the opportunity to learn how to fold an origami crane on Saturdays and furoshiki, traditional wrapping cloth, on Sundays. Both classes are free, good for all-ages and a fun learning experience. Scheduled classes are available at 1:00pm each day. Sign-up through Facebook or come to the shop. Private classes are also available upon request.

Lowry Hollow is open Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturdays from 10-4pm, Sundays 12-4pm. We are closed on Tues-

MSDMV organizes, makes appointments to start 2023

By Lois Mittino Gray

Routine ‘first meeting of the year’ business was the order of the day at the Tuesday, January 3, meeting of the Mount Vernon School Board. Certificates of election for Kendra Bisesi, Mark Isaac, and Greg Oeth were presented and Bo Harris, Notary Public, administered the oaths of office as members dug into the agenda.

The Board of School Trustees elected officers for 2023 by unanimous acclamation. Mark Isaac was elected as President. Joe Rutledge was voted Vice-President and Beth McFadin Higgins was tapped to serve as Secretary. Board members re-appointed Kimberley Morton as Treasurer and Bo Harris as Deputy Treasurer for the year.

Regular meeting dates will continue to be the first and third Monday of each month at 5:45 p.m. Board members did not give themselves a raise this year and salaries will remain $2,000 annually, with $112 for the second regular meeting of each month, and $62 for any special meetings. Business mileage reimbursement was set at 49 cents per mile when a personal vehicle is driven on school business. This was raised from 46 cents a mile, and well under the 62.5 cent rate used by the Internal Revenue Service.

The board reappointed the law firm of VanHaaften and Farrar to serve as legal counsel for the school corporation for 2023. The hourly rate will remain at $175 per hour, and it has been that fee for years. Billing will be done monthly with all charges to be paid off in thirty days.

The board adopted a resolution allowing the district treasurer and deputy treasurer to use signature stamps and signature images on checks when conducting board business and paying bills and payrolls. Board members approved use of their own signature stamps for signing employee contracts, claims and vouchers. All stamps will remain secure in the

To take advantage of discounts and to make advance payments for current vouchers, the board granted permission to write checks in advance of meetings, when necessary to serve the best interests of the school district, stating it is just good business procedure.

Another resolution identified the persons who would be responsible for managing nine separate accounts at different school sites. Two signatures are required on checks at all times. A corporate resolution was adopted authorizing the following persons to manage these accounts:

• School District Fund: Kimberley A. Morton and Bo Harris

• School Lunch Fund Extracurricular Account: Carol Evans or Angel Tucker and countersigned by Jennifer Ritzert or Kimberley A. Morton

• Farmersville Elementary School ECA: Kristen Dutkiewicz, Principal and Tisha Koressel, Treasurer.

• Marrs Elementary School ECA: Principal Katie Bushard, and Traci Baldwin, Treasurer

• West Elementary School ECA: Principal Amanda Wilson, and Ashley Nichols, Treasurer

• Mount Vernon Junior High School ECA: Marc Hostetter, Principal or Staci Reese, Assistant Principal, and countersigned by Jamie Woods, Treasurer.

• Mount Vernon Senior High School ECA: Kyle Jones, Principal or Justin Fischer, Assistant Principal and countersigned by Angel Tucker, Treasurer or Dawn Luckett

• Mount Vernon Senior High School Athletic and Charity Gaming Accounts: Leigh Ann Latshaw, Athletic Director or Kyle Jones, Principal and countersigned by Dawn Luckett, Treasurer or Angel Tucker.

The final routine action of the new year was to adopt a

resolution authorizing the school district treasurer to invest surplus funds and to establish investment income accounts for the receipt of this interest income for calendar year 2023.

In regular board action, after minutes were approved and claims paid:

• The board recommended that all bids for contracted bus routes be rejected at this time. One bid was received from the fleet contractor, Nix Bus Sales, for all 15 routes. Routes ranged from a daily rate of $295 to $355. “We appreciate their service to the district in the past contract years and for the remainder of this current year. Based on the pricing, which is higher than the established budget for 2023, we believe that we can operate these routes at a lower cost going forward by bringing them all under district management,” said Thompson.

• Alecia Schmidt was given permission to attend a state welding competition with her students in Indianapolis on January 28 with FFA to pay the expenses.

• Information to the board included January lunch menus and an update on the indoor sports practice facility. Construction has been delayed due to so much rain and there has been no progress as it needs to dry out.

• Wednesday, January 25 is a staff development day with early dismissal.

• During Citizen Comments, resident Paula Rudibaugh inquired what the requirements to be a substitute teacher are now and how it is determined who gets interviewed on job openings as she noticed all job applicants do not get asked for an interview.

• The next board meeting is slated for Monday, January 16 at 5:45 p.m. in the school media center. Although it is Martin Luther King Day and school is not in session, the board will still meet.

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Rod Clark and Linda Warrum enjoy an educational conversation at Lowry Hollow’s reopening in New Harmony on Friday. Photo by Ella Galvin

Anna Huelsmana sets up the Lowry Hollow’s displays for its grand reopening Chinese New Year celebration. Photo by Ella Galvin

Office of the School Superintendent Matt Thompson.

SP Men’s Club to host Stolz drive-thru benefit dinner

By Pam Robinson Liz

Stolz hurried to investigate a big thud heard outside her Saint Philip area home this past Halloween 2022. In the corner of her eye, she also saw a small portion of their ladder. “Right then, I just knew what it was, and I ran out there,” she recalls.

She found her husband, Mike Stolz, unconscious and lying flat on his back, sandwiched between a ladder and their concrete pad. Just seconds earlier, the 63-year-old had been starting down the ladder after blowing leaves out of the gutters.

As neighbors called 911, Liz woke Mike up. Once conscious, he couldn’t feel his legs. As he commented recently from Shepherd Center in Atlanta, “I’m still paralyzed from the waist down.”

The Saint Philip Men’s Club is rallying to help take care of one of its own. On Friday, January 13, 2023, the men are hosting a drive-thru benefit chicken dinner for the Mike Stolz family at Saint Philip Catholic Church, 3500 South Saint Philip Road.

Benefit organizer, Dan Horstman, says the drive-thru benefit dinner for Deputy Brian Hicks, shot in the line of duty last year, was so successful, the Saint Philip Men’s Club decided another drive-thru dinner would be the best way to help the Mike Stolz family. He notes people like the drive-thru since they can pick up their evening meal without getting out of the car and then enjoy it at home.

Horstman says the dinner will include fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and a roll. Cost is $12 per dinner. Dinners may be picked up starting at 5 p.m.—until the food runs out.

Details of the accident become clear when talking with his wife, Liz, and his daughter, Rachel, who lives about two hours from Atlanta. For three weeks, Mike stayed at Deaconess Midtown Hospital ICU. He had suffered multiple broken bones in

his thoracic and lumbar spine and in his ribs in addition to a broken left collarbone.

After three weeks, he had a medical flight transfer on November 21, 2022, to Shepherd Center in Atlanta. Their specialty is caring for and providing physical therapy to patients like Mike.

On December 7, 2022, Mike had spinal surgery to place a rod in his spine to help straighten it. Doctors are hopeful the surgery will take pressure off the spinal cord as well.

Mike remains at Shepherd Center, but he is happy about the goal date of February 1 to return home. “I feel great,” he says. “I’m ready to go home.” His home will, of course, need remodeling to make it wheelchair friendly.

He has improved – no longer needing a ventilator or a feeding tube. In addition, daughter Rachel reports, “He does have some feeling [what Liz terms “sensation”] below his injury level. It allows us to be hopeful for continued improvements.” Likewise, Liz notes Mike is beginning to pull up slightly, which could help him do things like put on his own shoes. Every improvement is a milestone.

After Mike heals more from his back surgery while he is at home, he will return to Shepherd Center for a day program. Once again, he is anticipating an extended stay.

His wife, Liz, has stayed with him or near him ever since the accident. “Mom has been by his side and is learning how to help

care for him when they return home,” Rachel comments. For the first 30 days Mike was at Shepherd Center, Liz was able to stay in an apartment at no charge. Since then, she’s stayed at the hospital, or relatives and friends have helped her out with a place to stay as part of their visits.

On January 9, 2023, she will move into Atlanta Hospitality and receive a lower, untaxed rate in contrast to other options. Atlanta Hospitality even includes meals in its rate.

Since Rachel lives nearby Atlanta, she visits her dad every one or two weeks. Her younger brother, Luke, lives a greater distance from Shepherd Center, Rachel says, but he and his family visited for a couple of days before Christmas. Luke plays a major role, working hard, to complete renovations to his dad and mom’s home. Both Rachel and Luke speak to their dad or mom daily.

A picture emerges of a close-knit family holding each other up with great love. The Saint Philip’s Men Club is reaching out to the local community, trusting in their well-known generosity, to help support the Mike Stolz family.

“I appreciate everybody’s prayers and thoughts,” Liz states. The Saint Philip Men’s Club drive-thru benefit chicken dinner is an answer to prayer. What a delicious privilege for customers to participate in God’s plan.

Miller turns trash into treasure for PC Historical Society

By Pam Robinson

Most of us take for granted Styrofoam cups, aluminum turkey pans, bottle caps, or popsicle sticks. Once we use these items, we give them a toss into the trash without a second thought. Not Jeff Miller. The Grafton native repurposes these items into treasured replicas of historical buildings for the Posey County Historical Society.

“As far as I can remember, any kind of arts, I love. I draw. I have done lots of drawings,” Jeff states. “Everything I look at, I look at what I can make out of it.”

Over the past five years, he’s built replicas of a flat boat, the tugboat, Bonnie Jill, and the paddle boat, Dugan. Additional replicas include the circa 1960s Savah Country Store, the first Posey County Courthouse standing from 1825-1876, and, most

recently, the covered bridge in Grafton. In each instance, he looked at a drawing or a photo as a blueprint. Posey County Historical Society displays all these pieces.

Children of the sixties will remember the Bonnie Jill as the delivery tugboat for Hironimus Food Center. “The boats going down the river pushing barges would phone into Hironimus Food Center and make an order,” Jeff recalls. “Then they would load up the Bonnie Jill and meet the boats in the river with their food. Sometimes the Bonnie Jill would even bring their mail to them. It had no heat in it for cold winter days.”

The replica of the old Posey County Courthouse was finished in early December, 2022. “It took about 150 hours, three weeks, to build,” Jeff states. “I worked every day, every single day.”

The 300-plus courthouse bricks were laid from Styrofoam painted with natural cherry stain. Popsicle sticks formed the roof. He purchased tiny wooden craft balls to duplicate the cornice balls edging the roof on the 1825 courthouse.

Putting in the windows required the most labor and time. “The old courthouse had 27 windows I had to make from the plastic in vegetable containers [salad bags],” he explains. “There was a lot of trial and error there.”

The re-creation Jeff loves best, however, is the Savah General Store, located in Savah, where he now lives. He took a walk down memory lane in building it. Owned by David VanHaaften in the 60s, Savah General Store provided a gathering place for the community. Jeff recalls his own good times there.

“Actually, we called it Van’s [abbreviating the owner’s last name]. Van and his wife ran it. That’s where the old farmers would go after working in the field all day. When I worked with my grandfather, we had to go to that store, catch up on all the BS, you know. We’d go in there, and all the old farmers would sit in there and talk,” he reminisces.

“You could get a bologna sandwich and a bag of Grippos. There was the coolest glass case with sliding wooden doors that held penny candy and expensive 10- or 15-cent candy bars. The smell was mouthwatering.”

Jeff estimates he spent 35 hours on the replica of Savah General Store built from “junk wood laying around.” Part of a turkey pan forms the roof with a popsicle stick awning. One of its best features is the front porch light fixture made from a long-

forgotten lamp socket turned upside down and painted green. A Coca-Cola sign made from a modified bottle cap adds a nice touch to the front porch. Jeff glued a downloaded Coca-Cola emblem to the cap. Another fine detail is the electric meter, made from the tiniest plastic bottles purchased from Dollar Tree, on the facade of the store.

“I built it a hundred times when I was trying to sleep. I keep a sketchbook by the coffee table. I knew I had to make a gas pump nozzle to finish that project. So I looked on the Internet and started drawing. I had to make it miniaturized and take a miniature table saw and saw it out. I only got a couple of cuts, so I did pretty good,” Jeff remarks.

He discovered he liked building and repairing things when he took woodworking class at Mount Vernon High School. Once he graduated in 1972 and started working, however, he shelved his interest.

When Jeff retired from Sabic/ GE nine years ago, he found joy and challenge once again in building something from nothing. He built bird houses at first, but not just everyday bird houses. He designed and built a dog house bird house, a tree house bird house, a bee house bird house. You get the picture. To spice things up, he created a St. Louis Cardinals bird house also with a beat-up team license plate for the roof.

Friends asked him to build doll houses after they saw his bird houses. Someone suggested he build and sell doll houses. He wouldn’t hear of it. “I only want to build things I want to build. I only do one, or it’s just not fun,” Jeff comments. Selling his creations is completely out of the question. He gives them all away.

During the Christmas holidays, Jeff built a replica of the covered bridge at Grafton, just as he had planned when we spoke earlier in December. The Lincoln legend surrounding the Grafton covered bridge seals it as an historic conversation piece. It is widely held that Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the bridge. But it’s impossible he blessed the bridge W.T. Washer built in 1867. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

With the building of the Grafton covered bridge, Jeff shut down his building—for now. “I might build something today, and then not build anything for two or three years. I have to have the right mindset,” he explains. “But once I get in the groove, it’s like a drug. I have to be up by 5:30 and get out there and get working on it. I have to go in at 12 or 1 o’clock and take my nap. The mandatory retirement nap, I call it.”

Jeff is quick to say, “I’m no artist, I can tell you that. I am better than I used to be.” When he completes work, he has a hard time accepting the GE rule—

Good Enough. “Once I get done with something, I keep looking at it. It’s like I can’t stop. I’ve got to add something else.” His wife, Liz, sums it up this way, “You’re obsessed.”

While building and during his break from building, Jeff serves as a weather spotter trained at the National Weather Service. He reports to Channel 14 Weather, an affiliation that makes his heart proud. “I took a tour, and they let me go in front of the green screen. Luckily, there was a big storm around here. I got to go up and point and say, ‘Looks like Savah is going to get hit with some rain.’” he reminisces.

“I call into the Weather Center at Channel 14 and report current conditions. I usually talk with Jeff Lyons or Byron Douglas.

I’ve never met Byron although I’ve talked to him a bunch on the phone. But I have met Jeff Lyons. They’ve had a bunch of my pictures on there.”

At the very least, Jeff’s recycling and repurposing junk may eventually help improve the weather forecast, especially if we do our part also.

Jeff Miller stands next to the old Posey County Courthouse he re-purposed. Photo by Pam Robinson

Pictured are Mike Stolz and his wife, Liz, on vacation together not long before his tragic accident on Halloween 2022. Photo supplied

Vikings extend win streak to four games at ‘Cats expense

and the outcome was decided on the last possession of this matchup.

Mount Vernon jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the first quarter. North Posey ended the first quarter with a 15-11 advantage. The Vikings extended their lead to 21-13 in the second quarter, but Mount Vernon stormed back to make it a three points game at the half.

Every time North Posey looked like they were going to pull away with a big lead.

Mount Vernon came back and made the game interesting. The Wildcats had a few opportunities in their final offensive possessions. Mount Vernon could not execute, and the Vikings escaped with a 58-55 win. North Posey improved their season record to 7-5 and extended their win streak to four games in a row.

Mount Vernon fell to 3-8 on the season.

Leading the Vikings in scoring was Colin Schipp with a game-high 17 points.

By Chris Morlan

Jackson Graff scored 14 points, Austin Schmitt with 11 points, and Ethan Mansfield with 10 points. For the Wildcats, they were led in scoring by Nicot Burnett

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Lady Vikes bounce back after tough one, beat Perry Central

By Chris Morlan

The Lady Vikings went on the road last Saturday to play against the Perry Central Lady Commodores. North Posey did not play well in the first half of this matchup. At the halftime break, Perry Central led 26-25.

During the second half, North Posey outscored Perry Central 35-17 in the final two quarters to get the 58-39 win over the Lady Commodores. North Posey improved their season record to 6-5. Perry Central’s season record dropped to 4-14. Mallory Luigs led the Lady Vikings in scoring with a gamehigh 13 points. Alyssa Heath finished with 11 points. Jadyn Smith led Perry Central in scoring with 10 points.

VARSITY, Saturday, January 7, 2023, at Perry Central North Posey 13 12 19 14 — 58 Perry Central 16 6 8 9 — 39

NORTH POSEY (58): M. Luigs 3 0-2 13, A. Elpers 3 0-0 6, A. Heath 3 2-2 11, E. Weatherholt 3 2-7 8, L. Kihn 0 0-0 0, A. Blankenship 2 1-3 5, E. Johnson 3 0-0 8, J. Ward 1 3-7 6, K. Bender 1 0-0 2

PERRY CENTRAL (39): M. Labhart 3 0-0 6, E. Elmer 0 0-0 0, L. Lynell 2 0-0 5, T. Mullis 1 0-0 2, E. Parker 4 2-2 12, E. Osborne 0 0-0 0, M. Kelly 0 0-0 0, J. Smith 4 1-2 10, M. Cunningham 2 0-0 4, J. Etienne 0 0-0 0, C. Peter 0 0-0 0, E. Harpeneau 0 0-0 0

3-point field goals: North Posey 6 (A. Heath 3, E. Johnson 2, M. Luigs 1), Perry Central 4 (E. Parker 2, K. Lynell 1, J. Smith 1); Free Throws: North Posey 8-21, Perry Central 3-4; Fouls: North Posey 14, Perry Central 18

During the junior varsity game, North Posey defeated Perry Central 34-29. The Commodores led 9-8 after one quarter. From that point, North Posey took over the game and walked away with the win. Kyleigh Bender led all scorers in the game with 20 points. Laney Owens scored seven points, Addie Murphy with three points, Jenna Wehmer with two points, and Ava Crawford with two points.

For the first time since December 12, the Lady Viking basketball team got to play a game. Last Wednesday night, North Posey played at home against the Tecumseh Lady Braves. The

Braves last year were the Class 1A State Champions. This season is a little rougher for them, but they are still a good team.

Prior to this game, North Posey lost four of their past five games. Tecumseh was on a three-game losing streak and had a 3-10 record. This match-up was hard fought by both teams. Foul trouble caused problems for North Posey, and the Lady Braves escaped the North Posey gymnasium with a 48-45 victory.

Tecumseh had a slim 25-22 lead at the end of the first half. North Posey closed out the third quarter tying the game at 36 apiece. For a portion of this matchup, North Posey had to play with a smaller lineup due to their post players all in foul trouble.

Ashleigh Blankenship led the Lady Vikings with 11 points. Ashton Elpers finished with eight points and Mallory Luigs scored seven points. Jenna Donohoo led Tecumseh in scoring with a game-high 21 points. Karsyn Flowers contributed 13 points.

VARSITY, Thursday, January 5, 2023, at North Posey North Posey 9 13 14 9 — 45 Tecumseh 11 14 11 12 — 48

NORTH POSEY (45): M. Luigs 2 1-2 7, A. Elpers 3 0-0 8, A. Heath 1 2-2 4, A. Blankenship 3 4-6 11, E. Weatherholt 2 0-0 4, L. Kihn 1 0-0 2, J. Ward 1 1-3 3, E. Johnson 2 0-0 6

TECUMSEH (48): B. Marx 2 0-5 4, J. Donohoo 7 7-11 21, A. Holder 2 1-3 5, P. Lemen 0 2-4 2, K. Flowers 4 5-7 13, A. Kissel 1 1-2 3, K. Marx 0 0-0 0

3-point field goals: North Posey 7 (A. Elpers 2, M. Luigs 2, E. Johnson 2, A. Blankenship 1), Tecumseh 0; Free Throws: North Posey 8-13, Tecumseh 16-32; Fouls: North Posey 21, Tecumseh 15

North Posey beat Tecumseh in the junior varsity game 3630. The Lady Braves led 18-11 at the end of the first half. In the second half, North Posey outscored Tecumseh 25-12 to earn a six-point win.

Kyleigh Bender and Addie Murphy each scored eight points. Laney Owens and Jenna Wehmer scored six points apiece. Ava Crawford finished with four points.

Lady Wildcats struggle

The Northside of Posey County was hopping last Saturday night when the Mount Vernon Wildcats traveled to play at the Vikings of North

Posey. This was game number two between the county rivals and the fans packed the stands for this event. Excitement stayed around the gymnasium for the entire contest,

Mount Vernon’s Logan Dutkiewicz gets ahead of the field and winds up with an easy basket, one of very few easy ones in Poseyville on Friday night. Photo by Garry Beeson

North Posey’s Austin Schmitt gets all tangled up but ends up with a bucket during Saturday evenings win over Mount Vernon. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey’s Mallory Luigs is hammered as she drives to the basket during a rough game against the Tecumseh Braves this week. Photo by Dave Pearce

Mount Vernon senior Lera Wilson goes up for a lay-up during this week’s action against Gibson Southern. The predominantly underclassmen Lady Wildcats have taken their lumps this year hoping for improvement down the road. Photo by Garry Beeson

By Trisha L. Lopez

The Lady Wildcats dropped Pocket Athletic Conference contests against Gibson Southern on Tuesday and Southridge on Friday. Gibson Southern (14-3,

the board first Tuesday courtesy of a bucket by sophomore Gabby Spink. Wildcats senior Lera Wilson drove to the hoop and drew a foul. She hit a pair of free throws, tying the

Mount Vernon Swim Club members found doing their best

ming is all about mentality…it’s a game.”

Siedl’s club boasts a roster with 56 members from the program’s youngest swimmers…called guppies…all the way through the team’s highest skill level. Teams are divided by skill levels, not necessarily age. Siedl said her youngest swimmers are around 6-years-old. In order to join the team as a Guppy, kids must be able to swim 25 yards “without major issues.” Upper levels are divided into three groups M, T and V with the M team usually high school or higher level swimmers.

Monthly fees range from $50 to $87 in addition to registration and meet fees. Meets are optional. Financial assistance is available.

“We try to have at least one swim meet a month that swimmers can attend if they would like. Some months can have up to three possible swim meets for our swim team to attend,” Siedl explained.

Swimmers are dedicated. Guppies have three, 45 minute practices per week. The V Team has three, one hour practices a week. The upper level T team has four, 90 minute practices with an optional “dryland” practice for 30 minutes on Tuesdays. The M Team practices two hours a night, Monday through Friday with optional “dryland” workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Practice in the pool is only part of the program’s recipe for success. Diet, sleep, hydration and exercise are all key components to developing the skills and mindset needed to be able to compete.

streamlining…little skills like that.”

Jankowski said the program started a six-week swim “clinic” to allow young athletes and their families to try swimming without committing to the full schedule.

By Trisha L. Lopez

however, and for the Wildcats…that place is the Mount Vernon Swim Club.

“Our club team is integral to our success as a high school program. Swimming has such a learning curve, between the technique, starts, turns, four different strokes. The more opportunities kids have to have develop those skills means that when they get to high school they are ready,” said second-year Wildcat Head Coach Erinn Jankowski. “If we don’t have an opportunity for kids to swim, it’s not something you can jump right in and immediately find success. There is so much specific technique involved.”

Jankowski said the swim club gives Mount Vernon kids the opportunity to give swimming a shot.

“Kids love the water… this gives kids the chance to try it, to get that practice in and then when they hit high school, the philosophy is that they are ready to train. They know what they are doing. We refine things. We don’t just have brand new kids. Imagine a kid trying to play football for the first time, competing against other kids that have grown up playing football. It’s the same thing, probably, in every sport,” Jankowski said.

Swim Club Head Coach Kaiti Siedl sat down to talk about swimming after a busy day working as a student teacher in kindergarten at Farmersburg Elementary School on Monday. The club had just hosted its first home meet of the season, the Candy Cane Classic, and Siedl was excited to share her pride in her young athletes, several of which she sees daily walking the halls at Farmersville.

“My biggest goal for every season is to continue to grow our team in numbers and to have my swimmers continuously feel supported and encouraged. Without the positive mentality, it is harder to achieve bigger goals such as divisional and state times,” said Siedl, who took the helm last fall. “My top priorities as a coach are to make sure they are safe, improving whether it is mentality, getting stronger physically, or improving technique and to help mold them into the best version of themselves. Swim-

“Swimmers continue to swim back and forth for a long period of time. During these times, they are alone and in their head. This and a lack of oxygen makes it, biasedly, one of the hardest sports. However, it is not just a sport. It is a lifesaving skill. Swimmers are taught how to tread water, train and continue to swim while they are tired and can swim to the closest destination if needed to stop and take a break regardless of it if they are in a lake or in a competition pool,” Siedl said.

Jankowski shared Siedl’s emphasis on the importance of swimming as a safety tool.

“It’s really important for our community. Club develops swimmers for our high school and for competing, but it gives kids an opportunity that love the water for a year-round experience. We have rivers…it’s important to make sure kids are safe. Our club is really important to the community for lessons. Our goal for our Guppy program is to make them safe and to get them to where they’re ready to learn different strokes, but, more importantly, they are safe in the water. They know water awareness. They have basic safety skills around pools. The last thing we want to have happen in this community is to lose a kid to drowning which is a preventable death,” Jankowski said. She said she would like to add floating events to her high school schedule, essentially providing pool time for area kids to come in and learn basic floating skills.

Swim Team is a commitment and both Jankowski and Siedl said they understand that not all young kids are ready to jump into the deep end of swimming from day one. Jankowski said there is “no magic age” for developing swimmers.

“Loving the water is important. We don’t want a kid (to join the club) that is fearful. The kid that is fearful needs one on one lessons. A kid that is first getting exposed to the water…that’s a lesson situation. A kid that is comfortable in the water, open to it and eager to get in the pool and be excited about it… that’s the kid that’s ready,” Jankowski said. “Being independent…to be able to be a part of, instead of a one on one setting, to be able to be a part of a group, to be comfortable letting go of mom to go be a part of a group. Once they have that kind of independence, now they can start to figure out freestyle and breathing and kicking right and

“We know that some people want to have their kid try it, but when you look at the website or hear about it, you may think ‘Oh, it’s this full commitment. Once it starts it’s year round.’ Swimming does offer that, but kids can come and go from other sports. That works. Last year we said we needed an ‘approachable’ program geared towards the very beginner swimmer that wants to try it. It was three or four days a week. If they were like ‘Oh, I like this and I want to do more of it’ it was directly preceding the start of our spring (club) season. That was really successful. We had a bunch of kids that stayed right on with it and say ‘Yep. This is for me.’”

Swimming can be inclusive of other activities, Jankowski said. She has several multi-sport athletes on her high school team.

“I think there is a conception that like all the time swimming is all consuming. That’s not really true anymore. We understand flexibility. Families have a lot going on. There has to be a flexible option. We offer the max…but that’s not an entry level experience,” Jankowski said.

Siedl is as proud of her team’s out of the water moments as she is of the team’s achievements at meets.

Club swimmers volunteered helping to prepare meals at Cross Mission in November and she tries to schedule team bonding activities once a month.

“We are a team. We train together, but we swim as individuals and against the clock. It can be something rewarding like walking over to Dairy Queen after practice, or something to give back to the community such as volunteering at a local food pantry,” Siedl said. “This month, I wanted to do something to give back to the community with the holidays around the corner. It was very rewarding. I hope they all got something out of it.”

At the end of the day, Siedl said swimming comes down to competing against a clock. Swimmers work to beat their own best times and grow. Success isn’t always about competing with the other athletes in the pool, however.

“I had a few swimmers upset this past weekend because they keep adding time. I told them ‘If, while you are swimming, there was nothing else you could do, that’s all you can do.’ No one is going to be upset about your time if you can walk away knowing and feeling that you can say ‘I gave it my all,’” Siedl said

Mount Vernon girls are dominant in swimming events

By Trisha L. Lopez

Mount Vernon swimming and diving had a successful week at home. The girls added a pair of team wins and the boys team finished second in meets on Tuesday and Saturday.

The Lady Wildcats claimed top honors over Tell City, Bedford North Lawrence, Vincennes Lincoln, Evansville Christian and South Knox on Saturday.

Mount Vernon girls won 10 out of 12 events.

Sophomore Jaley Hamilton, sophomore Malley Wagner, junior Krissy Bazan and senior Kaleigh Kelley won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:57.33. The team of sophomore Andrea Rutledge, freshman Samantha Bouch, senior Haley Rutledge and junior Maddie Maier finished third.

Bazan won the girls 200 freestyle (2:03.45). Haley and Andrea Rutledge finished third and fourth. Senior Khai Willard and sophomore John Thomason finished fourth and fifth in the boys 200 freestyle. Freshman Ryan McCollum finished ninth.

Kelley won the girls 200 IM (2:14.04). Wagner and Bouch finished third and fourth.

The Lady Cats finished one-two-three in the 50 freestyle with senior Sophie Kloppenburg claiming the top prize (25.37) followed by Maier and junior Julien Glover. Sophomore Jaxston Raben finished third in the boys 50 freestyle. Senior Rossy Hollinger finished fifth and sophomore Drew Aaron finished ninth.

Kloppenburg won the 100 freestyle (54.14). Hamilton and Maier finished second and third. Russell and Hollinger finished fifth and sixth in the boys 100 freestyle. Raben finished eighth.

Bazan won the 500 freestyle (5:30.60). Glover finished second and Andrea Rutledge finished sixth. Willard finished third in the boys 500 freestyle. Junior Mark Gray finished seventh.

Glover, Maier, Kelley and Kloppenburg won the 200 freestyle relay (1:44.29). Haley Rutledge, Bouch, Wagner and Andrea Rut-

ledge finished third. Raben, Hollinger, Russell and Thomason finished second in the boys 200 freestyle relay. Aaron, McCullum, junior Josh Shumate and Gray finished sixth.

Hamilton won the 100 backstroke (1:03.98). Freshman Ellie Blackburn finished seventh and junior Grace Reyes finished 10th. McCullum finished ninth in the boys 100 backstroke.

Kelley won the 100 breaststroke (1:06.74). Wagner finished third and Blackburn finished seventh. Thomason finished second in the boys 100 breaststroke.

Glover, Hamilton, Bazan and Kloppenburg won the 400 freestyle relay (3:53.37). Raben, Hollinger, Russell and Thomason finished second in the boys 400 freestyle relay. Aaron, McCullum, Shumate and Gray finished sixth.

Shumate finished third in boys diving. Haley Rutledge finished third and Bouch finished fifth in girls 100 butterfly. Gray finished fifth in boys 100 butterfly.

Girls team scores: Mount Vernon, 425; Tell City, 359; Bedford North Lawrence, 226; Vincennes Lincoln, 114; Evansville Christian, 100; and South Knox, 29.

Boys team scores: Bedford North Lawrence, 486; Mount Vernon, 226; Tell City, 204; Vincennes Lincoln, 135; and Evansville Christian, 129.

The Lady Wildcats bested Evansville Memorial at home on Tuesday, 98-82.

The boys fell 115-57.

Hamilton, Kelley, Bazan and Kloppenburg won the 200 medley relay (1:53.29).

Andrea Rutledge, Wagner, Bouch and Maier finished third.

Hamilton won the 200 freestyle (2:05.45). Haley and Andrea Rutledge finished third and fourth. Willard won the boys 200 free-

style (2:04.23). Gray and McCullum finished fifth and sixth.

Kelley won the 200 IM (2:12.27). Bazan finished second and Bouch finished fifth. Raben and Thomason finished second and third in the boys 200 IM.

Kloppenburg won the 50 freestyle (24.97). Maier finished fourth and Wagner finished sixth. Russell and Hollinger finished second and third in the boys 50 freestyle. Aaron finished fifth.

Kloppenburg won the 100 freestyle (54.47). Maier and Blackburn finished fifth and sixth. Russell and Hollinger finished second and third in

the boys 100 freestyle. Aaron finished fifth.

Bazan won the 500 free (5:30.19). Rutledge finished second. Thomason won the boys 500 free (5:41.26).

Kelley, Hamilton, Kloppenburg and Bazan won the 200 freestyle relay (1:42.03).

Wagner, Andrea Rutledge, Blackburn and Haley Rutledge finished fourth. Raben, Hollinger, Russell and Thomason finished second in the boys 200 freestyle relay.

Aaron, McCullum, Shumate

and Gray finished fourth. Kelley won the 100 backstroke (1:02.13). Hamilton finished second and Glover finished fourth. Raben finished second in the boys 100 backstroke. McCullum finished fifth.

Wagner won the 100 breaststroke (1:18.49). Bouch finished second and Blackburn finished sixth. The Wildcats will be back in action at home on Thursday for senior night against Southridge.

winning 200 medley relay, won the 500 freestyle, and swam a leg in the winning 400 freestyle relay.

MOUNT VERNON

OF THE WEEK KRISSY BAZAN

Mount Vernon High School swimming is known for success. State qualifiers, collegiate swimmers and tournament wins start somewhere,

Club Swimmers Johnny Bohleber, Peyton McDaniel, Malley Wagner, Sophie Kloppenburg, Kolby Kittinger, Julien Glover, Cora Wagner, Brooklyn Cooper, Camas O’Daniel, Adley Kettinger, Madison Cooper, Ella Wells and Adler O’Daniel performing the club cheer at the Boonville Outside Smoke Meet on Halloween this season.

Photo provided by Kaiti Siedl

Mount Vernon Swim team members volunteering at Cross Mission in November. Photo provided by Kaiti Siedl

Mount Vernon Wildcat Khai Willard makes his way to the front of the competition in action this week. Photo by Garry Beeson

NORTH POSEY (58): C. Schipp 6 4-6 17, L. Stone 0 0-0 0, A. Schmitt 5 0-0 11, J. Graff 4 4-7 14, K. Wathen 3 0-0 6, E. Mansfield 4 0-0 10

MOUNT VERNON (55): N. Burnett 7 0-0 16, B. Schickel 6 1-2 15, L. Dutkiewicz 2 2-2 6, N. Hostetter 1 0-0 2, J. Clowers 5 0-0 10, J. Campbell 2 0-0 6, J. Schwarz 0 0-0 0 3-point field goals: North Posey 6 (E. Mansfield 2, J. Graff 2, C. Schipp 1, A. Schmitt 1), Mount Vernon 6 (N. Burnett 2, J. Campbell 2, B. Schickel 2); Free Throws: North Posey 8-13, Mount Vernon 3-4; Fouls: North Posey 7, Mount Vernon 13

North Posey defeated Mount Vernon 47-41 in the junior varsity game. Logan Simmons led the Vikings in scoring with 16 points. Reece Thompson finished with 13 points. Noah Koester scored six points, followed by Carson Woods with four points, Noah Roberts with three points, Stone Riecken with two points, Kaden Gengelbach with two points, and Kade Buecher with one point.

For the Wildcats, they were led in scoring by Meyer Robb with a game-high 26 points. David Jones scored five points, Logan Clowers with four points, Bryce Clowers with two points, Ryan Kelley with two points, and Andrew Weis with two points.

Right after New Year’s Day, the Viking boys’ basketball team was back in action last Monday for two games in the Toyota Teamwork Classic. North Posey had to travel to Oakland City to play basketball on the Wood Memorial campus. For the first game, North Posey escaped a double overtime thriller over Wood Memorial 74-67. In the nightcap, North Posey defeated White River Valley 54-32. The Vikings improved to six wins and five losses on the season. Also, the Vikings are currently on a three-game win streak.

In their first game, North Posey played the Trojans of Wood Memorial. The Vikings struggled in the first half with baskets not going in the rim. Wood Memorial led by as much as 11 points on the Vikings. North Posey claimed their first lead of the game at 37-36 in the third quarter. North Posey finished the third quarter with a 40-36 advantage.

Wood Memorial would not go away in the fourth quarter and forced this game to go to overtime with the score tied at 53-53. In the first overtime, the Vikings led 60-58 with less than five seconds left in the game. Wood Memorial center Gavin Bigham sprinted with the ball down the court and made a lay up as time expired to take this game to double overtime.

North Posey struggled on the free throw line in the two overtime periods. Wood Memorial had four players foul out of the game. The Vikings missed 11 free throws in the two over-

times. At the end of the second overtime, North Posey made five free throws to help them escape with a 74-67 win over the Trojans.

Leading the Vikings in scoring was Jackson Graff with 29 points. Ethan Mansfield scored a career-high 17 points coming off the bench. Colin Schipp finished with 16 points. Gavin Bigham led Wood Memorial with a game-high 33 points. Garrett Parke scored 12 points for the Trojans.

VARSITY, Monday, January 2, 2023, at Wood Memorial North Posey 8 16 16 13 7 14 — 74 Wood Memorial 18 9 9 17 7 7 — 67

NORTH POSEY (74): C. Schipp 2 12-18 16, L. Stone 0 0-0 0, A. Schmitt 1 2-4 4, J. Graff 9 10-17 29, K. Wathen 3 0-0 8, E. Mansfield 7 0-0 17, K. Gengelbach 0 0-0 0

WOOD MEMORIAL (67): G. Bigham 14 5-9 33, A. Falls 4 0-0 9, G. Parke 5 2-3 12, K. Newton 3 0-0 6, W. Morton 3 0-0 6, C. Sullivan 0 0-0 0, H. Schoonover 0 0-0 0, B. Bobbitt 0 0-0 0, A. Clark 0 1-2 1

3-point field goals: North Posey 5 (K. Wathen 2, E. Mansfield 2, J. Graff 1), Wood Memorial 1 (A. Falls 1); Free Throws: North Posey 24-39, Wood Memorial 8-14; Fouls: North Posey 17, Wood Memorial 29

The Vikings cruised to a 54-32 win over the White River Valley Wolverines. This was the Vikings third win in a row. It was the Wolverines third loss in a row. During the first quarter, North Posey claimed a 10-8 advantage. The Vikings extended their lead to ten points to close out the first half at 26-16.

North Posey outscored the Wolverines 1812 in the third quarter to lead 44-28. The fourth quarter went by fast, and the Vikings walked away with a 22-point win. This game moved along quickly and finished in a little over an hour.

Jackson Graff led the Vikings in scoring with a game-high 18 points. Ethan Mansfield had another great game with ten points. Max Hostetter led White River Valley in scoring with 12 points. Dalton Fulford finished with seven points.

VARSITY, Monday, January 2, 2023, at Wood Memorial

North Posey 10 16 18 10 — 54 White River Valley 8 8 12 4 — 32

NORTH POSEY (54): C. Schipp 4 1-4 9, L. Stone 0 0-0 0, A. Schmitt 3 1-3 7, J. Graff 7 2-2 18, K. Wathen 3 0-0 8, E. Mansfield 5 0-1 10, K. Gengelbach 0 0-0 0, K. Downey 0 0-0 0, R. Thompson 0 0-0 0, C. Woods 0 0-0 0, L. Simmons 1 0-0 2, S. Riecken 0 0-0 0, N. Koester 0 0-0 0

WHITE RIVER VALLEY (32): M. Hostetter 6 0-2 12, D. Strauser 0 0-0 0, J. Franklin 2 0-0 5, D. Fulford 2 2-2 7, B. English 2 2-4 6, E. Palmer 0 0-0 0, E. Noel 1 0-0 2, J. Antibus 0 0-0 0, T. Greeniee 0 0-0 0, M. Sams 0 0-0 0, T. Crutchfield 0 0-0 0

3-point field goals: North Posey 4 (J. Graff 2, K. Wathen 2), White River Valley 2 (J. Franklin 1, D. Fulford 1); Free Throws: North Posey 4-10, White River Valley 4-8; Fouls:

game 2-2. Mount Vernon’s defense held the Titans scoreless and Wilson came away with the rebound, but the Cats couldn’t capitalize. A Mount Vernon foul sent Spink to the free throw line. She missed her first shot, but her second was good and the visitors reclaimed the lead. Mount Vernon senior Mallory Nurrenbern got the ball underneath and battled through a pair of Titans defenders to put the Cats back on top, 4-3. Gibson Southern junior Chloey Graham, the squad’s leading scorer averaging 17.6 points per game, drained a three. Junior Ally Malone intercepted a Mount Vernon pass and found Graham for her second triple in under 10 seconds of play and a 9-4 lead. She hit her third three a minute later to stretch the lead to eight points. Senior Alexis Tucker came up with a steal for the Titans, but Mount Vernon senior Bailey Cox forced a turnover. Junior Ashley Lilleston scored, but Titans sophomore Lydia Maurer sank a three. Cox grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a put-back to cut into the Titans lead, but Maurer responded with her second three of the night. A steal by Nurrenbern with 1:52 to play in quarter gave the Cats a chance to battle back, but the Titans defense stepped up and Mount Vernon was sent back down the floor empty handed. A bucket by sophomore Lauryn Adamson and free throws by Spink put Gibson Southern on top 22-8 with 44.8 seconds to go. Adamson picked off Mount Vernon’s inbound pass under the Titans goal and scored again to end the period with a 24-8 lead.

Wilson opened the second quarter with a bucket for the Cats, but Graham immediately answered. The Titans got a stop on defense and Graham drew a foul. She hit the first free throw but missed the second. Gibson Southern came away with the rebound and went to the free throw line again for two more points thanks to a foul on the putback. The Cats found Nurrenbern for two to cut into the lead, 29-12. Senior Ava Weisheit scored for the Titans. Gibson Southern’s full

court press wreaked havoc on the Wildcats. The Titans swarmed every pass and Mount Vernon struggled to find any rhythm on offense.

Down 34-13 with 2:52 to go in the second, Wilson scored, but Spink countered with a three. The Cats battled as the clock ticked away, but it was an uphill battle as the Titans yielded little ground defensively and continued to find ways to score. Mount Vernon went into the half down 42-17.

The Titans outscored the Wildcats 29-9 in the second half and Mount Vernon fell at home, 71-26.

The Cats were led by Wilson with nine points, two assists and five rebounds. Nurrenbern had six points, six rebounds and two steals. Junior Arlissa Sharber had six points, three rebounds and two steals. Other scorers were: Lilleston, two points, one rebound and one steal; Cox, two points, two assists, two rebounds and one steal; and freshman Hannah McNeece, one point.

The Wildcats junior varsity team fell to the Titans, 51-18.

Scorers for the Wildcats were: freshman Kiara Shepherd, four points and one steal; freshman Abbie Powell, three points, one assist, three rebounds and one steal; sophomore Chloe Swartz,

three points; freshman Lorelai Boyd, two points, two assists and two rebounds; sophomore Kyra Rainey, two points, four rebounds and two steals; McNeece, two points, one assist, one rebound and one steal; and sophomore Addison Chilton, two points, two rebounds and two steals.

The Lady Wildcats were defeated by Southridge at home on Friday, 48-21.

Sharber led the Cats with 13 points, one rebound and two steals. Nurrenbern had five points and two rebounds; Cox had two points, one assist, two rebounds and two steals; senior Braiden Browning had one point and two rebounds.

Mount Vernon’s junior varsity fell to the Raiders, 35-29.

Chilton had six points, two assists, four rebounds and three steals. Sophomore Livi Robles had six points, five rebounds and two steals. Rainey had six points, three rebounds and two steals. Swartz had five points, two rebounds and one steal. Freshman Julie Long had four points, one rebound and four steals. Boyd had two points, one assist and two steals.

The Lady Wildcats (1-14) will be back in action tonight at Tecumseh (4-11). They host Heritage Hills (9-6) on Saturday.

Mount Vernon Wildcat Mallory Nurrenbern goes up for a shot during action this week against Gibson Southern. Photo by Garry Beeson

NPJH teams enjoy wins as they play

By Chris Morlan

The North Posey Junior High Lady Viking basketball team played at home last Monday night against Tecumseh Lady Braves. Both seventh and eighth grade games were very close. For the seventh grade Vikings, they beat Tecumseh 25-22.

In the eighth-grade game, North Posey won 24-23.

(Girls-Seventh Grade)

North Posey 25, Tecumseh 22: This battle was locked in a tie at 10-10 at the half. Tecumseh jumped out to a 20-14 lead after three quarters. North Posey rallied in the fourth quarter outscoring the Braves 11-2 for the threepoint win.

Gabbi Cooper led the Lady Vikings in scoring with ten points. Chloe Kirchoff finished with seven points. Adryanna Sisk scored six points, followed by Izzy Hallam with four points, Paxtyn Gibbs with two points, and Emalyn Raber with two points.

(Girls-Eighth Grade)

North Posey 24, Tecumseh 23: The Lady Vikings trailed at the start of the fourth quarter down 20-16. North Posey outscored Tecumseh 8-3 in the fourth quarter to escape with the one-point win. It was a great come from behind win for the Lady Vikings. North Posey was down eight points after one quarter and seven points at the end of the first half.

Gabbi Cooper led the Lady Vikings with seven points, followed by Chloe Kirchoff with six points, Taryn Wilson with five points, Mady Nightingale with four points, and Makayla Rodgers with two points.

(Boys- Eighth Grade) North Posey 38, Tecumseh 37: The North Posey Junior High eighth grade basketball team traveled to Lynnville last Monday night to play against the Tecumseh Braves. This game looked like North Posey was going to easily win. Tecumseh made a scoring run in the fourth quarter to make this game quite interesting. In the final seconds, North Posey had a one-point lead and escaped with a 3837 win over Tecumseh.

Brody Fehn led North Posey in scoring with 13 points. Brayden Compton scored eight points, followed by Easton Robinson with six points, Carter Schickel with four points, Drake Schweizer with three points, Reid Kihn with three points, and Trevor Sikes with one point.

(Boys- Seventh Grade) Tecumseh 39, North Posey 33: In the seventh-grade game, North Posey lost to Tecumseh 39-33. During the first quarter, this game was tied at 10 apiece. Tecumseh went on a 11-2 scoring in the second quarter to take a 21-12 advantage at the end of the first half. North Posey got within two points against the Braves down 26-24 after three quarters played. The Braves held off the Vikings in the fourth quarter for the six-point win.

Dylan Murphy led the Vikings in scoring with 17 points. Will Barton finished the game with seven points. Brennon Reich scored four points, Lane Young with three points, and Drew Stocker with two points.

(Boys-Seventh Grade)

North Posey 34, Heritage Hills 15: The Vikings took control of this game from the tip-off and cruised to an easy nineteen-point victory. Dylan Murphy led the Vikings in scoring with a game-high 16 points. Brennon Reich and Levi Koester each scored five points. Lane Young and Liam Kerby with three points each, while Tyler Arnold scored two points.

(Boys-Eighth Grade)

Heritage Hills 34, North Posey 24: This game was very tough for the Vikings. They trailed in this matchup most of the game in the tenpoint loss. Reid Kihn led the Vikings in scoring with six points. Trevor Sikes finished with four points. Drake Schweizer, Brayden Compton, Brody Fehn, and Carter Schickel each finished with three points. Easton Robinson scored two points.

Belt wins 106 weight class

By Chris Morlan

One day before the varsity annual Mater Dei Holiday Classic is the junior varsity tournament. That was held last Wednesday on the Wildcat campus. North Posey had five wrestlers compete in the junior varsity competition. Twenty-one different schools participated in this meet.

Perry Meridian won the junior varsity team scores with 208.5 points. Evansville Mater Dei in second place with 205.5 points. Terre Haute finished third with 149.5 points. North Posey placed fourteenth with 44.5 points.

Three of the five Viking wrestlers placed in this meet with one wrestler winning his weight class. Freshman Myles Belt won the 106-pound weight class by defeating four opponents. Belt won three of his matches by pins and the semifinal match by a

technical fall. Kylen Brown placed eighth in the 145-pound weight class. Brown wrestled in six matches on the day and won three of them. He won two of the matches by decision and one by fall.

Also, placing for the Vikings was Brandon Kortz finishing eighth in the 170-pound weight class. Kortz wrestled in five matches and won two bouts. Kortz won one match with a pin and one by sudden fall.

North Posey’s Lauren Kihn turns the corner against the Tecumseh defense in basketball action this week. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Arrests

December 27

Jontae Rudd - Evansville - Warrant, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana (failure to appear)PCS

December 28

Walter Hampton-RaineyMount Vernon - Robbery, Battery, Leaving the Scene of a Crash, Criminal Mischief - MVPD

December 29

Aden Hook - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person Motion to Impose Judgment of Conviction (petition to revoke bond) - MVPD Aden Hook - Mount VernonWarrant, Theft, Minor Consuming Alcohol (petition to revoke bond) - MVPD

Alex Nelson - Carmi, Ill. - Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Endangerment - PCS

Robert Adler - Mount Vernon - Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Endangerment, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated - PCS

John Bollinger - Mount Vernon - Resisting Law Enforcement - PCS

December 31

September Smiley - Mount Vernon - Residential Entry - MVPD January 1, 2023

Vidal DeJesus - Morganfield, Ky. - Operating Without Ever Obtaining a License - PCS

Colleen Huey - Radcliff, Ky.Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Syringe, Possession of Paraphernalia - ISP

January 2

Marcum Shelton - Evansville - Warrant, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia (petition to revoke) - PCS

Ryan Collins - Evansville - Possession of Paraphernalia x 2, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Methamphetamine - MVPD January 3

Walter Hampton-RaineyMount Vernon - Warrant, Intimidation (petition to revoke) - PCS January 4

Thomas Evans - PrincetonWarrant, Failure to Register as a Sex or Violent Offender - PCS

Travis Wenderoth - Wadesville - Domestic Battery, Domestic Battery, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia - PCS

Brian Beswick - Mount Vernon - Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine - PCS

Tyler Spaulding - Enfield, Ill. - Warrant, Domestic Battery, Domestic Battery, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, Minor in Possession (court order) - PCS

Tyler Spaulding - Enfield, Ill. - Warrant, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Para-

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phernalia - PCS Complaints December 29 11:53 a.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Manager advised someone is trying to move out and there are subjects there getting irate with her - Water Street, Mount Vernon 10:32 p.m. - Message - Keeps getting bothered by officers and getting messages about a subject being at her residence. Would like an officer to give her a call about this - Second Street, Mount Vernon December 30 12:08 a.m. - Trespassing - Advised has video of subjects on his property. Has had problems with these subjects before but nobody believes him - Stierley Road, Wadesville 1:48 p.m. - Suspicious - Advised a male subject in a red Chevy pickup was driving a truck with a flat tire. Advised that he just pulled up to the barn on Hidbrader Road. Caller advised the male was drunk because he was stumbling around - Hidbrader Road, New Harmony 4:36 p.m. - Threatening - Advised her and her teenage son are being threatened by male subject. Advised male subject stated that he was going to beat son up and make him drink through a straw and then also threatened to rape the caller. Advised it has something to do with another person getting robbed - Walnut Street, Mount Vernon 10:05 p.m. - Threatening - Caller advised someone is sending her

juvenile daughter threatening texts stating they were going to rape her and kill her - West Franklin Road, Evansville 10:13 p.m. - Suspicious - Caller advised a dark passenger truck parked, looks to be dumping and doing weird stuff. Caller advised four to five subjects in the field and they now have a chainsaw out.

Caller advised they do not own the field and don’t know what they are actually doing there - Shireman Road, Poseyville December 31 2:31 a.m. - Disorderly Conduct - Caller advised that there is a 6’2” black male outside the bar trying to fight people and is irate - Second Street, Mount Vernon 11:48 a.m. - Message - Advised he is getting threatening texts that are being sent to his daughter’s phone - Bellefontaine Cemetery Road, Mount Vernon 4:54 p.m. - Domestic ViolenceCaller advised she was beat up and then hung-up. Caller advised she left and is almost to Evansville. Refused to come meet with an officer. Refused to have an officer call her. She advised the male had beat her and the kids. She refused to answer any further questions, started yelling and hung-up - Lynn Drive, Mount Vernon 6:34 p.m. - Fight - Advised people are breaking into house. Advised she is locked in back bedroom with grandchildren - Lynn Drive, Mount Vernon January 1, 2023 2:57 a.m. - Agency Assistance - EPD advised that a male subject

believes that his girlfriend has possibly been kidnapped. Advised he was on an open line with her and heard what he believed to be a driving car. Last seen on Franklin Street in Evansville

2:14 p.m. - Citizen DisputeAdvised neighbor is taking concrete property pins and causing issues - Valley View Drive, Mount Vernon

5:49 p.m. - Theft - Advised daughter’s phone was stolen from her father’s house - Elk Trail, Evansville

7:47 p.m. - Controlled Substance Problem - Caller advised his brother is growing pot in the house and has other drug stuff

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laying around - Gum Street, Cynthiana 8:47 p.m. - Domestic ViolenceCaller advised that he believes his mother’s boyfriend hit her. Caller advised he went outside. Both subjects are inside. Four other kids inside. Advised there are weapons in the home - Schmitt Road, Wadesville January 2 5:47 a.m. - Message - Caller advised that he believes someone set his trash cans on fire this morning. 7:56 a.m. - Mailboxes were burnt. 7:57 a.m. - Mailbox and trash cans were set on fire - Murphy Road, Crab Orchard Road, Somers Road, Poseyville, New Harmony,

Mount Vernon 1:34 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Caller advised there are two or three people in front of the building screaming at each otherSecond Street, Mount Vernon 1:49 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - 28 year-old male causing issues. Threatening everyone around him. Caller advised he just witnessed subject putting his hands on his grandfather. 7:49 p.m. - Caller called and advised the grandson called grandfather, advised was getting a shotgun and shoot him in the face - Elk Trail, Evansville

Sealed bids will be received by the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of North Posey County, North Posey County, Indiana (herein referred to as the “School District”), at the Superintendent’s Office, located at 101 N. Church St., Poseyville, IN 47633, until 1:30 PM, CDT, local time, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, for the following Project: North Posey Life Skills Classroom Renovation Project. The Work shall be Bid as one Unified Prime Contract. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Superintendent’s board room at the above time and place. Bids received later than such date and time, as determined is the sole and complete discretion of the School Corporation will be returned unopened. Complete and detailed Drawings and Specifications for this work, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, and General Requirements are on file and may be examined at the following places: F.W. Dodge National Construction News 2625 Hawthorne Avenue 1133 West Mill Rd., Suite 107 Evansville, IN 47714 Evansville, IN 47710

McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge CMD Group www.construction.com/dodge www.cmdgroup.com

Construction Software Technologies (ISQFT) Builders Exchange of Louisville, Inc. www.isqft.com 2300 Meadow Drive #100 Louisville, Kentucky 40218-1372

By appointment only: MSD of North Posey County 101 N. Church St., Poseyville, IN 47633

Copies of Plans and Specifications may be obtained by contacting Repro Graphix, 14 N.W. 6th Street, Evansville, Indiana 47708, (812) 422-2400, upon depositing the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) for each set. After the purchase of one complete set of documents and the payment of a non-refundable cost of $50.00, PDF files will be made available. If paying by check, please make checks payable to Repro Graphix, Inc.

The deposit will be refunded in full to the prime contract bidder when the Plans and Specifications have been returned to Repro Graphix within ten (10) days after the time set for receiving bids, in good re-usable condition. If Plans and Specifications are returned after this ten (10) day limit, or in an unusable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited to cover the cost of reproduction. All mailing costs shall be paid by the bidder.

The successful bidder shall, upon acceptance of its bid, be required to procure and pay for a Contractor’s Bond for Construction (Form 86A or AIA Form A312) in an amount equal to its contract price. Such bonds shall comply with all laws of the State of Indiana governing public contracts let by governmental units. Bids should be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the School Corporation, with the name and place of business of the bidder and the project name to which the bid relates on the envelope, all as more particularly set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. Bids submitted by mail should be addressed to Michael Galvin, Superintendent, MSD of North Posey County 101 N. Church St., Poseyville, IN 47633. No bids received by fax or email will be accepted. If a bid is mailed, the post office becomes the agent of the bidder and not that of the School Corporation.

Bids should be made on the form included in the Project Manual which is based on the Indiana State Board of Accounts Form 96 (Revised 2013), and shall be accompanied by an acceptable certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond, executed by the bidder and an acceptable surety company, payable to the order of the School Corporation, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid.

In the event any bidder withdraws its bid or fails to execute a satisfactory contract or contracts and furnish a satisfactory performance bond or bonds within ten (10) days after a contract or contracts has been awarded to such bidder by the School Corporation, the School Corporation may declare it’s certified check or cashier’s check or bid bond forfeited to the School Corporation as liquidated damages.

The School Corporation shall have the right to accept any bid within sixty (60) days after the time of opening of the bids, during which time no bids shall be withdrawn; at any time to reject any and all bids for any reason at all; and to waive all formalities or irregularities in the bidding.

Contractors will be required to complete their work within a certain specified period as provided in Section 0110 00 SUMMARY of the specifications.

A Pre-bid meeting will be conducted at North Posey Jr. High School located at 5900 High School Rd, Poseyville, IN 47633 on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at 9:30 AM CDT (local time).

Dated: September 12, 2022 MSD OF NORTH POSEY COUNTY By: Amy Will, Secretary, School Board of School Trustees Published in the Posey County News on January 10, January 17, 2023 - hspaxlp

SUMMONS - SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

DLC#:E306-163 STATE OF INDIANA ) IN THE POSEY SUPERIOR COURT 1 )SS: COUNTY OF POSEY ) CAUSE NO.:65D01-2209-MF-000365 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ) ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS ) INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE HOLDERS ) OF THE CIM TRUST 2021-R2, MORTGAGE- ) BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2021-R2, ) ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF ROSE M. ) SANDLIN, DECEASED, ) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF EARL ) SANDLIN, DECEASED, ) OCCUPANT(S) OF 11050 NORTH STREET, ) CYNTHIANA, IN 47612, ) CROWN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC AS ) ASSIGNEE OF WELLS FARGO BANK AND ) KIMBERLY D. SANDLIN, ) ) Defendants. )

NOTICE OF SUIT

The State of Indiana to the Defendants above named, and any other person who may be concerned: You are notified that you have been sued in the Court above named. The nature of the suit against you is a Complaint on Note and for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described real estate: Lot number twenty (20) in Montgomery’s enlargement to the Town of Cynthiana, according to the recorded plat thereof, in the office of the recorder of Posey County, Indiana. Subject to all roadways, highways, easements, right of way, assessments, building and use restrictions of record or affecting the use or occupancy of said real estate.

And Commonly known as: 11050 North Street, Cynthiana, IN 47612

This Summons by Publication is specifically directed to the following named Defendants whose whereabouts are known to me:

Occupant(s) of 11050 North Street, Cynthiana, IN 47612, Crown Asset Management LLC as assignee of Wells Fargo Bank and Kimberly D. Sandlin

This Summons by Publication is also specifically directed to the following named Defendants whose whereabouts are unknown to me: The Unknown Heirs at Law of Earl Sandlin, Deceased and The Unknown Heirs at Law of Rose M. Sandlin, Deceased In addition to the above named Defendants being served by this Summons, there may be other Defendants who have an interest in this lawsuit.

If you have a claim for relief against the Plaintiff arising from the same transaction or occurrence, you must assert it in your written answer. You must answer the Complaint in writing, by you or your attorney, on or before the 9th day of February, 2023 (the same being within thirty (30) days after the Third Notice of Suit), and if you fail to do so, a judgment will be entered against you for what the Plaintiff has demanded.

ATTEST:

Clerk of the Posey County Superior Court 1

S. Brent Potter (10900-49)

Tina M. Caylor (30994-49)

David M. Johnson (30354-45)

Alan W. McEwan (24051-49)

Matthew L. Foutty (20886-49)

Craig D. Doyle (4783-49)

Jessica S. Owens (26533-49)

DOYLE & FOUTTY, P.C. 41 E Washington St., Suite 400 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 317-264-5000 Fax: 317-264-5400 Published in the Posey

DOYLE & FOUTTY, P.C. By S. Brent Potter

Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Water Treatment Plant Improvements Low Waste Ion Exchange Treatment Addition, will be received by the Town of Poseyville at Poseyville Town Hall, located at 38 West Main Street, PO Box 194, Poseyville, IN 47633, until 5:30 P.M. Central (Local Time) on January 31, 2023. Each Bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the title of the project and the name and address of Bidder. If Bids are forwarded by mail, a sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in another envelope addressed to the OWNER at 38 West Main Street, PO Box 194, Poseyville, IN 47633. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the office of Poseyville Town Hall, located at 38 West Main Street, PO Box 194, Poseyville, IN 47633 on January 31, 2023, at 5:30 P.M. Central (Local Time). Any bids received after the above specified time and date will be returned to the bidders unopened.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, consisting of, but not, necessarily limited to, the: Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, Employee Drug Testing Program (as required pursuant to Indiana Code Sections 36-1-12-24 and 4-13-18-6, E Verify Program Compliance Affidavit, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Change Orders (if any), Drawings, Specifications and Addenda, may be examined at the following locations: Midwestern Engineers, Inc., 802 W. Broadway St., Loogootee, IN 47553 Town of Poseyville, 38 West Main Street, Poseyville IN 47633

Plans and Specifications are available at the office of Midwestern Engineers, Inc. The service charge for Contractors to view the plans for preparing their bid is as follows: 1) Viewing by digital download at midwesterneng.com/planroom$100.00 and 2) Viewing by paper-bound plans and specifications - $300.00. When plans and specifications are ordered from

must file with their sealed bid a certified check or a bid bond in the amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the highest aggregate proposal, payable to the Owner. The above check or bond is to insure the execution of the contract on which such bids are made.

Bids shall be properly and completely executed on proposal forms included in the Specifications. Bids shall include all information requested by Indiana Form 96 (Revised 2018) included with the Specifications. Under Section III of Form 96, the Bidder shall submit a financial statement. The Owner may make such investigations as deemed necessary to determine the ability of the Bidder to perform the work and the Bidder shall furnish to the Owner all such information and data for this purpose as the Owner may request. The Owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such Bidder fails to satisfy the Owner that such Bidder is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Agreement and to complete the work contemplated therein.

Each Bidder is responsible for inspecting the Project site(s) and for reading and being thoroughly familiar with the Contract Documents and Specifications. The failure or omission of any Bidder to do any of the foregoing shall in no way relieve any Bidder from any obligation with respect to its Bid.

A conditional or qualified Bid will not be accepted.

All applicable laws, ordinances, and the rules and regulations of all authorities having jurisdiction over construction of the project shall apply to the project throughout.

The work to be performed and the bid to be submitted shall include sufficient and proper sums for all general construction, mechanical installation, labor, materials, permits, licenses, insurance, and so forth incidental to and required for the construction of the facilities.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any formalities. Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for the opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after the time and date specified shall not be considered. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for at least sixty (60) days.

Award will be made to the low, responsive, responsible bidder.

The contractor(s) to whom the work is awarded will be required to furnish, before commencing work, a performance and payment bond in an amount equal to the bid price of the contract awarded to said contractor and certification of all insurance required in the specifications. All bonds and liability insurance shall remain in effect for the period listed in the specifications following completion and acceptance of local and federal agencies.

Town Council Town of Poseyville Published in the Posey County News on January 10, January 17, 2023 - hspaxlp

1:57 p.m. - Property DamageCaller advised she has been having issues with her neighbor lately. Now a mirror on her vehicle is smashed and she believes they are the ones who did it - Country Club Road, Mount Vernon

8:31 p.m. - Threatening - Male subject told caller he was going to kick in her apartment door - Second Street, Mount Vernon Felony/Misdemeanor

Peggy Sue Higginson, 50, Wadesville. Murder, Class X Felony. Conviction entered for Voluntary Manslaughter, Level 2 Felony. 30 years Indiana Department of Correction.

Jeffery S. Holton, 57, Mount Vernon. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Tonya Faye Hayhurst, 51, Evansville. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. 60 days Posey County Jail. $1 plus costs, driver’s license suspended for 60 days.

Jeffery A. Embrey, 35, Evansville. Ct. 1- Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 5 Felony; Ct. 2- Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 3Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 4- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Brittni D. Hanmore, 35, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Kyle Mosley, 30, Evansville. Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Person Less Than 14 Years of Age, Level 5 Felony. Four years Indiana Department of Correction. Two years to be served in the Community Corrections Program, two years probation and fees. $1 plus costs, no contact with the victim, counseling.

Joseph Alan White, 35, Evansville. Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony. Dismissed.

Brian K. Hatch, 37, Wadesville. Harboring a Non-immunized Dog, Class B Misdemeanor. Six months Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, six months good behavior, restitution to Vengroff Williams in the amount of $2,411.83.

Mark A. Chambers, 40, Newburgh. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle

While Intoxicated, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 3Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. Ct. 2 is dismissed. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, 17 months’ probation and fees, driver’s license suspended one year, counseling. Ct. 1- 18 months Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 3- one year Posey County Jail, suspended.

Billy D. Osborne, 37, New Harmony. Ct. 1- Pointing a Firearm, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Carrying a Handgun Without a License, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, two years probation and fees, no contact with Brian Blaylock. Ct.

1- two years Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 2- one year Posey County Jail, suspended.

Tabatha N. Ord, 35, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Robbery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Level 2 Felony; Ct. 2- Aggravated Battery, Level 3 Felony; Ct. 3- Armed Robbery, Level 3 Felony; Ct. 4- Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon, Level 5 Felony; Ct. 5- Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Level 5 Felony; Ct. 6- Auto Theft, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 7- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor. Ct. 1, 3, 6 are dismissed. Ct. 2- 14 years Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 4- 6 years Indiana Department of Corrections; Ct. 5- 6 years Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 7one year Posey County Jail, concurrent. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, driver’s license suspended one year, no contact with Sierra Stewart, restitution to Sierra Stewart.

Aaron Musgrave, 32, McLeansboro, Ill. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor. One year Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees, driver’s license suspended one year, counseling.

Jazmyn Smith, 19, Evansville.

Ct. 1- Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Controlled Substances, Ct. 2- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- one year Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- six months Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees, counseling.

Jazmyn Smith, 19, Evansville. Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

William N. Armstrong, 37, Colp, Ill. Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- six months

Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 60 days

Posey County Jail, suspended to good behavior. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, driver’s license suspended 30 days.

Mark Hearten, 55, Evansville.

Intimidation, Level 6 Felony.

One year Indiana Department of Corrections, suspended. $1 plus costs, one year probation and fees, counseling, no contact with Gary Jones.

John Paul Wolk, 44, Evansville. Unlawful Possession of Syringe, Level 6 Felony. Dismissed.

Nathan Dunn, 37, Evansville. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated, Level 6 Felony. Ct. 1- one year Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 2- one year Department of Correction. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, driver’s license suspended one year.

Patricia C. Reich, 45, Mount Vernon. Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Class A Misdemeanor. One year Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, one year probation and fees, no contact with Alvina Epison.

Patricia C. Reich, 45, Mount Vernon. Auto Theft, Level 6 Felony. Two and one half years Indiana Department of Correction. Six months executed, two years on Community Corrections. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, restitution to Jason Wyatt.

Bruce Geppner, 45, Evansville. Ct. 1- Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- eight months Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 2- 180 days Posey County Jail; Ct. 3- 60 days Posey County Jail, concurrent. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee.

Mark Evan Hearten, 55, Evansville. Intimidation, Class A Misdemeanor. One year Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, one year probation and fees, counseling, no contact with Paul Angel.

Austin Gregory Combs, 28, Mount Vernon. Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor. 30 days Posey County Jail. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee.

Michael E. Collins, 53, Mount Vernon. Ct. 1- Official Misconduct, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- one year Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 2- one year Posey County Jail, all suspended except two days. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees, driver’s license suspended 90 days, counseling.

Matthew L. Horton Nichols, 29, Evansville. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. Three months Posey County Jail. $1 plus costs, driver’s license suspended six months.

Kimberley McCoy, 50, Evansville. Ct. 1- Resisting Law Enforcement, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Public Intoxication, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Disorderly Conduct, Class B Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- 88 days Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 88 days Posey County Jail; Ct. 3- 88 days Posey County Jail, concurrent. $1 plus costs.

Kellie Malcolm, 55, Mount Carmel, Ill. Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- 180 days Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 60 days Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 pus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees.

Kayla R. McCoy, 29, Shepherdsville, Ky. Ct. 1- Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony; Ct. 2- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- two years Indiana Department of Correction; Ct. 2- six months Posey County Jail; Ct. 3- 60 days Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, two years probation and fees.

April Dawn Amos, 29, Mount Vernon. Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, driver’s license suspended 30 days. 180 days Posey County Jail.

Michael Gorman, 64, Mount

Vernon. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle

While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 2 is dismissed. One year Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees, 480 hours community service, counseling, driver’s license suspended 180 days.

Andrea Wethington, 35, Evansville. Ct. 1- Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- one year Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- six months Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, one year probation and fees, counseling, driver’s license suspended 30 days.

Alan K. Clifford, 66, New Harmony. Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Paraphernalia, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- six months Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 60 days Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, six months probation and fees, counseling.

Carlos Revolorio Perez, 24, Antioch, Tenn. Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License, Class C Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Selvin Lopez Vega, 21, Mur-

freesboro, Tenn. Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License, Class C Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Michelle Lee Shrum, 33, Evansville. Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. One year Posey County Jail, suspended. $1 plus costs, one year probation and fees, driver’s license suspended 30 days.

Michael A. Eagleson, 23, Mount Vernon. Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License, Class C Misdemeanor. 10 days Posey County Jail. $1 plus costs.

Ismael Carmona, 35, Hialeah, Fla. Ct. 1- Operating a Vehicle

While Intoxicated Endangering a Person, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More; Ct. 3- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated, Class C Misdemeanor. Ct. 2 and 3 are dismissed. 14 days Posey County Jail. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, driver’s license suspended 30 days.

Uriah L. Cousert, 37, Evansville. Ct. 1- Driving While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- 180 days Posey County Jail; Ct. 2- 180 days Posey County Jail, concurrent. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure fee, driver’s license suspended 30 days.