By Valerie WerkmeisterMembers of the Poseyville Town Council learned the re-

sults of a utility rate study they commissioned from Pat Cal-lahan, CPA during their Wednesday, December 11, council meeting. Callahan prepared a detailed report of the town’s gas, water and sewer utilities and noted the town is doing an excellent job at keeping costs low in comparison to other towns of similar size. Rate studies are suggested to be per-formed every two to three years by the Indiana State Board of Accounts.

Town offi cials often hear citizens complain that the town’s utility rates are higher than those communities in the sur-rounding area. The key difference is that some of those com-munities that do offer utilities at a cheaper rate are able to do so because the customer base is much larger or that their utility plants are not currently in compliance with state regu-lations.

After detailed analysis, Callahan recommended rate in-

creases for all three utilities in order to decrease the shortfall of funds incurred each year. The last water rate study was completed in 2008. Callahan proposed an overall 13.8 per-cent increase on water rates. Sewer rates were last reviewed in 2005 and a 19.2 percent increase was recommended. The base cost for gas rates, which does not include the price of gas itself, was suggested to increase from $6.75 to $9.75. Home gas meters charges were suggested to increase from $2 to $5.25 per month.

All of the suggested increases were only recommendations and the town council took the information under advisement. Council members may take the increases in incremental amounts to make the bills more affordable for its customers. The council’s fi nal meeting of the year will be held on De-cember 26, and they will determine the specifi c amounts and when to advertise the proposed rate increases. A public hear-ing will be scheduled on January 8, and the public is encour-aged to attend.

The town currently tracks gas prices and changes to the most current rate every three months. Julie Mayo informed the council that the new gas rate for consumption months of November, December and January will decrease 2.3 percent. The change will be refl ected on customer bills in December, January and February.

Jeff Droege informed the council that the fi re department raised approximately $17,000 from its recent donation let-ter campaign. The council approved his requests to purchase new tires for Engines One and Three at a cost of $5,000. The current tires will be sold to a local community that can put the tires to use on their fi re truck. The council also approved the $839 purchase of a new concrete saw for the department.

Council members commended the town employees for do-ing a tremendous job clearing the streets during the recent snowfall. As a result, leaves will no longer be picked up.

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Live Drive-Thru Nativity is planned

Black’s Chapel UMC will be staging a Live Drive-Thru Nativity on Sun-day, December 22, from 5 - 8 p.m. at their location 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon. Expect three live camels, sheep and a donkey, if weather permits. Please drive-thru

the nativity and help us celebrate the birth of Jesus. There is no charge for

this event.KG Christmas Party rescheduled

The Keck-Gonnerman Christmas party has been rescheduled for Fri-

day, December 27 at 6 p.m. Get your auction items ready and bake a fresh

batch of cookies and we will try again. The next meeting is January 2 at 7 p.m. in the old dining hall on the P C Fairgrounds, where offi cers will

be elected for 2014.Yard Waste Sites to close for

holidaysThe Poseyville Yard Waste Site

will close for the winter beginning December 22. The Mount Vernon Yard Site will close December 23.

Both yard sites will re-open in early March. For more information, con-tact the Posey County Solid Waste

District at 838-1613.Troopers render Medical aid to

unresponsive driverDecember 16, at approximately

12:30 a.m., Trooper Korey Mauck was patrolling SR 66 near the Posey County line when he noticed a 2012 GMC truck stopped in the median

and partially in the westbound pass-ing lane. Trooper Mauck approached

the vehicle and attempted to com-municate with the 35-year-old driver

from Henderson, but the driver was just staring at Mauck and not speaking. The driver still had the vehicle in gear and his foot on the brake. Trooper Mauck was able to reach in and shift the vehicle into

park. Trooper Wes Kuykendall and a Vanderburgh County deputy soon arrived to assist. Fearing the driver may be diabetic, they administered a tube of glucose and within a few

minutes the driver started to respond to the trooper’s questions. Perry Township Fire Department and

A.M.R. Ambulance soon arrived and continued to treat the driver. He was taken to Deaconess Hospital where he was examined and released. The driver was delivering Krispy Kreme Donuts to area gas stations before he became unresponsive and drove his

vehicle off the roadway.

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By Dave PearcePosey County Auditor Nick

Wildeman served notice on Friday that he will be resigning his elect-ed position, effective January 12. Wildeman has accepted a position in Evansville and his fi rst day is January 13.

During a Sunday eve-ning interview, Wildeman said he is very apprecia-tive of the opportunity given to him by the people of Posey County and hat-ed to leave the post. How-ever, an opportunity came along that made it virtu-ally impossible to fi nish the term. He said he had already made up his mind that he didn’t plan to run again in next year’s election.

“This position came along and I had to do the right thing for my family,” Wildeman said of his new position. “I have a son who turns three on Monday (yesterday) and my wife is not working right now.

I had a tough choice to make. I could either take the position that is open now or I could roll the dice and hope there would be a position as good as this available when my term was completed. It came down

to doing what I felt was best for my family.”

The young audi-tor made waves three years ago when he was elected to the offi ce of Posey County Auditor on a low-budget cam-paign at the ripe age of 25. In a rare GOP land-slide election held in

Posey County, Wildeman defeated seasoned Democratic politician Greg Martin by a 10 percent mar-gin as the Republicans claimed six of eight Posey County contested races.

But Wildeman said he loves liv-ing in Posey County and his reason

Study suggests utility rate increases for Poseyville

By Valerie WerkmeisterCynthiana Town Board members

are making a bold move in their continued commitment to clean up the town. During their Tuesday, December 10 meeting, they decid-ed to proceed with plans to clean up a property that has seemingly been abandoned by its owner.

The town has been trying to get Jackie Sinay, the property owner at 10965 Highway 65 North, to comply with the town’s nuisance ordinances for several months. Notice letters and phone calls go unanswered. Board members have reason to believe the Sinay’s have moved outside the state and do not intend to properly care for their property which includes burned remnants of the home and garage structures.

The town will pay to have the re-maining structures torn down and the debris removed. A lien will be

Cynthiana votesto continue boldclean-up efforts

The Indiana Association of County Commissioners (IACC) is pleased to announce that Posey County Commissioners Jim Alsop, Jerry Walden, and Carl Schmitz were selected IACC’s Achievement Award winners for ‘2013 Outstand-ing Team Effort for a Board of Com-missioners.’ The award is in recog-nition of their outstanding team effort for their effort to land one of the largest economic development projects in the state in 2013 -- the construction of a new manufactur-ing plant by Midwest Fertilizer Cor-poration.

The project involves the invest-ment of over $2.1 billion and 250 employees. In order to make the project happen, the Commission-ers were faced with the tall order of needing to issue over $1.2 billion in bonds to assist the company, and were given only a little over a month to do so. The Commissioners rose to this challenge, working together to complete perhaps the largest bond issue ever by a county in Indiana and strengthening the economic fu-ture of the county and southwest In-diana. Jim Alsop, Jerry Walden, and Carl Schmitz, Posey County Com-missioners are the outstanding team

of commissioners for 2013.The achievement award was giv-

en during the IACC’s 2013 Annual Conference, the largest gathering of County Commissioners in the state. The four day conference included several different workshops, and breakout sessions that were de-signed specifi cally for county com-missioners and support staff. Coun-

ty Commissioners also had informal opportunities to discuss issues with their colleagues from other areas of the state. Offi cials met at the Shera-ton Hotel, Keystone at the Crossing in Marion County to discuss and of-fer solutions for issues facing local governments.

Commissioner Richwine and others attended several train-

ing workshops concerning such county related topics on Non Ver-bal Communication, Networking from County to County, Managing Risk and Cost in County Jail Medi-cal Programs, Update on Health Care Reform, 911, What is your Emergency, Improving our County Roads, and On Line Permitting to name a few.

Posey Commissioners honored by IACC

Indiana Association of County Commissioners President and Wayne County Commissioner Ken Paust presents the award to the Posey County Board of Commissioners.Left to right are Carl Schmitz, Paust, Jerry Walden, and Jim Alsop. Photo submitted

Mount Vernon’s Christmas on Main Street culminated with an excit-ing extravaganza at Hedges Central’s old school building on Saturday evening. Children were lined completely around the gymnasium for most of the day as Santa had his work cut out for him. Here, Xavier Long sits on Santa’s lap, telling him what he would like to have for Christmas this year. Overall, Christmas on Main Street was declared a success. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Lois Mittino GrayLike Santa at this time of year,

members of the Mount Vernon Board of Public Works met on De-cember 12 and claimed that they ‘worked through a long list at a time full of opportunities.’ This lists included items to fulfi ll their wishes for a new downtown area, a new police-fi re station and neces-sary trucks and equipment.

The board slated a special meet-ing on December 27 to open bids on the demolition of some build-ings on Main Street. They gave per-mission to Attorney Beth McFadin Higgins and TRI attorney Jonathan Weinzapfel to negotiate, pursue de-molition, or some other option, on

the Board’s behalf to start getting things done for downtown revital-ization.

Attorney Higgins updated the board on the new Public Safety combined fi re and police station building and said “we are past le-gal and fi nancial issues and its now time to start on construction.” She said they did close on the bonds and Old National Bank Trust is holding the proceeds. Design dol-lars have already been paid through the Trustee’s Offi ce. The board ap-proved hiring of Pyramid Engineer-ing, subject to review of Attorney Higgins, for engineering work. The Council has appropriated $150,000 in 2013 for the public safety build-

ing although it does not appear the money will be spent in 2013. The money won’t be lost as it comes from EDIT funds, but will have to be re-appropriated next year.

She also stated the board needs to be thinking about someone to serve as the Clerk of the Works. It should be an employee of the city with construction experience who will go to the site to inspect the work on the city’s behalf. It needs to be done soon and when someone is chosen, the board will need to au-thorize that person to make changes up to a certain dollar amount.

Attorney Higgins also an-nounced the bids for the steel pack-age will be advertised next week

and the following week, and will be opened at a special meeting on January 8, 2014 at 2 p.m., to be awarded at the regular meeting on January 9, 2014. Phase Two (which encompasses all of the other work) will be opened on February 6, 2014 and awarded February 20, 2014 .

In other board action: • Fire Chief Wes Dixon an-

nounced he will be presenting Fire-fi ghter Robby Wilson with a letter of commendation for actions above and beyond the call of duty and for showing extreme compassion this week on a run in which a young mother lost her life.

Board of Works studies city’s ‘wish list’

Posey County auditor Nick Wildeman tendersresignation for Jan. 12

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Ronald Clair Roat, USI Retired Associate Professor of Journalism, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Ludington, Michigan.

Ron is survived by his daughter, Brittany (Chris-topher) Evans of Cadiz,

Kentucky; mother, Margaret Roat of Ludington; two sisters, Dianne (Wally) Brown of Ludington, and Kay (Mike) Lubert of Grand Blanc; brother, David (Shir-ley) of Greeley, Colorado; grandson, Coleman Evans of Cadiz, Kentucky; and granddaughter, Lonna Evans of Doniphan, Missouri. He is preceded in death by his father, Harold; and son, Colby.

Cremation has taken place and no service is planned at this time. Memorial contributions in mem-ory of Ron may be directed to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (http://www.nationalmssociety.org). Please feel free to visit Ron’s personal book of memo-ries page at www.oakgrovefh.com to share a photo or story with his family. The family has entrusted funeral arrangements with Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cre-mation Center.

The full obituary can be viewed at: http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/obituaries/article_68d7b8a2-5cfa-11e3-847d-0019bb2963f4.html

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Ronald RoatLynn (Martin) Russell,

87, of Mount Vernon, In-diana, passed away Tues-day, December 3, 2013, in Evansville. She was born on April 4, 1926, in Benton, Illinois, to Eu-gene and Marian (Wood) Martin.

After devoting her early years to rearing three chil-dren, Lynn returned to school in her forties, earning a BA in Literature, Philosophy and Religion followed by an MA in Humanities, each from University of Evansville. She served for nearly a decade as Direc-tress of the Altar Guild of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Evansville and, more recently, was an active member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Mount Vernon. Besides books and music, she loved growing tomatoes and was a skilled seamstress. Her many friends are an enduring testament to her gener-osity and sense of humor.

Lynn was preceded in death by her son, the Rev. Dr. John M. Russell of Mount Vernon, and daughter, Dr. Erin Gigi Russell of Asheville, NC.

She is survived by her daughter, Dr. Laura Russell (Walter Perry) of Montreal, Canada; her sister, Jean Davis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; nine grandchildren, Katie (Russell-Sullivan) Barrow (Adam), John ‘Ned’ Russell-Sullivan, Andrew Russell-Sullivan, Dr. Alli-son Serra (Marc Peretti), Emily Serra, Jeffrey Serra, Joel Russell, Nathan Russell and Leah Russell; and two great-grandchildren, Cameron Serra Peretti and Samuel Benjamin Peretti. A third great-grandchild is expected in March, 2014.

Lynn will be warmly remembered at a Memorial Service that will be held on Monday, December 23, 2013, 10 am, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 602 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana, with Fr. Al-len Rutherford offi ciating. Inurnment will follow in the Columbarium at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 301 South East First Street, Evansville.

Visitation will take place immediately prior to the Memorial Service, from 9 until 10 a.m. at St. John’s.

In lieu of fl owers, the family requests that memo-rial contributions be made to St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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

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Lynn RussellArthur F. Scheller, Jr.,

89, of Poseyville, Indiana, passed away at 11:02 a.m., on December 9, 2013 at his home.

Arthur was born June 28, 1924, in Vanderburgh County. Because of his love of the land he en-

joyed many years of farming and working with dairy and grain. Arthur also worked in maintenance at Mer-imac Nursing Home in Cynthiana, Indiana. He was a dedicated member of St. Francis Xavier Church in Poseyville and active in the men’s club and St. Vin-cent DePaul. He was also a member of the Knights of St. John in St. Wendel, Indiana.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years: Rosalee (Schmitt) Scheller; daughters: Kathleen (Jon) Black, Jacqueline (Stephen) Bender, Patricia (Kenneth) Will, Joyce (John) Heard and Lois (William) Martin; sons: Patrick (Carolyn) Scheller, Thomas (Mary Jane) Scheller and James (Lisa) Scheller; sister: Mary Ann (Carl) Albano; brothers: Harold (Elizabeth) Scheller and Francis (Martha) Scheller; grandchildren: Jason (Cathy) Black, Adam (Carlie) Black, Sarah (Ken-neth) Hisch, Erik (Jayme) Bender, Carolyn (Karl) O’Reilly, Roger (Courtney) Bender, Jeffrey (Lacy) Bender, Carrie (Eric) Rasche, Joseph (Amber) Schell-er, Jonathan Scheller, Christopher, Ryan, and Kim-berly Will, Jaclyn (Christopher) Roman, Jennifer and Jay Heard, Joanna (Derek) Smith, Megan (Andrew) Wathen, Matthew Martin, Brooke (Michael) Travers, Keith, Nicholas, Grant, Christine, Austin and Vincent Scheller; great grandchildren: Andrew, Brayden, Lau-ren, and Connor Black, Alayna Hisch, Kaylee, Kade, Kyleigh, Cassie, Jonah and Cora Bender, Olivia Ra-sche, Taylor Scheller, Zachary Roman, Ethan Smith, Kylan, Katelyn, Kinley, and Khloe Wathen.

Arthur was preceded in death by his children: Jo-seph and Mary Scheller; his grandchildren: Melanie Will, Spencer Scheller and Michael Black; his par-ents: Arthur and Anita (Steckler) Scheller; and sib-lings: Urban, Virgil and Dorothy Scheller.

The family would like to thank the dedicated staff of Southern Care Hospice for all their devoted care given to Arthur during his last days.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Poseyville, with burial in the church cemetery with Father Ed Schnur offi ciating.

Friends visited from 2 until 8 p.m. with Memorial/Rosary services at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Decem-ber 11, 2013 at Werry Funeral Home, Poseyville Cha-pel.

Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Fran-cis Xavier Catholic Church, 10 N. St. Francis Avenue, Poseyville, Indiana 47633.

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

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Herman Elwood Reynolds, 83, of Carterville, Ill., and formerly of Stewartsville, died Wednesday, De-cember 4, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill., surrounded by his family.

Memorial graveside services will be held at a later date.

Herman was born on May 15, 1930, in Stewarts-ville, Indiana, to Frank H. and Bessie L. (Arnould) Reynolds. He married Dolores Agin and together they had two children, Jo`Ella and Frank. He later married Lora (Wiley) Fritz on September 14, 1964, in Evans-ville, Ind.

He is survived by his wife, Lora Reynolds of Grants Pass, Ore.; daughters and sons-in-law, Jo`Ella and Fred Pullum of Carterville; Tamara and Danny Coo-per of Medford, Ore.; sons and daughter-in-law, Steve and Debi Reynolds of Corrals, N.M., Frank Reynolds of Herrin, Randy Reynolds of Gold Hill, Ore., and Tom Reynolds of Grants Pass, Ore.; sister, Mary Jane Rumble of Wadesville, Ind.; eight grandchildren; fi ve great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins.

Herman was preceded in death by his parents; brother, James ‘Bud’ Reynolds; sister, Beverly Ellis; and grandchildren, Lily Isabell Pullum and Gracin David Teresi.

He honorably served our country in the U.S. Navy for nine years during Korea and Vietnam.

Herman was a Letter Carrier for more than 30 years in the Malibu, California, area until his retire-ment in 1987.

He was of the Protestant faith.Herman was an avid reader, quite the talker who

was known for his story telling, and loved to travel. He also like to watch old movies.

Herman, along with his brother, ‘Bud,’ were carpet layers in southern California to many of the stars of Hollywood.

Herman Reynolds

Janel M. Stewart, age 31 of Mount Vernon, died December 9, 2013 at her home. She was born November 19, 1982 in Evansville, the daughter of Anthony Givens and Sylvia Stewart.

Janel is survived by 5 sons, Korbin, Kordell, Kortiz, Korvon, and Kor-michael Stewart; her parents, Anthony Givens and Sylvia Stewart; grandmother, Geraldine Givens and 1 brother, Jerome Stewart; and several aunts and uncles.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday December 14, 2013 at Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. Visitation, Noon until ser-vices. Full obit at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com

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Ivan Alldredge, 96 of Mount Vernon, died Sat-urday evening, December 14, 2013 at West River Health Campus in Evans-ville of natural causes. He was born February 18, 1917 in Savah, Ind., the son of William & Helen

(York) Alldredge. He was married to Marjorie (Alvey) Alldredge, on October 14, 1943 and she preceded him in death on September 5, 2013.

He worked at the Evansville Union Stock Yards and hauled livestock. He also worked at the shipyards in Evansville as a security guard. He was a loving fa-ther and grandfather. He was a hunter, golfer and a horseman and also loved wood working.

He is survived by three daughters, Mary and Glen Sailer of New Harmony, Martha and Donald Chanley of Corydon, and Becky and Gary Stallings of Mount Vernon; four grandchildren, Terri Austin, Julie Cox, Laura Chanley and Tim Chanley, eight great grand-children, and one great-great grandson. He is preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and three brothers.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tues-day, December 17, 2013 at Stendeback Family Fu-neral Home in Mount Vernon. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. On-line condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com

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‘Wish List’ continued from Page A1• Sewer Superintendent Rodney

Givens asked for permission to take the Vac Con truck to Indianapolis for an inspection as it has pump leaks and other issues. He said the cost of repairs could be between $40,000 and $50,000, but the cost of a new truck would run around $350,000. Board Member Steve Fuelling asked if there was an es-timate on repairs and Givens said he cannot say until they look at it. He wondered if the Board could give him a dollar amount of ‘not to exceed’ on the repairs, as he needs to take it for inspection while in Indianapolis. It was approved and Mayor John Tucker added that since the LTCP (long term control plan) came in under budget, there might be some money there to repair the

truck after work was fi nished at Country Terrace. The low bidder, per BLA, was Layne Inliner, at a cost of $263,73.50 for the Country Terrace Project.

• Street Commissioner Max Di-eterle asked permission to purchase a 20’ tilt trailer to haul mowers and sewer pipe. He found one at Tri County Equipment for $4,395 and since he does have money left in his budget to make the purchase, it was approved.

• Board Member Fuelling dis-cussed he would like to try to get folks to park on one side of the street or the other during snow events for better snow removal. “It looks like a snake of ice going down the streets as the removal equipment has to go around cars,” he said. Attorney Hig-

gins said they could make a snow removal ordinance and he said he will bring it up again at council that night.

• Bids were opened for 2014 sup-plies and the board acknowledge receipt of the bids, and they will be taken under advisement for review.

• Clerk-Treasurer Christi Sitzman discussed an insurance rebate of $16,000 from Anthem based on pre-miums paid in 2012 versus amount of claims paid out during the year. After discussion with Attorney Hig-gins, it was decided that the fair thing would be to give refunds to the employees, based on the premi-ums they paid and percentages.

• The board cancelled the regular-ly scheduled meeting on Thursday, December 26.

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Dear Santa Paws,We have been really

good this year and tried our hardest to fi nd forever homes, but unfortunately, they haven’t found us just yet. Our only wish this Christmas is your help to make our stay at the shelter as comfortable and fun as possible. To do this we need just a few things.

Our humans really want to start taking us to Pet Food Center and other Adopt-A -Thons as fre-quently as possible to help us fi nd homes. In order to do this, they need extra kennels to help house us during the events. We have picked out an acceptable cat play pen that we would like our humans to use. You can fi nd it at http://www.wag.com/cat/p/midwest-homes-for-pets-cat-playpen-satin-black-197771. I know our humans would really appre-ciate getting one or two of these for some extra help.

But enough for our hu-mans, we have some partic-ular items we would really like too. We would really love some more toys (both for cats and dogs). Treats too. We could always use food (both cats and dogs) and us cats use a lot of lit-ter too. (We can’t help that we’re more polite and go in designated areas, unlike dogs.) (Hey. Us dogs resent that.)

Anyways, we both would

love nothing more than to fi nd our forever homes these holidays, but until then, these things will defi -nitely help make us more happy during our stay in the shelter.

So Santa, please help us out. We truly believe in you and we know you can create a lot of magic and miracles.

Thank you for reading our letter, and helping us and other shelters and res-cues too.

Love,Your furry feline and ca-

nine friends at Posey Hu-mane Society.

Adoption Volunteers Needed

Help animals fi nd their forever homes in the up-coming year. Posey Hu-

mane Society will be at Pet Food Center West on St. Joe Ave. in Evansville every other Saturday. Vol-unteers are needed to help with adoptions and trans-portation. In addition, PHS would also like to establish Sunday adoption teams. If you are able to help either day please contact PHS at 812-838-3211 or via Face-book. Adoption Teams are now forming.

Spay-NeuterAssistance Program -Special Reduced Price Extended until the end

of this year, Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana is of-fering a reduced cost spay/neuter voucher to qualify-ing Indiana residents with limited incomes. If you are currently enrolled in a

qualifi ed program such as Food Stamps, the Energy Assistance Program, Sec-tion 8 Housing, Medicaid, SSI, SSD, WIC, the Public School Free Lunch Program or have a major VA disabil-ity you may qualify to have your dog or cat altered for a reduced fee of only $10 per animal (reduced from the previous special rate of $20). Additional informa-tion is available online at info@getthemfi xed.org or by calling 317-767-7771 (this is a voice mail line) and requesting an applica-tion. To fi nd out more about the program, participating veterinarians or informa-tion on other animal is-sues checkout one of the following websites www.spayneuterservices.org or www.GetThemFixed.org .

Posey Humane Society

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Birthdays

Featured Animalsof The Posey County Pound Puppies

Call (812)-305-4737 for more information

Peach is just one ex-ample of dogs at the shel-ter needing homes. She is very friendly and playful one-year-old, loves people, and gets along well with other dogs. She is a real sweetie. Can you give her the love and family she wants so badly? She is up to date on shots, spayed, heartworm negative, and microchipped. Peach weighs about 40 pounds.

December 17 - Silver Nelson, Winter Nelson, Deborah Parker, Keith Lockwood, Adam Bousquet, Frank Peterlin, Vick Roby, Diane Shackelford

December 18 - Ginny Andry, Laura Benet, Andrew Guido, Martha Honaker, Camilla Herring, Diana Mathews, Kayle Or-purt, Abigail Austin

December 19 - Kyle J. Davis, Virginia Huff, Judy Maurer, Rebecca Reynolds, Zach Rutledge, Mike Benet, Logan Clowers, Car-olyn Roby

December 20 - Zachary DeLong, Bruce Heriges, Tim Hoehn, V. Alizah Johnson, Nick Jones, Sara Jane Kirkpatrick, Randall Little, Julie Offerman, Mark Rodriguez, John Spradley, Erica Thomas, John “Red” Welker, Colin Wasson, Kenny Williams,

Edna Mae SchneiderDecember 21 - Kathy Brady, Jameson

A. Cox, Kim Gates, Jon D. Hidbrader, Kim Rodriguez, Becky Trela, Sarah Ellen Whit-more, Josey Wilson, Brenda Titzer

December 22 - Lisa Marie Benton, Char-lene Crumbacher, Nicholas Cullum, Mike McFall, John Rice, Margaret Shaffer, Amy Stallings, Bobby Davis, Andrew Laughbaum

December 23 - Don Barton, Herman Deckard, Don Powers, Amber N. Sailer, Jeff Wolf, Rosemary York, Debby Effi nger, Kaya Renshaw, Evan Simkins

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

Rosalie Witt, left, and Geneva Steinkuhl, right, are all smiles as they re-ceive Poinsettias from Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth, center. Oeth and wife, Melody, bring the seasonal fl owers to residents of Cloverleaf Apartments on a yearly basis. Photo submitted

By Cathy PowersWhen Don and I were newly married, and he disappeared up-

town in Poseyville, I fi gured he was in Nix’s Hardware Store. Now, of course, he ends up at Lowes. But back in the day, he and Gene Nix were very good friends, and in addition to buying just the right size of nails, Don loved to visit with Gene. Many people found this relatively small store to be the hub of hardware items, as well as many other things. Hav- ing everything from toys to g a r d e n i n g needs, it was fi lled with y e a r - r o u n d necessities.

In most small towns across America, a hardware store was a very im- portant fi xture to the downtown area during most of the Twentyth century. It was not until the appearance of places like WalMart, Lowes, and Home Depot that they became obsolete, and most could not sur-vive. Nix Hardware was no exception. It closed in 1979.

Well before the Christmas shopping season even began, chil-dren and adults alike lingered to check out the toys and gift items as they arrived each year. There was a lay-a-way system avail-able, so that many folks picked out treasured gifts early and paid a few dollars a week to hold them. When a father went into the store to buy some nails, he might have seen a new set of dishes for his wife, or a truck for his little boy, and arranged for them to be ‘laid away.’ This was a very common practice in America, and was used for several decades.

The Nix name is well-known in the Poseyville area, because three brothers were responsible for starting some of the major busnesses. In 1887, Charles Nix arrived in Olney, Illinois, im-migrating from Frankfort on Mine, Germany. He became ill, and went to the Weber Clinic, and was nursed by Barbara Weber, whom he ended up marrying. They moved to Gibson County, and started a blacksmith business. His son, George, was the orig-inal owner of the hardware store. There were fi ve brothers, but George, Carl, and Joe were the ones who started major business-es in Poseyville, and became permanent residents. The building that was to become the Nix Chevrolet garage originally sold farm machinery and was owned by Joe. Carl went into weld-ing, and that business endured for many years. In 1939, George started the hardware store.

After serving in WWII, George’s son, Gene, came home and elected to go to work for his father in 1947. In 1948, he married Bettye Riordan, who was from Morganfi eld, Kentucky. They settled into a family life in Poseyville. During the 60s, George’s health was declining, and Gene became the sole owner. George remained interested in the operation of the business, but did not always see eye to eye with his son on some things, such as put-ting in air conditioning. There was a huge fan that had always been used to cool the building, and George did not want this to change. So he was not consulted when air conditioning was in-stalled, and only found out when he arrived one very hot day and asked how Gene had gotten the store so cool. He was not happy to learn the reason. George passed away in 1968.

One evening a few weeks ago, I visited with Bruce Nix and his wife Marie at their East side home in Evansville, to get a lot

of the information for this article. He was Gene’s middle child, and is retired from both Mead Johnson and Toyota. Their home is fi lled with many antiques, including some items that came from the hardware store.

The oldest son, Gene, resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in 1949, and is a master wood worker. Bruce was born in 1952, and Paula, the youngest, came along in 1955. She cur-rently lives in Princeton.

Bruce shared many memories from his childhood. All of the children spent time working in the store. He could remember be-ing around six-years-old and sitting on the front steps when one of the many traveling salesmen arrived to see his father. They all carried those big leather cases to show their wares, and Bruce asked this one if he had bikes in his catalogue, and ‘allowed’ the man to enter the store only when he was assured that there were, indeed, bikes available.

He remembered the afternoon that Don and Gene spent a long time mixing up just the right shade of purple paint to use on an old pickup truck that we owned. There was a Koolaid fl avor in those days called ‘goofy grape,’ and that little logo character was also painted on the side of the truck. It was much talked about, and well known to people for several years.

Considering the size of the hardware store, it is hard to look back and imagine how so many items were sold there. In the beginning, there were horseshoes and horse collars, and many items that would be unfamiliar to this generation. They sold Warm Morning stoves, which were a major source of heat dur-ing the winter for many houses. One of the ‘accessories’ for these stoves were eight to 10 inch decorative plates that covered the hole in the wall for the stove pipe. The stoves were taken out in warm weather, so the hole had to be hidden. Bruce can also remember delivering propane to customers.

I was astounded to fi nd out that the bank actually issued pis-tols to store owners in the 40s. They wanted to be sure that the money made it to the bank, and this was a way to deter robberies.

This store was also a garden center, offering plants, and onion sets in the spring. Bettye was very interested in this facet of the business and had her own greenhouse. She also spent a lot of time decorating the windows, with enticing new merchandise, and making them attractive all during the year.

Gene also was a pawnbroker of sorts, and regularly ‘bought’ items from his customers, but allowed them to buy it back lat-er. Don had a hand-crafted knife, which began as an old blade owned by his dad. He had worked long hours on it, adding a brass hilt, wooden handle, and even a hand made leather sheath. He also had it chromed. Once we needed extra money and he ‘sold’ it to Gene. For some years, it hung on display in the hard-ware store. After saving money for a while, I ‘negotiated’ with Gene to re-purchase it, and gave it back to Don for Christmas that year. Gene always enjoyed doing a little good-natured dick-ering before agreeing on a price. It still hangs on the wall in our home.

Besides owning the hardware store, and keeping it open six days a week, Gene found time to become involved in other Poseyville things. He was actually the mayor for some years. He joined with Owen Butler and Jerry Hoffman to create the Sunrise Terrace Addition on the north side of town. Don and I lived in that area, building our home in 1968; the house that our daugher, Heather, and her husband Jason, still reside in. This addition has changed and expanded throughout the years, but had many still empty lots and white gravel streets in the late 60s.

Even as a teenager, Gene had a colorful life. He enjoyed box-ing and spent many evenings in Wadesville, where matches were held. An out-going and memorable man, he was a Poseyville fi x-ture until his death in 2002.

While we all may now enjoy the current shopping experience of the enormous stores, with thousands of items, I am sure that many people remember the old small town hardware stores. They are still one more example of a disappearing piece of Americana. I doubt that this generation will have the same warm memories to relate about shopping in the big stores.

Christmas season conjures up memories of days gone by in Posey County

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George and Josephine Nix.

Bruce Nix using the ‘reacher’ that was used daily in the hardware store.

Gene as a teenage basketball player, he is number 58.

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The Nix brothers, George is third from right.

The Indiana State Police would like to warn the pub-lic about a phone scam that has been reported recently in central Indiana, but happens annually all across the state.

Recently some elderly resi-dents have been swindled out of money by out of coun-try con artists that are calling from phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada.

The scam targets grand-parents with the subject calling the victim stating he is a grandson and is in trou-ble, usually in Canada, and needs cash wired right away. The ‘trouble’ calls have ranged from the grandson being arrested to being hurt in a car crash and needing money for treatment.

The caller is quick to ask grandparents not to call mom or dad and let them know, so investigators warn would be victims to always call relatives to check up on the situation-even when the caller tells you not to.

Remember, never wire money without verifying the situation with relatives. In addition, never give out per-sonal information like dates of birth, social security num-bers or bank account num-bers over the phone. Victims have lost funds ranging from the hundreds to thousands of dollars to this scam.

If you get a call from a number you don’t recog-nize, let it go to voicemail. If they don’t leave a message, it was probably a scam call generated by computerized automatic dialer set to dial thousands of numbers, look-ing for a victim who will an-swer and believe their phone story. If you feel you’ve been a victim, the FBI web-site for fi ling a complaint is www.ic3.gov, or you can call your local State Police Post.

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Special Needs Christmas Program

Thursday, December 19 at 6 p.m. This event focuses on the needs of children on the autism spectrum, and children with other special needs. Take a trip on the Po-lar Express, have your pic-ture taken with Santa, enjoy refreshments, and make a craft. A parent or caregiver must accompany the par-ticipant. Registration is re-quired.

All Aboard the Polar Express

We have rescheduled this program to Thursday, De-cember 19 at 6:45 p.m. Put on your PJ’s and join us for a trip on the Polar Express. Listen to the classic story about a young boy’s trip to the North Pole, make a holi-day craft, enjoy a snack, and have your picture taken with

our special guest (could it be Santa? -yes). No tickets or registration are required.

Winter StorytimesDecember 23 is the fi rst

day you can register your child for Winter Storytimes.

Christmas Holiday Closings

The library will be closed on December 24 and 25 so that staff may enjoy time with their families. We will reopen December 26 at our regular time.

New Year’s ClosingsOn December 31 and

January 1 the library will be closed. We will reopen again on January 2 at our regular time.

Treasures Gift ShopNot sure what to get that

special person in your life for Christmas? Are you looking for a unique holi-day gift for your friends and

family? Be sure to drop by the Treasures Gift Shop at the Alexandrian Public Li-brary. We are delighted to offer you a new selection of quality local arts and crafts as well as other merchan-dise that would make per-fect gifts.

Want to register?The library offers mul-

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

Blake, Samantha and Tyler Little help sweep up snow and sleet from the entrance of the WMI for the annual Christmas Open House. Photo by Zach Straw

Recipe of the Week

Point Township Church of the Nazarene

from the cookbook of Nancy Patrick

INGREDIENTS1 c. butter or margarine

2 c. chopped onion2 c. chopped celery1/4 c. parsley sprigs

2 (8 oz.) cans mushrooms, drained12 to 13 c. slightly dry bread crumbs

1 tsp. poultry seasoning1 1/2 tsp. salt1 1/2 tsp. sage

1 tsp. dried thyme1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. marjoram (optional)3 1/2 to 4 1/2 c. broth

2 well beaten eggs

DIRECTIONSNote: if using seasoned stuffi ng mix, omit herbs and

salt.Melt butter in skillet and saute onion, celery, pars-

ley and mushrooms. Pour over bread crumbs in a large mixing bowl. Add all seasonings and toss together well. Pour in enough broth to moisten; add beaten eggs and mix together well. Pack lightly into crock-pot. Cover and set to high for 45 minutes; then reduce to low. Cook 4 to 8 hours.

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The Gibson County, Pur-due Extension and Gibson Southern Vocational Agri-culture Department have been holding Farm Win-ter Workshops at the High School for over 30 years.

Although these meetings have traditionally been held in the Ag Department or the Auditorium at the school, this year’s series starts off at the Haubstadt Park with the Area 3 Indiana Beef Cattle Association Annual Meet-ing on Monday, January 6 at 5:30 p.m. CST. Because a meal will be served at this informational meeting, res-ervations are required by calling the Extension offi ce at: (812) 385-3491, no later than Friday, January 3.

The remaining meetings in the Farm Winter Work-shop series will be held at Gibson Southern High School, beginning at 7 p.m. CST, except for the Banquet at the end. The lineup and dates and topics are:

January 13: Herbicide Resistant Weed Update; PARP credit available

January 20: Farm SafetyJanuary 27: Farmland

Leasing Information for Owners and Tenants

February 3: Corn Seed-ing Rates by Bob Nielsen

February 10: Farm Eco-nomic Outlook by Jim Mint-ert, Director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue

February 17: FSA/NRCS

UpdateFebruary 24: Banquet;

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

All the meetings are free and open to the public. Pur-due University is an equal opportunity/equal access university. If you would like more information or if you have special needs, please call us prior to the meeting at 888-EXT-INFO (398-4636) and ask for the Gibson County Purdue Ex-tension offi ce or call: (812) 385-3491. For special di-etary needs, contact this same offi ce by no later than January 3.

Winter workshops to cover variety of topics

Kim Wassmer and Susie Tooley look at some of the merchandise available at the new Guilty Pleasures store in Poseyville. The store’s open house was held on Sunday after-noon and drew a large crowd. Photo by Dave Pearce

Both Mount Vernon Edward Jones locations are currently accepting donations for Toys for Tots. Seen here are Donna Bolin and Derrick Wells on 431 East Fourth Street and Steve Harding at 430 Plaza Drive. Don’t miss your chance to donate to area children in need. Photos by Zach Straw

‘Poseyville’ continued from Page A1The council approved the $5,750 pur-

chase of a new mower from Tri County Equipment. In return, the town will receive a $5,000 trade-in allowance on a 2009 mower.

Utility customers will soon be able to pay their bills with a credit card. The council ap-proved a proposal from Fifth Third process-ing solutions to set up credit card payment processing. Bruce Baker abstained from the vote since he is an employee of Fifth Third.

The council also approved resolution 2013-12-11-02 which allowed for the trans-fer of money to cover shortfalls in various funds. This is a customary practice per-formed by the council at the end of each calendar year.

The next and fi nal meeting of the year will be held on Thursday, December 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the town hall.

December 31 - New Years’ Eve Party at VFW Post 6576 in Wadesville, Indiana.

Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner begins at 7 p.m. with the dance going from 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Music will be provided by Hybrid Country. Cost is $30 a couple, party favors included.

Please come and join the fun. The party is open to the public and donuts will be served at midnight.

Wadesville VFW to host New Years’ Eve Party

American Legion Calendar of Events- The American Legion

Post 5 will have a New Years Eve party this year. The party will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., with mu-sic by ‘Steele Country.’ The event will be open to the public. Tickets will be available now on a fi rst come fi rst serve basis for $15 per person. Stop by the American Legion anytime to make reservations.

- Post 5 will host its an-nual Adult Christmas Party on Sunday December 22 from noon until 5 p.m. All (paid up) Post 5 Legion Family members (Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion) are in-vited to attend. No children please. Please bring dona-tions for the area food pan-try if you can.

- Post 5 American Le-gion will hold its Legion Family Christmas Party on Saturday December 21 at the post home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children

12 and under of Post 5 Le-gion Family members (Le-gion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion) are invited to attend. Please bring donations for the area food bank if you can.

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Enjoying the annual Christmas Ball in New Harmony are Kevin Koch and his three dates. Pictured are Laura Arneburg, Katie DeFries, Koch, and Laura Spradley. Photo by Dave Pearce

Paul and Marilyn Collins of Albion, Ill., enjoy the New Harmony Ball on Sat-urday evening. Photo by Dave Pearce

Tickets are now on sale for the 12th Annual St. Philip School Benefi t Dance scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014. Tickets are $25 per person and $40 per cou-ple which includes an appetizer buffet, beer, wine, soft drinks, and live entertainment by the band Kraftworks. There will a special raffl e and a half pot drawing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the band starts at 7:30 p.m. Must be 21 or older to enter, ID required. Tickets can be pur-chased at St. Philip School parish offi ce, St. Philip’s Inn and Weinzapfel’s Tavern. For further information please call the St. Philip Parish offi ce at 985-2275.

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DECEMBER31 New Year’s Eve Kickoff Party @ Granary (BC)

JANUARY1 First Day Hike (HSP) 2 Atheneum & Museum Shop Open Daily 18 Bean & Sausage Dinner, Fairgrounds (NHVFD)

FEBRUARY 4 Marty’s Italian Dinner (KIW) 7 Harmoniefest (HNH & HA) 8-9 Antiquarian Book Show @ Ribeyre (NHBA) 13 Lecture: Affordable Care Act (WMI) 22 Art Exhibit Reception (NHGCA) 22 Ribeye Dinner & Auction for Ribeyre (RGRG) 22 Centennial Concert @ Murphy (UTB)

MARCH 3 Spring into Geocaching (HSP) 4 Marty’s Irish Dinner (KIW) 15 Art Exhibit Stroll & Receptions (WIG & NHGCA) 18 Lecture: Civil War (WMI) 22 Spring Fling @ Ribeyre Gym (NHBA) 24-28 Spring Break (NPS)

APRIL 2 Lecture: Prince Maxmillian Tour (HNH) 3 Workshop – Storytelling (HNH) 5 Town Wide Yard Sale (NHBA) 8 Art Instructors Public Discussion (HS) 9 First Brush of Spring Field to Finish Exhibit (HS) 9-12 First Brush of Spring Paint Out (HS) 12 First Brush Art Sale at Ribeyre Gym (HS) 12 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 7:30 18 Good Friday Crosswalk (NHMA) 19 Easter Egg Hunt @ 10:00 (HSP) & 2:00 (KIW) 20 Easter Sunrise Service at Roofless (NHMA) & Breakfast @ NH Christian Church 23-25 Heritage Artisans Days (HNH)

MAY3 Art Exhibit & Reception (WIG) 3-4 Arts in Harmony (NHBA) 3-4 Harmonie 100 Bike Ride (RGRG) 17 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 8:00 19-6/1 New Harmony Project 23 Commencement (NPS) 24 Doll Tea Party (HS & Antique Doll Shoppe) 24 Alumni Banquet & Picnic (NHS) 30 Art Exhibit & Reception (HS & NHGCA)

Note: For Bicentennial event details go to: www.newharmony-in.gov

JUNE7 Jammin on the Wabash (HSP) 8-14 N. H. Writer’s Retreat (USI) 14-15 Golden Raintree Antique Show (NHBA) 14-15 Book Sale (WMIF) 20-22 N.H.Theatre, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers ”(USI) 21 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 8:30 27-29 N.H.Theatre, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers ”(USI)

JULY4 July 4th Celebration, Atheneum & Maclure Park 3-5 Trailside Treasure Tromp (HSP) 4-12 N.H. Music Festival School (AG) 8-12 N.H. Music Festival Concerts (AG) 7-12 Posey County 4-H Fair 11 Art Opening Exhibit & Reception (HS) 11-13 N.H. Theatre,“The Hound of Baskervilles ”(USI) 12 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 8:30 18-20 N.H. Theatre, “The Hound of Baskerviles ”(USI) 19 Luau (HSP) 19 Art Exhibit Reception (NHGCA) 25-27 N.H. Theatre, “The Fantasticks” (USI)

AUGUST1-10 Daily Bicentennial Event Schedule see Note 1&5 Local Musician Performances 1-3 N.H. Theatre, “The Fantasticks”(USI) 1-3 Antique Machinery Show, Fairgrounds (KG) 3 Community Church Service @ Church Park 7 Bicentennial Presentation @ WMI (WMI) 8 Lecture: Keynote Address (WMI) 9 Parade, Kids Day, Picnic, Concert & More 9 Star Party (HSP) 9 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 8:00 10 Interfaith Church Service @ Roofless (NHMA) 23 Art & Antique Stroll (HS, NHGCA, & WIG) 26 Lecture: The Chase for Clorion (WMI)

SEPTEMBER6 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 7:00 12-14 River Days in Mt. Vernon 19 Art Exhibit Opening & Reception (HS) 20-21 Kunstfest (NHBA) 20 Whopper Contest, Murphy Auditorium 27 Wild Turkey Weekend (HSP) 27-28 Autumnfest in Poseyville

OCTOBER 4 Moonlight Walk @ Cathedral Labyrinth 6:30 11 Craft Fair (HSP) 17 Art Exhibit Reception (HS & NHGCA) 17-18 Dulcimer Festival & Concerts 18 Arbor Day / Chili Cook-Off (Parks Board) 24-25 Haunted Harmonie @ State Park (HSP)

NOVEMBER1 Posey Co’s 200th Anniv. @ Atheneum6-8 “Capitalism & Socialism” Conf. (USI) 11 Veteran’s Day Breakfast @ Legion 370 18 Lecture: Birds & Climate (WMI) 22 Art & Antique Stroll (HS, NHGCA, & WIG) 26 Community Thanksgiving Eve Service @ Nazarene Church (NHMA)

DECEMBER5 Tree Lighting @ New Harmony Inn 6 Burial of Time Capsule (BC) 6-7 Christmas in New Harmony (NHBA) 13 New Harmony Holiday Ball (TK) 14 Ford Home Open House

EVENT SPONSORS AG New Harmony Artists Guild BC Bicentennial Commission Fair Posey County Fairgrounds HA Harmonie Associates HNH Historic New Harmony HS Hoosier Salon HSP Harmonie State Park KIW New Harmony Kiwanis Club KG Keck Gonnerman Club NHBA New Harmony Business Associates NHMA New Harmony Ministerial Association NHGCA New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art NPS North Posey School NHVD New Harmony Volunteer Fire Dept. RGRG Ribeyre Gym Restoration Group TK Tri Kappa UTB Under The Beams Corporation USI University of Southern Indiana WIG Women’s Institute & Gallery WMI Workingmen’s Institute Friends

For more details on these events refer to www.newharmony.biz , www.newharmony-in.gov or www.usi.edu/hnh for Historic New Harmony. For school calendar refer to www.northposey.k12.in.usTo update or add events call 682-4852 or e-mail kenyonbaileynh@yahoo.com This is another project of the New Harmony KIWANIS Club.www.newharmonykiwanis.org

1st Thursday – Plan Commission Meeting 2nd Thursday – Parks Board Meeting 3rd Thursday – Town Council Meeting

placed on the property in hopes that the town will recoup a portion of their money at an upcoming tax sale in April.

In previous meetings, the board dis-cussed getting assistance from the Posey County Health Department by condemn-ing the property. However, Cynthiana Town Board President Scott Cox stated the health department does not want to get involved.

“The hold-up we have right now is they do not want to condemn it because if they condemn it, they’re responsible for the cost, so they don’t want to condemn it. If we say we’re going to take care of the costs, then they will condemn it then that gives us more of a right to go on there, clean it up and get it up to snuff,” Cox said.

The board also discussed problems with properties at 11702 Main Street owned by Ed Allen and 11700 Locus Street owned by Scott Lamar. A letter was sent to Allen and no progress has been made. A second letter will be sent requesting the prop-erty be brought into compliance with the town’s ordinances.

Renters recently vacated the property owned by Lamar and left mattresses, head-boards, tires and miscellaneous items in the front yard and driveway as well as tow-els and rags on the fence. The garage door is missing and is fi lled with items as well. A letter will be sent to Lamar notifying him of the complaints against the property.

Board members made plans to interview

fi ve engineering fi rms on Tuesday, January 7, in preparation for their upcoming water and sewer wastewater planning grant ap-plication. The application must be submit-ted by February 7, 2014.

Town Marshall Andy Porath urged citi-zens to not announce out of town travel plans on social media sites such as Face-book or Twitter. He informed board mem-bers that citizens may contact dispatch at the Posey County Sheriff’s Department to notify them when you will be out of town. Increased patrols in your neighborhood will be scheduled during the times home-owners are away.

Porath added that telephone scams are highly prevalent at this time of year. Do not give out personal information over the phone and be aware of phishing scams.

Steve Jarboe thanked Smith Township residents for their overwhelming support with donations to the annual Thanksgiving food basket program. Through the gen-erosity of the community, enough money was donated to allow for the purchase of hams that will be delivered on December 21. Jarboe is also working with the De-partment of Natural Resources program called Hoosier Against Hunger. The pro-gram helps provide deer meat donated by local hunters to those on need. Jarboe said he will pick up approximately 100 pounds of deer meat that will also be distributed along with the hams.

The next meeting will be held on Tues-day, January 14, at 6 p.m. in the town hall.

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for leaving had nothing to do with any-thing being wrong. It was just a matter of having a great opportunity open up to him now.

“I’ve spent the fi rst 28 years of my life in Posey County and I don’t see any rea-son why I won’t be spending the next 28 here,” Wildeman said. “I’ve been honored to have the opportunity to serve the people of Posey County for three years.”

Wildeman said he tendered his resigna-tion far enough ahead that the party would have enough time to hold a caucus to name his replacement. He also indicated a will-ingness to help during the transition period.

“I have just tried to do what I felt was

best for everyone involved,” Wildeman said. “This position came about as a bit of a surprise. I knew it was a possibility for a month or so but now it is coming to fruition. I’ve had people ask me if I’m excited to be leaving Posey County and I am certainly not. I have enjoyed my job in Posey County. I’m not leaving because of anything negative. I just have to do what is right for my family.”

Wildeman said he will be taking a man-agement position in Evansville and will be doing a lot of the same kinds of things he has been doing in Posey County.

At press time, a date has not yet been set for a caucus.

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Community Table for DecemberEvery Thursday, serving

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

Thursday, December 19 - Ham Slice, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread Slice, Dessert

No meal served on Dec. 26.

Seeds of the Sower by Michael Guido

Agape Family Ministries5529 Industrial RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2232

Apostolic Bible Church9808 New Harmony RoadPoseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5456

Bethesda General Baptist Church1600 Savah RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Black’s Chapel United Methodist1800 West Fourth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-0318

Calvary Baptist Church618 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-4777

Church of Christ700 Mill StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2635

Church of God Mission627 W. 5th StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2236

Church of the Nazarene531 E. Steammill StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3288

Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC)4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon

Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Phone: 812-568-8409

First Baptist Church1205 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2187

First Baptist Church E. Tavern StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631

First Christian Church 7226 Hwy 66Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4278

First Christian Church 1403 Country Club RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2855

First Church of the Nazarene424 Vine StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2743

First Presbyterian Church120 E. Sixth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2473

First United Church of ChristCorner of North & WalnutCynthiana, Ind. 47612

First United Methodist Church601 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2640

Griffi n Christian Church 319 N. Main Street Griffi n, Ind. 47616 Phone: 812-851-3291

Harvestime Temple101 Roosevelt DriveMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-5447

Holy Angels Catholic Church 423 South StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-838-2535

Immanuel United Church of Christ5812 N. Ford RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-3115

Independent Pentecostal Assembly 312 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Johnson United Methodist Church 403 RaintreeNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4648

Lighthouse Assembly of GodPastor Jason Farrar1005 E. Tavern St.New Harmony, Ind. 47631

Messiah Lutheran Church7700 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-2278

Mount Pleasant Church3801 Blackford Road

Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3930

Mount Vernon General Baptist Church 1717 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4555

Mount Zion General Baptist Church1425 Oliver RoadWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-783-2337

New Beginnings Christian Fellow-ship Church11420 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5288

New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3626

North Posey Community Church Poseyville, Ind. 47633 812-874-2028

Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165Poseyville, IN 47633Phone: 812-874-3186

Point Church of the Nazarene, 12611 Bonebank RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5182

Poseyville Christian Church 6 E. Main St. ,Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-3411

Saint John’s Episcopal Church 602 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Phone: 812-838-5445

St. Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2535

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cales Street, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-2251

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66,Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-985-3416

St. Peter’s United Methodist 2800 S. Saint Philips RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-3751

Saint Philip Catholic Church3500 St. Philip Road SouthMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-2275

Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church318 Main StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4604

Saint Wendel Catholic Church 10542 W Boonville New Harmony RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3733

Salem Heusler United Church of Christ11325 Lower Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2542

South Gibson Apostolic Chapel6144 S. 1075 W.Owensville, Ind. 47665Phone: 812-729-7231

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church10 N. St. Francis Avenue,Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2220

Stewartsville United Methodist RR 2 Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5561

The House of Prayer 8012 Bald Knob Rd.Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-550-4653

The Turning Point9800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-9800

Trinity United Church of Christ 505 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3805

United Church of Christ of Cynthiana

University Heights Baptist Church8800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5158

Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton StreetWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4660

Zion Lippe United Church of Christ9000 Copperline Road EastMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2437

Zoar United Church of Christ4600 Church RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3749

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The Harmony Chapel Church of the Nazarene Church in New Harmony is inviting anyone who is look-ing for children’s clothing to

call the church for help. We have clothes for any sizes and ages and even have a few jackets. If you have a need please call 812-682-3288.

Harmony Chapel clothing ministry is open

Bridges of Hope, a Fair Trade Mission of First United Methodist Church, 601 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Indi-ana has new store hours. We are open every Tuesday and every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can enter the store from the parking lot at the northwest corner of Wes-ley Hall.

We carry handcrafted items from around the world and new items are arriv-ing weekly. We have lots of Christmas ornaments, unique nativities, metal art, pottery, baskets, handbags and totes, knitted hats, jewelry, scarves, greeting cards, and stocking stuffers. We also carry 'Fair Trade Equal Exchange’ cof-

fee, tea, baking cocoa, and chocolate.

By purchasing these items, you will provide income and dignity to hardworking and talented artisans of develop-ing regions around the world.

Please fi nd us on Facebook at Bridges of Hope Fair Trade and on the web at www.fi rstumcmv/mission/boh.

Bridges of Hope sets new store hours

A clever thief broke into a shoe store, took the shoes out of the boxes and placed the boxes back on the shelves empty. The next morning, each time a sales person opened a shoe box for a customer, it was empty. Every-one was confused!

For so many individuals, life is like that. It seems like there should be some valuable con-

tents on the inside, but there is only emptiness. There is space that can be fi lled with the good things that come from God.

A young man once cried, “I have every thing to live with, but I have nothing to live for. My life is empty though I have plenty!” What initially seemed to be fulfi lling became frustrat-ing. He no longer had a pur-

pose or passion for life.If we want to have a life that

is fulfi lling and overfl owing, then it must begin and end with the Lord. In Him alone will we fi nd His generous gifts of His grace to fi ll the empty “boxes” in our hearts and fulfi llment in our lives.

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Residents of Cloverleaf enjoyed listening to the Christmas songs sang by a few of the men, women and children of the Mount Vernon General Baptist on Saturday eve-ning, December 14. The group went caroling to several places in town. Front row (l to r) Samuel Mort, Pastor Curt Mort, Melanie Goodman, Shelby Goodman, Audrey Goodman and Neeley Watson. Second row (l to r) Colleen Goodwin, Tobi Clark, Jenna Gibson, Corinna Lambright, Chelsea Austin and Abby Austin. Third row (l to r) Brook Roth and Mark Gibson. Back row not able to be seen: Willie Clark, Mark and Renee’ Lambright, Melissa Watson, Anna Watson, Amanda Mort and Evelyn Mort. Photo by Michelle Gibson

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Wesley Hall • 601 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana

Tuesdays from 9am – 2pm • Saturdays from 9am – 2pm

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Black's Chapel UMC will be staging a Live Drive-Thru Nativity on Sunday, December 22, from 5 - 8 p.m. at their location, 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon. Plans are to have live camels, sheep and a donkey, if weather permits.

Please drive-thru the nativity and help us celebrate the birth of Jesus. There is no charge for this event.

Black’s Chapel to host Live Nativity Drive-Thru

Black's Chapel will hold a special Candlelight Christ-mas Eve Service on Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. Everyone is wel-come.

Black’s Chapel to host Candlelight Services

Christmas Eve Candlelit Service 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 24. Our Savior Luther-an Church, 1102 Jill Street (Behind CVS Pharmacy), Carmi, IL 62821.

The Food Pantry, nor-mally open on the second Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m.-Noon, will not be open at regular hours on Tuesday, Dec 24. However, those with needs, may attend the Christmas Eve service and receive Food Pantry items.

Candlelight Service set for Our Savior Lutheran

The musical group Blackwood Brothers performed at Salem UCC’s Christmas Con-cert on Saturday, December 14. Photo by Judy Grebe

The Salem United Church of Christ Bell Choir performed during the church’s an-nual Christmas Program held Saturday evening. Photo by Judy Grebe

Pat Beckgerd, chairman of the 2013 United Way of Posey County campaign, announced today that the campaign drive was at 90 per-cent of the $670,000 goal. She said, “All the contributions we all make are used to pro-vide services for the people of Posey County. This year the United Way of Posey County is providing funds to 21 local agencies that help Posey County people: Albion Fellows Bacon Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts of America Buffalo Trace Coun-cil, Catholic Charities, Children’s Learning Center, Christian Church Day Care Center, Community Emergency Assistance, ECHO Community Health Care, Family Matters, Homeless Shelter of Mount Vernon, Indiana Legal Services, Lampion Center, New Har-mony Ministry Association, Posey County Council on Aging, Posey County Red Cross, Posey County Rehabilitation Services, Re-habilitation Center, Salvation Army, Visiting Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, WNIN Radio Reading Program, and Willow Tree of Posey County.” Beckgerd added “We are getting close to the goal due to the hard work and generosity of our community, but the campaign is still not fi nished so if you haven’t contributed yet, there is still time. When we support the United Way of Posey County, we are working together to make life better for our families and their future here in Posey County, and that is why a successful United Way campaign is so important. A ser-vice now available in Posey County is 2-1-1, the easy-to-remember number to call for ac-cess to information about resources for help in Posey County. There is also a prescription drug discount program, with cards available from the United Way of Posey County and at CVS and Chris’ Pharmacy in New Har-mony.”

Beckgerd added, “This year there is anoth-er important reason to participate – the grant that is available for only this campaign.” Matching funds of $63,927 are required to be raised in the United Way campaign of this fall. New or non-participating businesses and individuals will have their contributions

of $100 or more matched in full. Businesses and individuals already participating will have any increase of $100 to $499 matched at 50 percent and any contribution of $500 or more matched in full. First-time Leadership Givers ($300 or more) will have the entire contribution matched. New contributions or increases in company matching programs of at least 50 percent will be matched in full, for gifts of $100 or more.

Matching funds raised in the Posey Coun-ty United Way campaign will be used to claim the grant funds. Grant funds will be received early next year and used to help the Children’s Learning Center of Posey County attain Paths to Quality Levels 3 and 4, for the MSD of Mount Vernon to have the ser-vices of a social worker to help experience a decrease in alcohol and drug use among students and a reduction in suspension and expulsion, for the Medical Needs Commit-tee working with ECHO Community Health Care to provide affordable dental care for the Posey County Community, and for the MSD of North Posey to continue the services of a school resource offi cer to maintain a safer school environment.

She also noted that the United Way of Posey County is a local organization and is governed by its Board of Directors who are: Wayne Games, President; Pat Beckg-erd, First Vice-President; Dan Ritter, Second Vice-President; Niall McConville, Treasurer; Staci Reese, Secretary; Bob Lange; Phyl-lis Johnson; John Raisor; Kenyon Bailey; Shawn Worman; Jay Price; Angela Wannem-uehler; Grant Beloat; Benny Tennyson; Steve Bennett; Nick Wildeman; Keith Spurgeon; Andrea Gentry; Lindsay Schmitt; Dana Di-eterle; Tom Verkamp; Michelle Hudson; Bill Gillenwater; and Larry Williams; and that Elizabeth Baier has served as Executive Di-rector since 1982.

For more information, call 838-3637 or email to uwposey@sbcglobal.net. Contribu-tions may be sent to the United Way of Posey County at P.O. Box 562, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

United Way makes a difference in PC

In response to the growing number of people who cannot drive after dark, Trinity Church, 505 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, is offering a traditional Christmas Eve service with candlelight and Communion at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. As in the past, there will also be a 10 p.m. service.

Trinity Christmas Eve scheduled for mid-day

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

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

plain diffi cult concepts to younger students.

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

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

Homework Hotline available

The Harlem Wizards are coming to Mount Ver-non Senior High School gym on Friday, January 10 at 7 p.m. The evening promises to be a fun fi lled event that is great for kids and adults and will guaran-tee to put a smile on your face. This event is hosted by the Mount Vernon Band Boosters Inc., and pro-ceeds will benefi t the band programs at the Mount Vernon Junior and Senior High Schools.

At the Wizards game,

fans of all ages will wit-ness two hours of magical display of tricks, coordi-nated ball handling, fancy passing and aerodynamic athleticism combined with high-energy comedy and audience interaction.

Tickets are $10 in ad-vance and can be pur-chased at the Mount Ver-non Senior High School Offi ce and Dan’s Comp or online at www.Harlemwiz-ards.com. On game night, January 10, tickets will be $12 at the door.

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First grader Karleigh Virtue decorates her ginger-bread house on Wednesday afternoon at Farmersville Elementary School. Photo by Zach Straw

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By Valerie WerkmeisterMSD of North Posey

School Board members met Monday, December 9, to discuss a short agenda of routine matters.

Superintendent Dr. Todd Camp requested the board reopen his contract to make changes due to the school corporations’ recent changes to the health plans. Revisions in the contract are necessary to allow Camp to receive contributions to a health savings account. The ac-tion requires public no-tice. Offi cial action on the matter will not be taken until the January meeting.

The board approved a request by South Ter-race Elementary School (STES) principal Kelly Carlton to declare vari-ous technology items as surplus. The items will be discarded.

A Komputrol disaster recovery plan agreement was approved for next year. Komputrol is the dis-trict’s choice for fi nancial and personnel software.

The district will pay $450 annually for the service.

Several overnight fi eld trips were approved in-cluding:

• Mike Wassmer will take two forestry and two entomology judging teams to state competition at Purdue University on December 14.

• Coaches Brad Miller and Jacob Melliff will take the high school wres-tling team to compete in the PAC meet in Tell City on December 13 and 14.

• Marilyn Rogers re-quest to take seven Health and Occupations Students to winter rally in India-napolis on January 9-10.

Several facility use re-quests were also approved including:

• Girl Scout Brownie Troop 346 will use STES for various meeting dates from November – Decem-ber.

• Julie Butler will use the high school gym for a dance and cheer clinic on January 15 and February 5.

• Nancy Dougan on behalf of the Cookin’ Friends Relay for Life team will use the high school kitchen on January 24-26 to make egg rolls for a fundraiser.

• Brandon Barrett will use the facilities at the ju-nior high and high school for the annual Valhalla 5K Run and Walk on March 8. All proceeds from this event benefi t the high school athletic fund.

• Jennifer Collins of the Next Step Dance Studio will use the main gym and foyer at the high school for the annual Cheer Expo on April 19.

• North Elementary School (NES) Principal Terri Waugaman will use the high school audito-rium on December 18, for the school’s Christmas program and May 20, for the spring program.

During a discussion about personnel, the board approved a request by Andy Hines to resign as the boys’ soccer coach. They also approved a re-

quest by Jerry Straw to hire Kenny Phillips as a bus driver; Waugaman’s request to hire Amy Ste-phens as an instructional assistant at NES; and Diana Simpkins was ap-proved as a long-term substitute special educa-tion teacher. Coach Mill-er’s request to hire Kenny Gamblin, Jeremy Will and Bill Willman as volunteer wrestling coaches at the junior high was approved.

The following teach-ers requests for tempo-rary medical leave or FMLA was approved by the board: Amber Oakley, Sharon Travers and Deb-bie Herman.

A professional leave request from Steve Kava-naugh, Jodi Rankin and Amanda Reynolds was approved so they may at-tend a Harmony training session on December 18 at Perry Central School.

The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, January 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the corpora-tion offi ce.

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The North Elementary Spelling Bee was held Thurs-day, December 12. Anne Stegall, left, was the winner by correctly spelling ‘propulsion’ in the eighteenth round. Ian Heinlin, right, was runner-up. Photo submitted

Participants in the North Elementary Spelling Bee are, front row l to r: Audrey Crawford, Ruthie Meyer, runner-up Ian Heinlin, winner Anne Stegall, Bryer La-Mar, Christian Davis, Ethan Mobley, Caleb Armstrong, and Meredith Atkins. Back row l to r: Zach Seibert,

Garrett Parker, Jacob Wiley, Emily Fortune, Emma Goebel, Emma Cook, Megan Brenton, Hunter Brock-man, Makenzie Helfert, and Caitlin Williams.

The Indiana Senate Page Program is currently ac-cepting applications for the 2014 legislative ses-sion.

The page program pro-vides students in grades six through 12 with an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at the Indiana Gener-al Assembly. Participants come to the Statehouse for a one-day program and get the opportunity to:

Meet and interact with their state senator.

Tour the Indiana State-

house.Watch live debate in the

Senate Chamber.Interested students can

apply online at http://www.indianasenatere-publicans.com/ or send a letter to their senator. All requests must include:

Student’s name, ad-dress, home telephone number, age, and school affi liation or home-school status

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St. Wendel 8th grader, Hannah Adler and art teacher, Mrs. Amber Martin painting the mural outside the of-fi ce of the 3 wise men as they travel to Bethlehem. Photo submitted

St. Wendel Kindergartener Payton Scheller, 8th grad-er Hannah Adler, and Kindergartener Ella Weatherholt sewing in class. Photo submitted

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By Valerie WerkmeisterEditor’s note: This story

is the fourth in a fi ve-part se-ries featuring local artists. In a global world of “big box stores”, these talented indi-viduals offer a break from the everyday commercially made items.

Scott and Jerrilee Lamar of Poseyville are the epitome of what these articles are about – a break from the traditional sense of consumerism from a corporate world. Their com-mitment to a simpler lifestyle of self-suffi ciency offers in-sights into what can be accom-plished with ingenuity, pride and hard work. Their small farm of goats, chickens, geese and bees provides the resourc-es for their wares which they began selling in recent years.

Artistry comes in many forms. It is not limited to just paint and brush strokes on can-vas. Those who paint do tend to have an eye for the details in life and look beyond the big picture. Jerrilee has been a long-time artist who has cre-ated beautiful paintings—one of which hung in the Midstates Art Show in the Evansville Art Museum. She also creates

homemade soaps, shampoos and lip balms using the goat’s milk and beeswax from their own farm.

By day, she is a professor at the University of Evansville (UE) teaching nursing. She has been a nurse at Deacon-

ess Hospital and also managed their education department be-fore taking the position at UE. For Jerrilee, the love of creat-ing things and helping people are a unique balance that com-plements their lifestyle.

Both traded higher-paying stressful jobs to focus on more important things that offer greater satisfaction.

Scott is a craftsman that works with wood and clay. He hand turns both pottery and wood and has created some amazing and beautiful piec-es. Their home is a varitable portfolio of the craftsmanship Scott is capable of creating. The detailed hand-turned wood mouldings, and a combination of hardwood fl ooring inter-twined with ceramic tile are beautiful displays of his work.

The husband and wife have been married 24 years and has

found a way to collaborate to-gether to put their own special twist on their creations.

Scott creates soap dishes using a 17th century, early American, pottery technique. The dishes are hand turned on a kick wheel using red clay.

Then, he prepares a lighter-colored white slip on top. Jer-rilee draws the design on top of the white slip which allows the darker, red clay from the bot-tom to be exposed. The dish is fi nished with a shiny glaze.

“It is a quest to fi nd our own design. Each potter strives to fi nd their own technique to put their own twist on things,” Scott said.

The two pair their love of simple things into their de-signs. Jerrilee took cues from an early American sampler pattern picture she has to cre-ate some of her pineapple and heart-shaped designs in the pottery. She adds texture to the design with raised areas to keep the soap dry as it sits in the dish.

Jerrilee creates a variety of goat’s milk soaps that will ap-peal to just about any taste. Lavender, tea tree oil, milk and honey, oatmeal, cinnamon latte, fresh linen, lemon drop, patchouli and jewel weed—which is a natural antidote to poison ivy—are just a few of the items in her store.

Her soaps are created with natural ingredients and have even been given the stamp of approval from those who suffer from skin irritations such as ex-cema. Their own family mem-bers, who were long-time suf-ferers, tried the soap and were

able to get the skin condition under control after a few uses.

“The benefi ts of the natural vitamins in the goat’s milk and the tea tree oil helped clear it up,” she said. “People often don’t realize that your skin is the largest organ and the stuff with chemicals you put on your skin is easily absorbed.”

The greatest compliments come from Jerrilee’s custom-ers. She explained of one customer who had purchased some of her items during a shopping trip at the Farmer’s Market in New Harmony. The customer made another special trip from Nashville to purchase additional items.

“She had inadvertently thrown away the packing that has our website information on it. She didn’t realize she could order it online, so she traveled all that way just to stock up,” Jerrilee said.

Most of their sales come from selling their items at craft shows and local farmer’s markets. For customer conve-nience, they offer a website for repeat orders at www.artisan-homestead.webs.com.

In addition to the soap dish-es, Scott has also made per-sonalized pie pans and hand-turned rolling pins that many have purchased as wedding gifts.

“I have included their names and wedding dates on the items to make it more special and personalized,” Scott said.

Recently, Jerrilee started making shampoo bars – a pop-ular item she discovered dur-ing a stay in London. Again, she uses milk from her own herd of goats and includes olive oil, castor oil and other scented essential oils to create a healthy option for hair care. She explained that once your hair is wet, you rub the bar on your scalp and can rinse with a diluted vinegar solution to get a great shine.

Her lip balms are created using beeswax from their own hives, olive oil and vitamin E and some fl avorings. There are no petroleum- based additives.

Anyone interested in pur-chasing items for Christmas may contact them at 812-874-2834.

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Derrick Wells, a local Edward Jones fi nancial advisor, is sup-porting the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program by us-ing his offi ce as a drop-off location for this year’s toy drive.

Local residents may help needy children in the area by bring-ing in a new, unwrapped toy to the offi ce, at 431 E Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620, during regular business hours begin-ning November 5, 2013 through December 19, 2013.

“With the holiday season around the corner, we are all getting ready for the festivities,” Wells said. “And as this is the season of giving, now is a great time to remember the less fortunate in our community.”

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By Valerie WerkmeisterIt has been about two

months since Charlotte Yanc-ey and her husband, Scott, took over Margaret’s Resale in Poseyville. The popular Poseyville resale and con-signment shop has always been fi lled to the gills and the Yancey’s brought in addi-tional shelving to help display the growing number of items. They soon realized that their efforts would be in vain and they began to look for what their customers were asking for…a bigger place.

“We knew we needed more space. You just can’t see ev-erything on display in here,” Charlotte said.

A few weeks ago, their prayers were answered and a larger facility has been se-cured for Charlotte’s Resale. In a few weeks, the business will move from its current location on Lockwood Street to the recently vacated build-ing used by the North Posey Community Church. The building, located at 241 North St. Francis Street was also a former paint supply store.

“We are very excited for this opportunity. We will be

closing at the end of business on December 23, to take time to move all of the inventory to the new building. Consignors do not have to worry about picking up their items. We will move all of the inventory ourselves,” Charlotte said.

The business will re-open in its new location on January 2, at 8 a.m. Consignors and customers will still be able to visit the store from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday. Charlotte is also considering holding special night-time shopping events once a month. If enough inter-est is there, she may entertain the idea of opening the store one night each week.

The new location offers an open concept that Char-lotte is excited to utilize. She explained she has purchased many new clothing racks and plans to have ample space to display clothes. In the front of the new building, she intends to display pictures, jewelry, and small furniture items such as end tables, small cabinets, chairs and shelving units. The former sanctuary area will be divided into sections

for men’s, women’s and chil-dren’s clothing.

Special racks for purses and bags have been ordered and Charlotte hopes to bring in mannequins to help display some of the clothing items. Another big upgrade for Charlotte is a new computer software system that will add barcodes to each item sold in her store.

“It will make things a lot

easier and a lot more effi -cient for us,” she added. “We heartily thank everyone for the great support we have re-ceived since we’ve taken over the shop. In a way, we’re just kinda doing what our custom-ers asked and we’re giving them a bigger space to shop in,” Charlotte said.

Charlotte’s Resale is on Facebook and may also be contacted at 812-874-2159.

The population in Posey County is declining, espe-cially in the 25 to 44 year old age group, which is a critical demographic for community growth, business vitality and economic development. With the ultimate goal of attracting young individuals and families to live and work in the county, the Posey County Economic Development Partnership (PCEDP), in conjunction with the Posey County Commu-nity Foundation, have com-missioned the University of Southern Indiana to conduct a county-wide perception study to develop a deeper under-standing of the key factors that drive residents’ decision mak-ing process in choosing where to work, live, and send their children to school.

Posey County has a unique opportunity to transform po-tential into prosperity; prosper-ity which can entice younger generations to live in Posey County communities, encour-aging innovation and ingenuity

for employment advancement, and providing a secure atmo-sphere for homeownership.

The process will begin with an online survey for all who work, live, and play in the county. The survey is brief and should take no longer than fi ve to 10 minutes and will be able to collect information that ranges from degrees of satisfaction with the county to why they chose where to live, as well as recommendations for improvement. In addition, there will be an effort made to reach out to those stakehold-ers who do not have access to internet.

Through this process, many people will be able to share perceptions that can assist in the process to make Posey County a thriving place to live and work. There is much to offer families currently; how-ever, there is a resounding need to apply effective leadership, commitment, and creativity to alleviate the brain drain and slow deterioration of the Posey

County communities.Participation in this survey

is completely voluntary and all responses will be kept com-pletely confi dential and report-ed only in summary form. You may quit the survey at any time

without penalty. Go to http://www.usi.edu/opra/Surveys/posey.htm to take the survey.

If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact 812.838.3639 or 812.838.6500.

The offi ce of Edward Jones fi nancial advisor Steve Harding is proud to be an offi cial drop-off point for the 2013 Toys for Tots campaign. You can drop off your contributions at 430 Southwind Plaza Road, Mount Vernon, Ind.

Should you have any questions, please let contact the offi ce at 812-838-4668.

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Farm families can learn about succession planning for the future of their busi-ness operations by attend-ing the ‘Business Struc-ture, Taxes and Valuation’ workshop of Purdue Ex-tension’s Farming Together series, January 16 and 17.

The two day workshop, to be held locally at the Southwest Purdue Agricul-tural Center on highway 41 north of Vincennes, will fo-cus on legal and tax issues with farm transfer, long-range business planning, operating and buy-sell agreements, and business valuation.

Each workshop will fea-ture a local attorney and accountant as well as pre-sentations from members of the Purdue Succession Planning Team. A panel of family farmers will share their experiences from the succession planning pro-cess.

“Families participating in the program will also have the opportunity to meet with members from the Succession Planning Team to discuss and ask questions specifi c to their

operation,” said Tamara Ogle, Cass County Exten-sion educator and event coordinator.

Day One programming begins at 9 a.m. (Eastern time) and will end at 4 p.m. Lunch is included. Day Two is a complimen-tary one-hour farm fam-ily meeting with the Farm Succession Planning Team.

Registration is due by January 2. A program packet will be mailed to each family participating. Cost is $150 for the fi rst four family members; each additional member costs $15.

To register, download the registration form at the Purdue Center for Com-mercial Agriculture’s web-site at: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/commercialag/resources/succession/in-dex.html.

For more information, contact Ogle at 574-753-7750 or at: togle@purdue.edu.

Program partners in-clude the Purdue Women in Agriculture team and the Purdue Farm Succession Planning Team.

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New hairstylist and Mount Vernon native Harli Red-man welcomes new guests to her booth at Get Styled salon at 230 W Third Street, Mount Vernon, Ind. Harli, who has known her calling since the age of three, special-izes in haircuts, nails, waxing, up-dos and special occa-sion hairstyles, make-up, and men’s haircuts. Harli can be reached at 812-204-9721. Stop by Get Styled for one of these services or a full line of retail products. Photo by Zach Straw

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Attending North Posey’s Snowball Dance on Friday night at North Posey High School is Ross Bender and his date Maddie Koester. Photo by Dave Pearce

Attending North Posey’s Snowball Dance on Friday night at North Posey High School is Ross Heathcotte and his date Vanessa Krohn. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Arnold Rothstein’s note was ad-dressed to ‘My Esteemed Friends, Ti-tanic Thompson and Hubert ‘Daddy Warbucks’ Cokes.’ The note was deliv-ered to Thompson by Henry Dangerfi eld, the Colored porter at the Duncan Hotel in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma on December 12, 1924. The note offered ‘the opportunity’ for the Haskell Indian Institute’s Fighting Indians to meet a team of ‘hard-working white cowboys and oilfi eld workers’ from the nearby town of Fairfax. The game would be played Christmas Day afternoon at a fi eld prepared by Rothstein’s agents and located across Bird Creek just south of the Pawhuska city limits. Bar-b-que would be available for purchase. A friendly wager of ten thousand dol-lars would be placed on the white team if Thompson and his ‘entourage’ cared to partake.

Upon receiving the bet, Thompson and Cokes set right to work contacting Jim Thorpe, a young bootlegger named Charles Arthur Floyd from Shawnee, Oklahoma, and retired United States Marshall Frank (Pistol Pete) Eaton.

They secured Thorpe’s participation along with the running back, John ‘Pepper’ Martin (The Wild Horse of

the Osage) and piqued Pretty Boy Floyd’s inter-est by mentioning the il-legal booze concession could be worth thousands, in which Thompson and Cokes would share.

Of course, Marshall Eaton, who now lived in the hamlet of Gray Horse between Pawhuska and Fairfax, was essential to keeping any purveyors of the Volstead Act at bay and making sure Rothstein didn’t welch on the bets. Thompson knew Eaton had grown up near Haskell In-dian Institute in Kansas and that he was an avid football fan. Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma had just last year (1923) adopted Pistol Pete to be their sports mascot, a point of pride for Marshall Eaton who was famous for his job with the Hanging Judge, Isaac Parker, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Eaton had agreed to head the offi ciating crew and safeguard the gambling stakes for a percentage of the alcohol sales.

Once everything but McDonald’s and Hanley’s participation was as-

sured, Titanic Thompson and Hubert Cokes had Henry Dangerfi eld carry their response to Rothstein:

‘To Arnold Rothstein, well know en-trepreneur:

If Haskell’s coaches agree, we will fi eld a team against yours at your ven-ue on Christmas Day if we can select the offi ciating crew and have the bev-erage concession and if all involved are sworn to secrecy. Because we know your sporting nature we offer a bet of $100,000 dollars on Haskell with re-tired United States Marshall Frank Eaton to hold the cash only stakes. The favor of your response is requested forthwith. We would not insult you with a smaller wager.’

Rothstein simply signed his name to this note and had Henry return it im-mediately to Thompson and Cokes. Rothstein was salivating due to his having already hired eleven members of the Kansas City Cowboys profes-sional football team to play if the game were to take place. Rothstein was dis-appointed the Kansas City player he wanted most, Rudy Comstock who was from Pawhuska, had not responded to his $500 offer, but he was confi dent his team of proven professionals would beat the school boys from Haskell.

Chapter 17 - I’ll see yours and...

GAVELGAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE

Every year around this time, I pause and refl ect on how thankful I am for all life’s small blessings. I’m thankful for my fam-ily, health and of course my dog, Mercury. Many people like to show how thankful they are this time of year by giving back to their commu-nity or to those less fortu-nate. Even more special are when children realize how much they are blessed and decide to give a little back.

Students all around Posey and Vanderburgh counties from kindergarten to se-niors in high school have been hard at work this holi-day season trying to make Christmas a more special time for families in need. I would like to highlight and recognize some of them for all their hard work and efforts to give back. This week, I will focus on high schools and middle schools.

Mater Dei High School in Evansville successfully put together a food drive

for local pantries this past Thanksgiving and immedi-ately began to look towards the Christmas season. Mater Dei has an enrollment of 505 students that are split up into 21 homeroom classes. Each homeroom has adopt-ed a family in the commu-nity and has been collecting items to surprise the fam-ily closer to Christmas. The Key Club, National Honor Society and Student Coun-cil at Mount Vernon High School have also been very busy. All three organiza-tions are doing canned food drives while the Key Club is collecting clothes for At the Cross mission, which is lo-cated in Mount Vernon.

Meanwhile at Mount Ver-non Junior High School, the student council is currently doing a canned food drive of their local food pantries for the Christmas season. Currently, they have about 5,000 items that have al-ready been donated and are still collecting more.

Students are also bringing in toys for the Salvation Army’s Toy Town and are a designated donation spot for the community to drop off toys for the organization. The Mount Vernon Junior High Builder’s club is rais-ing money for this event as well. The student council at James E. Thompkins Mid-dle School has been rais-ing funds for Toys for Tots, while the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) has been helping out by sell-ing candy canes with all of the money raised going to Toys for Tots. Also, the sixth grade Quest class has decided to collect toiletry items for those in need.

I am so proud of all of these students who are set-ting an example for the rest of the community and re-minding us all what this spe-cial time of year is all about. Giving a little can go a long way in making someone’s holiday season a little bright-er. If you would like to help

out any of these schools in their efforts, please give the school’s main offi ce a call. Next week, I will con-tinue to highlight the efforts of elementary school stu-dents who are hard at work to make sure everyone in Posey and Vanderburgh counties have a very special Christmas.

Rep. McNamara (R-Mount Vernon) represents portions of Posey and Van-derburgh counties. Rep. Mc-Namara also serves as Vice Chair of Courts and Crimi-nal Code Committee, the Government and Regulatory Reform Committee, Judicia-ry Committee and the Select Committee on Government Reduction.

Guest Column State Rep. Wendy McNamaraHoosier students give back: Part 1 of 2

Letters to the Editor

A 501(c)3 not for profi t is nor-mally a charity, church, religious group or community service orga-nization. It could even be Liberty University in Virginia that enrolls over 50,000 students a year on-line and receives over 450 million dollars each year from the federal government. The money comes from the students who use federal aid to pay for their education. This happens in all states but usually on a smaller scale. The college or university eventually qualifi es for a Council on Higher Education Association accreditation. Schools who want the free federal dollars jump through every hoop and dance every step necessary to keep their accreditation.

A CHEA accreditation means mega millions to universities. This accreditation gives the school a federal college identifi cation num-ber that students use when fi lling

out their FAFSA (free application for federal student aid) for free government money. FAFSA lets them know if they are approved to go to the school. Once approved - hooray. The school has won a lottery right from the American taxpayers pocket. The school, over the next four years, may expect to receive as much $40,000, $50,000, $70,000 or more. The school fi -nancial aid offi ce must use a for-mula for those who are approved to apply to FAFSA. A determina-tion is made about how much the family can pay. If the family can pay some then the student will re-ceive less FAFSA.

However, consider how many millions of families that are in poverty in America and you are looking at least one third of our nation that is qualifi ed for free fed-eral money. This means the stu-dent will receive a free ride for all

four years of college - paid for by you. Students from middle class families who can pay some receive much less and some families make enough to where they do not qual-ify at all. Again, the middle class and those who work hard to make money in America pay out the most and receive the least amount of FAFSA and usually it’s none.

I would rather see our country spending money on college tuition than Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq. Some of the best money our country spends is on educa-tion.

The problem is that federal tax dollars have become gold mines to Amer-ican universi-ties. Salaries of professors and those in admin-

istration have skyrocketed in re-cent years while Average America has been taking pay cuts or stand-ing in unemployment lines. Col-leges across America have taken a good thing too far. They have been living on Fantasy Island for too long. They build the fi nest buildings, pay handsome salaries to some professors who only teach three times a week and are mostly paid for by your tax dollars.

University Presidents and trust-ees must lead the way to cut col-lege costs. Cutting college costs

would ease some of the fi nancial burden on this nation. All would benefi t including the millions of families who often do not qualify for free federal money. Many of these working families see higher education as becoming almost im-possible for their children.

Glenn Mollette is an American columnist read in all fi fty states. Con-tact him at GMollette@aol.com Like his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glennmollette. He is the author of American Issues, Nursing Home Nightmares and eight other books.

Guest Editorial: Glenn MolletteAmerican Universities - Taxpayer lottery winners

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Grandparents: a Christ-mas gift suggestion for your grandchildren. Like most other gifts given your grandchildren, it’s something you’ve never experienced. Unlike your previous gifts its value is priceless; it will last all their lives and benefi t fu-ture generations. The gift: an America with no in-come tax and without the evil IRS.

The income tax has been a thorn in your side since you fi rst went to work. Over the years, you’ve spent many hours preparing your income tax returns. Even now you are probably gather-ing receipts and such for that annual task. You can spare your grandchildren this drudgery.

The IRS which you

have despised, and feared, will be an even greater threat to your grandchil-dren. The IRS now openly targets groups consid-ered to be unfriendly to the federal government. It’s used as a political weapon to keep would-be dissidents ‘whipped into shape.’ It plays favorites, grants ‘tax favors’ to spe-cial interests and well-connected people; all stemming from actions of our congressmen; yours and mine.

You know from ex-perience it’s true. But it doesn’t have to be for our grandchildren. Let’s take back our country. Work to defeat your incumbent congressmen in his/her 2014 primary. Do it for your grandkids.

Glen E Terrell

Christmas gift like no other

To: Posey County Newsre: ‘Common Core debate continues’ by Valerie Werk-

meister.As one of the few who attended the ‘presentation’ at

Mount Vernon recently, I read the article written by Val-erie Werkmeister with interest.

First, I appreciate the detailed report and I want to compliment the reporter on a job well done.

Jennifer Lee (the presenter) seems to fi rst ask for un-derstanding since she is ‘herself as a mom and teacher’ and one who sympathizes with the problems surround-ing CCSS (Common Core State Standards). She dupli-cated that plea at the Mount Vernon meeting. She adds, “Parents weren’t sure what was going on because most schools weren’t even sure what was going on?”

“So, basically Indiana didn’t have a choice.” “When I said at the beginning we didn’t have a choice what was going to happen with these standards, that’s what I mean.”

Were the above statements given to inform us or enlist sympathy on our part to prevent any hostility from at-tendees?

Starting the meeting at 5:15 p.m. perhaps kept many from attending. I was very disappointed in the lack of attendance. This does support the confusion among par-ents since I believe the room would have overfl owed if they had any idea why the State of Indiana agreed to implement CCSS.

I now know why the State agreed. Ms. Lee says in part, “....states didn’t have very much of a choice be-cause of the much needed federal funding tied to the implementation of CCSS.”

Although Ms. Lee says there is a ‘misconception’ that the standards were ‘developed by the federal govern-ment’ and that ‘states had little choice in the decision’ how are we to believe the ‘control’ of the CCSS is in the hands of Indiana when we are depending on federal funds.

Originally, I thought this meeting was information about CCSS and that it was not yet implemented by In-diana...that was not the purpose. We were being told that Indiana did not have a choice. Another ‘right’ that be-longs with the State has been taken away.

I encourage everyone to reread the article by Valerie Werkmeister in the Nov. 26, 2013 issue of Posey County News. In my opinion, we are being sold a ‘bill of goods’ or ‘sold down the river’ and neither one is a good thing.

Earl Schroeder

‘Common core debate continues’

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By Steven KocherspergerComing into this week’s game against Gibson

Southern the Mount Vernon Wildcat lady basketball team was in desperate need of a win. The team has been hampered by injuries and lackluster play this season and wanted to come out Thursday and turn things around against the Titans. That is exactly what they did as they beat Gibson Southern 61-50 behind a defensive effort that gave up only two offensive re-bounds all night long.

The win was the second of the season and one that was badly needed according to Wildcat coach Steve Mitchell. “After the way we looked at Princeton last week we knew we weren’t as bad as we played,” Mitchell said after the game. “We challenged our players before the game to come with effort and they did. This was a much needed win and the hard work of this team paid off.”

Senior Ellen Foster started the game with a steal and layup putting the Wildcats up from the opening minute of play. Foster would score thirteen of the fi f-teen Wildcat points put on the board in the opening period of play. Her hard work offensively and defen-sively helped carry the team to a 15-11 lead going into the second period Thursday night.

The Titans would show in the second period that they were not a team that would go away easy. Gibson Southern went on a 8-3 run in the opening of the sec-ond period to take their fi rst lead of the game at 19-18 with 5:36 left to play until halftime. But Wildcat Ellen Foster would answer the call scoring seven of the next eleven Wildcat points to put Mount Vernon squarely ahead at the half 29-24.

It wasn’t until the third period that the Wildcats be-gan to pull away from Gibson Southern and put them-selves in a position to have a healthy lead and feel comfortable. The Cats found themselves a bit limited with Foster picking up her fourth foul of the night and that is when her teammates showed they had her back. Cheyenne Strobel had four points in the third period

and the Wildcats scored fi ve points in the opening 25 seconds of play to help stretch their lead. Junior Ste-fanie Bulla had three points and Erin Wolf a basket to help Mount Vernon build their lead to ten points at 40-30 at the end of that third period.

The Wildcats would continue to outscore the Titans in the fi nal period of play as Bulla, Strobel, Foster, and Wolf continued to score for the Lady Cats. Gibson Southern went on a late run cutting into the Mount Vernon lead eventually fi nding themselves only down seven points with a minute to play in the contest. But Mount Vernon continued to hit their free throws in the fi nal period of play. And when junior Abby Randal sank a free throw and Cheyenne Strobel hit a layup with just seconds to play the Mount Vernon Wildcats came out victorious for just the second time this sea-son 61-50.

The Wildcats were led in scoring by senior Ellen Foster who scored 26 points, 22 of which came in the fi rst half of play. It was an impressive showing for Foster and coach Mitchell says its not something that comes as a surprise to him.

“When she lets the game come to her she is as good as anyone I have had play for me,” Mitchell said. “She had a tremendous night.”

Other Wildcat players to show up big Thursday night were Stefanie Bulla, who ended her night with 13 points, and Cheyenne Strobel who had 10 points as well.

The Wildcats now fi nd themselves with a 2-4 re-cord on the season. The team hopes to continue to grow and work together in each and ever one of their games coming up. This week the team will travel to Washington to take on the Hatchets on Saturday af-ternoon. Tip off for Saturday’s game will be 11 a.m.

Mount Vernon has rescheduled the two games on the schedule that were postponed due to last week’s winter storm. The home game with Vincennes Rivet was rescheduled for January 2 while the game at Ma-ter Dei will now take place on January 6.

By Dave PearceTwo milestones occurred over the week-

end in the Mount Vernon High School wres-tling program. The Wildcats moved to a perfect 14-0 dual meet match record and in the process, head coach Tim Alcorn won his

fi ftieth match in just over two years at the helm of the Wildcat program. And the wins could not have come at any better time as the Wildcats were matched up against fi ve of the six teams they will face in the Big Eight Conference tournament.

“The best part about this is we are doing this with a line-up we were not expecting to be doing it with,” Alcorn said on Sunday evening. “I’m not making excuses but we have several guys out right now. I think that makes us even more resilient when some of these kids are stepping in and getting the job done.”

Alcorn said this weekend’s matches were particularly important because there were several conference seeds on the line. And seeding is so important in the conference and sectional match-ups. The only Big Eight team that did not participate in this week-end’s fi ve-way was Jasper.

“We were able to get two really good wins against Boonville and Washington,” Alcorn said. “We hadn’t beaten Boonville in two years. So we were able to get that monkey off our backs. It was a good day.”

The Wildcats defeated Vincennes, Mount Carmel, Boonville, Princeton and Washing-ton on the match. In winning the title, the Wildcats fi nished the day with fi ve unde-feated wrestlers.

“Paul Conrath and Harley Gorman split duties at 106 and 113 and Noah Keller was undefeated at 120,” Alcorn said. “Peyton Whoberry was undefeated at 145 and 152. We bumped Peyton up one time to wrestle a returning conference champion from Mount Carmel and Peyton beat him. Austin Stall-ings also fi nished undefeated.”

While Alcorn is not particularly into indi-vidual awards, he was proud that Paul Con-rath, the last of a family of Conraths who have been a big part of wrestling success at Mount Vernon spanning the past 15 years, was named the Outstanding Wrestler for the

tournament.”While Alcorn was proud of his Outstand-

ing Wrestler, he credited hard-working wres-tlers up and down the Wildcat line-up over the past two or three years that enabled him to gain his fi ftieth win in such a short time.

“It’s a nice little badge of honor but it is something that a lot of other young men have helped me get,” Alcorn said. “It’s a team honor way more than it is mine. But I want to make sure that I do all that I can for the program. Now it’s time to move on and get another number.”

The Wildcats will face a monumental task this week if they are to remain undefeated and have good individual draws in the sec-tional. They will face an always-tough Me-morial squad in Evansville with sectional seedings on the line as well as their unde-feated status.

“They are a team that has beaten us the past two or three years and it seems like they kind of have our number but it should be a good dual meet with a lot of the matches coming down to one move or one call or one point,” Alcorn said. “The entire dual meet could come down to that kind of fi nish. We are going to have to pay attention to detail and dot the I’s and cross the T’s and make sure we can get the job done.”

Alcorn is also proud of several of his team members who, after 14 matches, still have not lost this season.

“Paul and Harley at 106 and 120 and Noah at 120 and Peyton at 145 are all undefeated,” Alcorn said. “We have a couple of guys who have been injured and have missed some matches but Austin Bethel and Dane Wilson are also undefeated.”

Lady Wildcats gain big win over Gibson Southern

Wildcat wrestlers move to 14-0, Alcorn earns 50th

By Steven KocherspergerThe Mount Vernon Wildcats were chomping at the

bit to get started after their fi rst two games were post-poned due to weather. While other teams in the area have at least three games under their belt the Wildcats had yet to play when they took on two teams in two nights this past weekend to begin their season. After traveling to Boonville and having very little trouble beating the Pioneers 72-45 Friday night, the Cats took to the road the very next night and found themselves on the losing side of the scoreboard 74-62, in a game that had all the intensity of a sectional playoff game, at South Spencer.

At Boonville Friday night the Wildcats wasted very little time jumping out in front of the Pioneers even-tually scoring an impressive 30 fi rst period points to put themselves fi rmly ahead 30-15 heading into the second period of play. That lead helped Mount Ver-non put it on cruise control the rest of the way and the Wildcats took their opener against a Big Eight Con-ference rival 75-45.

The Wildcats were led in scoring by senior Bryce Newman who added 23 points on the night. Newman, who returns this season as the only returning starter from last season’s Wildcat team, hit four three-point baskets in the fi rst period to help Mount Vernon gain their fi rst win of the season.

The Wildcats were soaring with excitement after that fi rst win and hoped to keep the winning ways go-ing when the played at South Spencer Saturday.

The Wildcats did not come out as fast as they did Friday night as they went down early to the Rebels Saturday night 5-0 struggling to hit a basket and get on the board. Eventually the Cats got things going and were able to outscore the Rebels 14-11 the rest of the way in the opening period. The Rebels took the 16-14 lead into the second period and that is where the battle ensued.

Cody Mobley’s three-point basket gave Mount Vernon its fi rst lead of the game in the second period and the Wildcats were able to stretch their small lead to 29-23 behind the great shooting of Bryce Newman

and hard work of the team.That lead dwindled as the clock ran towards half-

time and when the buzzer sounded at the half the Rebels found themselves still ahead 37-36. Bryce Newman had 20 points at the half as the Cats hoped to turn things around and take back the lead in the second half.

That would prove to be more diffi cult as it seemed as the Rebels only allowed the Wildcats to score nine third period points, stretching their lead to 50-45 at the end of the third period.

The Wildcats went on a 5-0 run to open the fi nal period of play getting within a point at 53-52 in fa-vor of the Rebels. But the experience of the South Spencer team took over and Mount Vernon couldn’t do enough to catch back up as the Rebels ended up winning their second game of their season with a fi nal score of 74-62.

The loss was the fi rst of the season for Mount Ver-non and one that head coach Marc Hostetter hopes can be used as a learning tool for his team. “We ran into a team with four senior starters, guys who have played against us for the past few years and that makes a difference, especially on the road,” Hostetter said after the game. “We are young and inexperienced and are still learning how to come win a game like this. At Boonville we played with passion, purpose, and intensity and tonight we did not.”

Bryce Newman ended the night in South Spencer with 31 points to lead the Wildcats in scoring. Also helping out in scoring for the Wildcats Saturday night was Colton Irvin who added eight points for Mount Vernon.

The Cats are now 1-1 on this young season and hope to continue to work on all they need to in order to get rolling. The good news for the Wildcat basket-ball team is that there is a lot of basketball yet to play this season.

The Cats will be back in action this Friday night as they take on the Evansville Memorial Tigers for their home opener. Tip off for the varsity match up will take place at 7:30 p.m.

Wildcats win one of two as basketball fi nally beginsErin Wolf shoots the ball in Thursday night’s matchup against the

Gibson Southern Titans. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Bryce Newman splits the defenders in Saturday night’s game at South Spencer. Newman led the team with 31 points. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Coach Tim Alcorn watches undefeated wrestler Noah Keller. Photo by Dave Pearce

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By Steven KocherspergerThis season has not gone like

most seasons for the Mount Vernon Wildcat swimming and diving team. The numbers are down this season and the team does not have the depth it usu-ally has to help the team to vic-tories. And while some would think this would discourage and hamper the swimmers you would be wrong. The team took on the Castle Knights this past Thursday evening in Mount Vernon and gave the Knights all they could handle. In the end the Knights took both the girls and boys meets with both teams putting up record num-bers in the pool.

The meet began with the girls 200 yard medley relay. The Mount Vernon girls’ team of Samantha Gowdy, Clara Baggett, Claudia Crawford, and Josie Mercer swam a great race eventually winning the opening race with a time of 1:52.47, a full fi ve seconds ahead of the second place Castle team.

Castle took the next two events in the pool before Wild-cat senior Jacob Poole took over in the fourth event of the swim meet. Poole swam a great race in the boys 200 yard free race fi nishing in fi rst place with a time of 1:47.23 setting a new record, one set in 1996 by Andy Nicholson.

Claudia Crawford won the very next event for the Wild-cats as she fi nished just .04 in front of her Castle opponent in the girls’ 200 yard IM race.

Clara Baggett continued to help her team as she became the second Wildcat swimmer to set a new record Thursday night. Baggett’s record came in the girls’ 50 yard freestyle race as she broke Erika Mc-Cormick’s 2011 record with a winning time of 23.87. Team-mate Samantha Reese took fourth in the race to help gain the ever important team points that would be critical Thursday night against Castle.

After Castle took another event in the boys’ 50 Free-style race everything came to an end so that the divers could take their place on the boards. On the boys side of the board Mount Vernon’s Phillip Minton dove well enough to beat all the other Castle divers with a total score of 133.35.

The Mount Vernon girls’ divers looked well improved and had three divers dive well enough to end up in fi rst, sec-ond, and third place overall in

the girls’ event. Katie McDon-ald ended her night in fi rst place with a very impresssive score of 179.35. This score ended up being well out in front of her teammate Jillian Schirtzinger who came in second Thursday night. Freshman Natalie Gerard dove well enough for a third place fi nish to help her team as

well.Clara Baggett won her sec-

ond race of the night as she took fi rst in the 500 yard freestyle race with a time of 5:19.96. In the very next event Jacob Poole became the second Wildcat swimmer to win multiple races on Thursday as his 500 yard freestyle time of 4:49.19 was

good enough to win that race for Mount Vernon.

Samantha Gowdy won the 100 yard backstroke race be-fore joining her teammates in the girls’ 400 yard freestyle relay. The team won the relay race and gave themselves im-portant points for their team.

In the end the Castle girls

won the meet by just six points 96-90 while the Wildcat boys lost to Castle by a margin of 117-65.

The team will now travel to Hamilton Southeastern this Saturday to compete in the in-vitational. As the team contin-

ues to put in the time and effort they have been up to this point, good things will continue to happen because of it. We all continue to look forward to seeing the improvement from this years swimmers and div-ers.

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 17Wrestling: Mount Vernon at Memorial 6 p.m.South Spencer at North Posey 6 p.m.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19Girls’ basketball: North Posey at Mater Dei 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 20Boys’ basketball: Memorial at Mount Vernon 6 p.m.North Posey at Mater Dei 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21Girls’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Washington 11 a.m.Boys/Girls swimming and diving: Mount Vernon at Hamilton Southeastern Invitational 12:30 p.m.Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Heritage Hills 5:30 p.m.Pike Central at North Posey 6:30 p.m.

MONDAY DECEMBER 23Boys’ basketball: North Posey at GPB Classic 6 p.m.Girls’ basketball: North Posey at North 7:30 p.m.

Sports Schedule

By Dave PearceIf you are a sports fan, you’ve heard all the old clichés. But when the dust had settled at North Posey’s Gym this week, the Southridge Lady Raiders had come into the Vikings’ gym and had beaten a team that was superior to them. The Vikings simply lost a game they should have won.

“They play real physi-cal half-court man defense and get their arms into you to keep you from passing and moving,” North Posey Coach Tracy Stroud said

after the game. “We just wilted under that physical play. Our half-court offense is not very good right now anyhow. We’re not executing very well. We’re not getting the right people in the right spots. We have to fi gure out what we’re doing wrong in the half-court offense.”

The loss to Southridge put an early conference damper on the Vikings, a team that was expected to challenge for the conference title this sea-son. But losing the fi rst game at home means the Lady Vi-kings are going to have to get

it together quickly and start a win streak if they plan to contend for the title.

It certainly didn’t start out like the Vikings were the fa-vorite. Senior Hannah Har-ness scored all four Viking fi rst-quarter points as the Lady Raiders jumped out to a 10-4 lead and a buzzer-beat-er gave the Dubois County team a 12-4 lead at the end of the fi rst period.

But the Vikings came into the second quarter ready to play and scored the fi rst 11 points of the quarter to take a 15-12 lead with 3:38 re-

maining in the fi rst half. The Vikings got back into the game by sharing the scoring load and playing good team defense.

The Vikings put on a press in the quarter and the Lady Raiders did not have an an-swer. However, adjustments made at half-time by South-ridge made the press ineffec-tive in the second half.

Actually it would be Han-nah Harness who would score the fi rst nine points of the game of North Posey, reminiscent of her sectional performance against the Raiders at Forest Park last season. She scored a 3-point play on a drive with a foul and then came up with a steal and a lay-up. Madison Worman then went to work against the physical defense and scored the next four points from the free throw line. It would be Emma Werry’s pair of free throws that would give the team it’s 15-12 lead before the Raider were fi nally able to get on the second-quarter scoreboard. Rachel Ungetheim would score the fi nal four points of the quarter for the Vikes. But just when it appeared the Vikings were going to head into the locker room with a lead, the Lady Raiders bur-ied a deep 3-point shot at the buzzer.

Hannah Harness, Werry, Kelsey Owen, and Hayley Harness got into the third-quarter scoring and when Worman fi nished a tough drive at the 3:13 mark, the Vikings led 26-25. Werry then hit one of two free throws to give the team a 27-25 lead before the Raid-ers answered with a timely 3-point basket. A fast break off a quick Viking miss gave the Raiders a 30-27 lead be-fore Werry’s drive with 35 seconds remaining brought the team back to within one at 30-29.

Then, for the third time in the contest, the Lady Raiders would hit a shot at the buzzer to take a 32-29 lead into the fi nal period.

The Raiders got the ball to start the fi nal period and capitalized. They took a 35-29 lead before the Vikings took a time out with 6:30 re-maining.

Out of the time out, Han-nah Harness scored and Worman hit two free throws. Then, Worman came up with a steal and a perfect pass to Ungethiem tied the score at 35. But the Lady Vikes would not be able to sustain. Despite having three posses-sions with the score tied at 35, the Lady Vikings could not fi nd the bucket and fi -nally, the Lady Raiders broke the cold spell with one of two free throws at the 1:57 mark.

An Ungetheim basket of an offensive rebound gave the Vikings what would be their fi nal lead of the night at 37-36.

Trailing 38-37, the Vi-kings called time out to set up a play with 40.8 seconds remaining. However, out of the time out the Lady Vikings were unable to in-bound the ball and were called for a fi ve second call. That turnover proved to be the back-breaker.

“We just had too many turnovers in critical situa-

tions like dribbling off our feet or making bad passes,” Stroud said of the loss. “And then we had that fi ve second call from just not hitting peo-ple when they are open.”

The Vikings were then forced to foul and the Raid-ers were 5-for-5 down the stretch to hang on for the 42-39 win.

“As a veteran team, we can’t make those mistakes,” Stroud said. “When they overplay you like they did, we have to attack. Somehow we have to get the ball into the post and it is just not hap-pening. I’m not blaming the kids because it could be our offense, it could be our wings being unable to get it in there, or it could be our post. We have to look at all those things because we aren’t get-ting to score in the post. We were the better team and we just got beat by a team that wasn’t as good as we are. That’s the bottom line.”

In reserve action, the Lady Vikings moved their record to 4-2 with a win over South-ridge.

The Lady Vikings were to host Reitz on Monday and travel to Mater Dei on Thurs-day.

Wildcat swimmers break records but fall to Castle

Lady Vikings have relapse, lose PAC battle to Raiders

Sophomore Taylor Culley swims the butterfl y in her IM race on Thursday against Castle High School. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Senior Hannah Harness makes her way to the basket during the loss to Southridge this week. The talented Vikings will attempt to regroup for a tough week. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey reserve player Cidney Colbert makes a play on this ball during this week’s reserve team win over Southridge. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Members of the North Posey Freshman girls’ basketball team are all smiles following a last-second one-point win over Boonville this week. Ally Brandenstein scored with two seconds remaing to give the team the win. Pictured are, in front, Cidney Colbert, Kaitlyn Blankenberger, Raechel Goedde, and Kelsey Wright. In the second row are Kamryn Brandenstein, Payton Latham, Jade Hatcher, Ally Brandenstein, Kristin Schorr and Coach Shawn Worman. Photo by Dave Pearce

Fear Factor comes into play as Vikes fall to Patriots

By Dave PearceNorth Posey basketball coach Heath Howington is

scratching his head a little bit following a lop-sided loss to Heritage Hills in Lincoln City on Friday night. But who could blame him. The second-year head coach has faced two Class 4A schools and the odds-on favorite to win the Pocket Athletic Conference and despite all his preparation, the team is without a win.

But despite the losses, Howington said his team continues to learn what they are going to have to do to get better. And despite the early losses, Howington knows that good com-petition makes a team better. But he also admits that if that’s the case, his team should be excellent.

Howington knew the challenge his team would be facing at Heritage hills. The team is coming off a 14-win season last year and has everyone back from that team. They have excellent team speed and have great shooters and more than adequate size. So how do you prepare for a team such as that.

“We did everything we could in practice to simulate their speed and their physical style but there’s no way to be to-tally prepared for that until you take the fl oor,” Howington

said.And the Patriots hit the ground running. Howington said

his Vikings were shell-shocked by the Patriots early on and just appeared not to want the game perhaps as badly as the Patriots. All those things together proved to be a deadly combination.

The Patriots came out hitting on all cylinders. And anyone who has scouted the Vikings know they are inexperienced at the guard spots. Both Central and North came out in a full-court man-to-man press and it worked well for them. So the Vikings knew they could expect the same from the Patriots. The Patriots did not disappoint and the more teams who see that it works, the more the Vikings will likely see it.

“They pressed us from the start to the fi nish and all over the fl oor,” Howington said of the Patriots. “We played well at times but we came out of the gate with no purpose. The game meant more to them than it did to us.”

The Vikings had been accustomed to going to Reed Gertiesen inside when they needed a basket or a rebound but the Patriots also had an answer for that. They took the 6-foot-4 senior completely out of his game and he was never really a factor.

“They were really physical with him inside,” Howing-ton said of his player. “They took away his drive with their quickness and pressure. It just seemed like they were bigger and faster than we were at every position.”

Despite falling behind big early, the Vikings clawed their way back into striking distance by pulling back to within nine points at the half.

But the second half started much like the fi rst and the Vi-kings simply did not have an answer on either end of the

fl oor.“We came out fl at in the third quarter and they stuck it to

us,” Howington said candidly. Perhaps the one bright spot in the contest was the play of

6-foot-1 senior Cody Ungetheim, who continues to try to heal from knee surgery last year. He put in 16 points off the bench for the Vikings to lead the team in scoring.

“Cody had a great week of practice and continued to get better each day,” Howington said. “He really stepped up for us. He played with a lot of confi dence. It was good to see that. Cody has been through a lot with his injury and it is just taking him some time to get back to full strength. I think he is there and we are anxious to see what he can do for us.”

Howington said he knows his team can shoot the ball well but they are just not getting the shots they need to be getting. But Howington knows there will be no sympathy coming in the near future as they are scheduled to face Mater Dei on Friday night in Evansville and will return home to face an improved Pike Central team in a critical PAC game on Friday night. Then on the following Monday, they will open play at 6:30 p.m. Poseyville time at the Graber Post Classic at North Daviess High School.

“Right now it is just ‘back to the lab,’” Howington said. “We know it will not get any easier for us. We can only hope that this early tough schedule will prepare us for the Graber Post Tournament.”

One bright spot for the tournament is the completion of a large portion of Interstate 69 which takes fans virtually to the door of the high school.

“We’re disappointed but not devastated,” Howington said. “We just have to put all the pieces together.”

North Posey senior Reed Gertiesen goes up for a shot on the road. The Heritage Hills Patriots shut down the senior and the remainder of the Vikings Friday night in Lincoln City. Photo by Dave Pearce

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At Left: Organizer Karen Hoehn welcome’s attendees to the Inaugural Special Olympics Recognition Banquet, held last Thursday night at the Mount Vernon High School cafeteria.

At left: Andrew Doty and his father Dave bless the meal, graciously provided by Jeff Schelhorn, owner of Hawg n’ Sauce BBQ restaurant.

At right: Mike Yancy is all smiles as

he collects his Special Olympics Bowling

certifi cate.

At left: members of the Kingery Family kick off the banquet with live entertainment. Photos by Zach Straw

At right: This years’ games had a

great turnout. Here, participants of the

area Special Olympics basketball tournament

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South Terrace fi fth grade girls basketball team members are, front l to r: Jenna Heath and Reagan Nowaskie. Back l to r: Olivia Schmahlenberger and Anna Cherry.

North Elementary fi fth grade girls basketball team members are, front l to r, Tori Craw-ford, Brooke Coleman, and Grace Glaser. Back l to r: Coach Jason Wilson, Delaney Baehl, Destiney Nottingham, Kennedy Hallam, Haley Latham, and Asst. Kendall Wilson.

South Terrace sixth grade girls basketball team members are, front l to r: Tessa Chanley, Shaylin Reidford, Hannah Brendel, and Mallory Motz. Back l to r: Haylee Exline, Maggie Newcomb, Emily Green, and Jordyn Beshears.

North Elementary sixth grade girls basketball team members are, front l to r: Me-gan Brenton, Emma Goebel, Haley Wilson, and Cierstin Bostian. Back l to r: Emily Fortune, Anne Stegall, Emily Abernathy, and Sophia Martin. Photos by Dave Pearce

Members of the Mount Vernon High School freshman basketball team are, Front Row (L to R) - Nathan No-lan, Martin Seifert, Dylan Guthrie, Tanner Curtis, Blake Jackson, and Collin Jackson. Back Row (L to R) - Doug Blair (coach), Chase West, Austin McDurmon, Kaleb Thompson, Todd Ghrist, Walker Paris, Cam Maier, and Nick ‘Game Day’ Burton (Asst. Coach). Photos by Dave Pearce

North Elementary sixth grade cheerleaders are, left to right: Destiny Brandenstein, Faith Droege, Haley Terhune, and Paige Carlson. Photos by Dave Pearce

Madeleine, it is only a few more days until Christmas, and not only is Santa’s workshop putting all of the elves on overtime, most people are going into the panic buy-ing portion of holiday shopping. Of course, as you know, there are many more ways to fi nish shopping now. Almost every-one I know resorts to the internet now and makes several visits to sites like Amazon.

Even the most popular big stores do a brisk online business, as well as what is sold in the actual retail locations.

Even with all of this available, many peo-ple wait until the last week or so to buy gifts. Of course, many have to wait for their Christ-mas bonus money, or perhaps are hanging on for those last-minute bargains that stores offer. One of the things that always helped your grandfather and I to afford gift-buying in years past was having a Christmas club account at the bank. A certain amount was deducted from people’s paycheck deposit, and it went into that account. I think that this helped many people. However, banks have discontinued this practice, so that long-

awaited check does not arrive in October any more. I think that was often the signal for shopping to begin.

I also wrote an article for this week’s paper about Nix’s Hardware Store, which used to be in Poseyville. Although it is now gone, I am sure that many people will remember do-ing some of their Christmas shopping there.

Now, everyone has heard of ‘Black Fri-day,’ and ‘Cyber Monday,’ and stores offer deals earlier and earlier. The happiest shop-ping for gifts that I remember has nothing to do with any of this. As I have mentioned in other columns, my family visited Princeton almost every week, and Christmas was no exception. Almost all desired items could be

found in shops around the square. We went to Penny’s for new overalls and chambray shirts for Grandpa Herbert.

He always knew what he was probably getting, but pretended surprise when he opened the box. Grandma Stella had a sweet tooth, so a box of fancy chocolates, new ho-siery, and dusting powder was perfect for her. I always had a little carefully saved money to buy small items, and my poor mother got a lot of cheap jewelry and awful-smelling ‘perfume’ from the dime store. There was a little house near the courthouse that had a big chair for Santa, and I nervously stood in line

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Letters to Santa 2013 North Elem. School

Dear Santa Claus,

I want for chrismis is Ameri-

can girl doll and a new pare of

boots with no fluff on them and

a new basketball goal because

we love to playing basketball so

much and that is all I wunt.

Love,

Adrianna

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been good. May I have

shimmer this Chismas. Can I

please have a Monster High doll.

I love chismas and you and I love

your elfs. I hope I can have a

Monster High doll in my room.

Have a safe trep.

Love,

Emily

Dear Santa Claus,

Here’s what I want for

Christmas, Lego Chima sets,

Skylanders Swap-Force, and

Skylanders Sights 3DS Game,

and that’s what I want for

Christmas.

Love,

Brendoan Mason

Dear Santa Claus,

How many elves do you

have? Can you tell me the

names of your raindeers? You

don’t have to get me a lot of

toyes. But there is one thing I

want a lot and it is a hores. If

you can get me a hores. That

is ok.

Your friend,

Ava Crawford

Dear Santa Claus,

Are we giting a red ore

green elf? Whood you get me

a Ipad pleze santa! Thank you

for the car!

From,

Eddie Girten

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like for Christmas a

Ipad touch, A monster High dolls,

Lego friends dolphin Cruiship.

How tall are your elves? How

many raindeers do you have?

Is Frosty the snowman real?

Is Rudolph coming with you? If

there are any baby raindeer

what are you going to name

them?

Your freind,

Aubrey Glaser

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a Andrew Luck T-

shirt Colts. A new baseball bag.

And a I-Phone 5. Ginnus world

records 2013. Pokemon cards

Ex 2k12 Baseball for Xbox 360

Call of Duty Ghost hoodie. How

are the Raindeer? Please and

thank you!

Love,

Mason Hanna

Dear Santa Claus,

Have any raindeer had

babyes yet. Can you tall me the

name. Is Frosty the snowman

reall. Is Rudolph going to pull the

slay on Christmas. Santa can

you get me 3 toys can I get

lego friends high school and lego

friends dolphin cruiseship and

furby friend and that is it. Sant,

I have more question Sanata is

Mis. Santa going to net me a

hat. Santa I am gaving you milk

and cookeis.

Sincerely,

Aubrey Vaughn

Dear Santa Claus,

I wish you wold give me a

new bike because I am to big

for my orange bike. My broth-

ers bike has a cut in his wheel.

An I wish you could give me a

pocke-knife because I that that

my Dad wold give me a knife

that is safer.

Your friend,

Jarod Farrar

Dear Santa Claus,

I wold like it if you gave me

a turtleman knife and a tractor,

and made a for willer.

Love,

Kolton

Dear Santa Claus,

Santa can your elfs build in-

ething and also can rudoff f ly all

aroud the world. I rilly like your

sld to. It has lots of gajits on it.

Do I get all nine preasnts. I will

make you a cup of milk also I will

make a gingerbread man.Love,

Zachary

Dear Santa Claus,

Can I have a 3 DS. I also

what a Monster high doll named

Cleo and I also what a phone

and I wish theres a Christi-

mas? I wish your not to fool

for cookes? Is rodoff going to

pull the slay on Christimas? Can

Mis Class make me a hat? A

pink hat.

From,

Christina Harralson

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How is

your elfs and your wif? I bet you

been working hard. Did you now

I blevin you now mater what.

Can you make a sike I want it?

If you can make it but if you

can’t I don’t care. Because

Desember is Gods Birthday is.

I love everything you give me.

Because you are a very very

speshall mounth. Becas it is

Gods Birthday is! I love you and

wife and aso your elfs, I know

you and your elfs and your wife

been bisy from working on toys

but you don’t have to make all

of the toys I want. Becase you

need less work. You are very

very speshll to me.

Love,

Jada Alexis Hisch

Dear Santa Claus,

This proboley going to be

the best Christmas ever! I wish

you get me a globe, lago box.

Is Frosty the Snow man reel?

You’ll get cokies and probley

raindear food. Christmas is the

best time of the year and for

me and everybody ells. How

brite is rudof nose? Ho Ho Ho

Santa Mary Christmas!

Your friend,

Colin Schipp

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I’ve

been looking at Monster High

make over stuff and I have

been looking at the Monster

High Dragon. Ever scince my

cat has been gone I’ve been

asking my Mom for a kitten. Is

Roudof okay: is he sick. Are you

ready for Christmas?

Your friend,

Serenity F. Bell

Dear Santa Claus,

All I want a pink 3DS, stuffed

santa, and a nod2. Have the

elves got sick before. I evn did

the loge for you. But can you

send me a picture of a elf in

one of my pesit.

Love,

Victoria Abernathy

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a gtar and a monster

high Doll and a mark in girl Doll

Jepe. You are nice and kind and

cool. I love your rain dears they

are so cute. Thik you. I hope I

get the toys. Can I have a new

pare of boots. I hope you com

to my hose. And I hope I get

these toys.

Love your friend,

Lily Norrick

Dear Santa Claus,

My mom told me that one of

your efys talk to her. Is it reell.

Can I have a skooter and some

snow boots?

Love,

Kamden Farrar

Dear Santa Claus,

How are are you? How is

Miss Claws. Are your raindeer

o.k? I can’t wait until you come

to my house. By the way we

moved and we might move

again. I’v been very good this

year. Do you know what I

want for chiristmas? I want a

real live kitten. And 9 monster

high dolls. And a lsptop not a

toy one. Please get me thos 3

thing! Why are you all ways in

secret? P.S. I know how to right

in crsive.

Love your best friend,

Lizzie Cox

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like Marker Maker,

Sew Cool and new purple pa-

jama’s with puppy’s. how is

Rodoff? What is your favorite

kind of cookie? Witch kind of

milk do you like best chocolate,

strawberry or white?

Love,

Keira Gengelbach

Dear Santa Claus,

You are nice, kind, and awe-

some. I want a go pro. What

will you get me for Chrismas?

I want a faseball shirt. I want

a Paint Manny sshirt and foot-

ball. I like opening presnts. My

friends are Kolton, Zach, Mason,

Kamdam, Cole, and Kaden. I am

in Cub Scounts. I am going to be

something scary on Holloween.

Are are me and you friends?

Have a happy Christmas! How

are the raindeer? I love Christ-

mas. I believe in Christmas, and

Easter. I love play in the snow

and easter eggs. My grandma

has a dog name Toby. I love

playing with Toby. Sometimes

Toby gets mad and wants to

bite. I have a bother named

Blake. Me and Blake play to-

gether.

Love,

Cody Lynch

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this

year. Will you please get me a

monster high doll? Pleese get

me a I pad..

Love,

Madison

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this

year. Please bring me a Monster

High doll. Can I have a skuter?

Please bring me a coloring book.

Can I have a pair of boots?

Please bring me fun eraisers

and pencils. Can I have a kindle?

I hope you have a safe trip.

Your Friend,

Jolene

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this

year and my sister and my

brother has to. Can I please

have Monster high dolls and

high heels and my sister wants

a baby doll that can eat and

for my brother he wants x-box

360 games and for my mom

she wants a sinsey and what

elas I want is a I pod and what

elas is a Amaricu girl doll.

Your Friend,

Kaelyn

Dear Santa Claus,

I been very good this year.

I hope you git me a tablit for

crismis and a canputr.

Your friend,

Josie

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a ipod with Minecraft

on it and kick the buddy.

Love your friend,

Max

Dear Santa Claus,

Can I pleac get some carbots

toys and Ben 10 toys and my

brother want some football

toys. P.S. Why dos Rodf’s nose

gole?

Love,

Ty

Dear Santa Claus,

I been good. Can I plase have

a nrfegun? Can I plase have

a snake toy? Can I have five

bay blads plase? Can I have ten

cars? Can I plase have three

Dinesours?

Love,

Vince

Dear Santa Claus,

I’ve been very good this year.

Can you pleas get Zane a new

xbox controller? Can you please

bring me a wii u with games?

p.s. I hope you you have a safe

trip.

Love,

Quinn

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this

year. May I please have a pogos-

tick, a remote controlled helack-

opter, a large tummy stuffer,

Persifick Rim and a NPS player.

Love,

Duell

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been good. Can I have

a amikin girl doll and a xbox

360? Can I have a Iphone and a

new back pack pleas. Can I have

a foot bath for my family and

a Ipad? Can I pleas have a mi-

crophone with a bar? Can I ple

have a doll with brown hare and

a wihte princess dresss with a

princess tiara. With some higth-

els with wihte and purple pleas?

Love,

Jenna

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been good this year. I

was hoping you would bring me

a new xbox controller. I hope

you have a safe trip. Have you

been well? I hope the elves are

making good toys.

Love,

Kaden

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been getting good

grades in school just let you

know. May I have amarcen

girl doll and some amarcen girl

stuff. May I have an Ipod too. I

hop you have a safe trip!

Love,

Ashton

Dear Santa Claus,

May I have some monster

High Dolls for Christmas? May

I have a ring for my mommy:

May I have a B-B gun for my gib

brother and may I have some

play-Doh for my little brother?

May I have some American girl

Dolls for me and my sister?

Love,

McKynaDear Santa Claus,

My sister and I want for

Christmas is Some monster

high Dolls. American girl Dolls.

Monky Bars lalaloopsys Stuffies

and some high heels. Christmas

mony. A whiteboard with some

markers, my own umbrella and

a big stuffed ALF, a phone and

one for Heidi too.

Love,

Ava

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a xbox 360 with call

of Duty 1 and call of black ops

2. I also want call of Duty 2.

I also want call of Duty 2 on

xbox 360 and I want saints row

three. I want a ipod and grand

theft auto and grand theft auto

b o on xbox 360. So can I have

those cool presents?

Your friend,

Elijah

Dear Santa Claus,

Dear Santa, Can you breeng

me one piece of cole because I

want to see what it looks like.

Santa, may I please have all of

the Monster High dolls, and a

prenice moderscickle and a

Monster High car. Can I have

a ipad and a iphone. Can you

please breeng me all of the

Amaricn Girl Dolls.

Love,

Abigail

Dear Santa Claus,

I got good grad this year.

May I have a necklice that open

with a picture in it. And I want

more make up. I may have a

charm necklice. And I may have

a dress up. Can I have cloer hair

stuff. I love your elfs. I want a

American doll. I may have a big

polerbear.

Love,

Maddiie

Dear Santa Claus,

My sisters and I have been

very good this year. Can I pleas

have a pant ball gun and some

medal packs of pokemon cards

and a dirt bike and kindl with

head founs. Santa can I feed

youer reindeer. Ihave been get-

ting good grades in school.

Love,

Cole

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Letters to Santa 2013 North Elem. School

Letters to Santa South Terrace

Dear Santa Claus,

Does it really snow at the

North Pole? And do the elves

really make the toys? I hope

you bring me another American

girl doll and some more clothes

that match my clothes. I’d like

a speaker and the little money,

too!

Love,

Jade Mueller

Dear Santa Claus,

How does Rudolph get

strong? How do elves make

toys? Can you make a lot of

snow? How is Mir. Cluos doing?

I want a dirtbike and a 4weeeler

and I want a ipod and I want a

relly big ipad and I want the rest

from my mom and dad.

Merry Christmas,

Collin

Dear Santa Claus,

How do you make toys? How

does it feel in the North Pole?

I hope you bring me the game

Infinity.

Merry Christmas.

Cameron Sauer

Dear Santa Claus,

What does Mrs. Claus do

while you deliver toys to people?

I hope you will bring me a ipod !

I hope you will bring me toys. I

hope you will bring me a Boogie

Board ,and some rings .

Merry Christmas,

Anna Freeman

Dear Santa Claus,

Does it snow in the North

Pole a lot? Is it cold in the North

Pole? Where do you get toys

at? Does Mrs. Claus bake you

cookies and give you milk? Do

the elves help you a lot? I want

a ipad, ipod ,dog and a ring.

Love,

Aubrey Nowaskie

Dear Santa Claus,

How do you get everything

to lot’s of people in time? I have

really been wanting minecraft

xbox 360 addition and some

xbox points . Merry Cristmas

and a Happy New Year!

Love,

Brayden

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and how are

your elves and Mrs. Claus? I’m

fine so is my dog Bella and dad

and mom. Can I please have

some walkytalks and a play reg-

ister and a phone and that’s all

thank you santa .

Merry Christmas,

Makali Carter

Dear Santa Claus,

Does your reindeer ever get

hurt? I hope they don’t or else

that will be sad. Christmas will

be ruined when they get hurt.

I like your reindeer especially

Rudolph. May I have an I pad.

Merry Christmas.

Love,

Noah

Dear Santa Claus,

What is it like at the North

Pole? I bet it is cool! I hope I

get to see you Santa and Mrs.

Claus too! I hope you bring me

lots of teddy bear Rudolphs-- be-

cause he is the best reindeer of

the group.

Merry Christmas,

Emma Thompson

Dear Santa Claus,

How many elves do you

have? How many toys are

made? Have you ever seen a

polar bare? Would you bring me

a American girl doll, and match-

ing pj’s, a teddy bear, Rudolph,

monster high doll’s and a new

scooter and a helmet.

Merry Christmas,

Emma Vickers

Dear Santa Claus,

Do you make the toys or

buy them? I hope you bring me

an ipod and American Girl doll

stuff.

Merry Christmas,

Madeleine

Dear Santa Claus,

How do you make all of the

toy’s. I want for Christmas. A

DS game and a X-Box live.

Merry Christmas,

Lucas

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you dowing? I’m

fine. Can I have a fast tiny

forwheeler? And can I have

fast tiny dirtbike? And can I

have some underarmer hunt-

ing close? And can I have a bed

please I don’t want to sleep with

my brother? And can I have a

zomer? And can I have a Elf on

the shelf?

Love,

Jace

Dear Santa Claus,

How has it been at the north

pole seens last Cristmas? How

has Jengle been? He’s are elf on

the shelf. I hope you are having

a good time. How cold does it get

at the north pole? How are you

able to diliver all of the presents

in one night? On Cristmas eve

Jengle rought a note that said I

am going to miss you and I’ve all

ready started planning for next

year. One thing I want for Cris-

tmas is Pokeman cards. I think

they are realy cool. My brother

also wants pokemon. I think my

mom might want some new

cooky cutters. My dad might

want something that could get

are enternet a little bit faster

and by a little I meen a LOT.

Some times the sound doesn’t

work! I’m inpressed by that.

One other thing befor I have to

start on a new piece of paper.

I ran out of paper on the word,

new. Here’s another question

how long do you let your beerd

grow befor you cut some of it

off? Whats your favrit kind of

cooky? If I’ve all ready asked

that I’m sorry I’ve been work-

ing on this letter for two days

now. Another thing me and my

brother want are books. I like

Geronimo Stilton books. I also

like the Box Car Children books.

My brother likes Magic School

Bus chapter books. I can’t wait

for December the 1st because

that’s when Jengle comes and

it’s my birthday month.

Love,

TJ

Dear Santa Claus,

How are doing today? I am

doing good so are my stistes

and mom and dad to. Can I

pleess have blakops2 and a new

game? Can I have some close

to and a new bat and new mitt

and a new mokchol rirplayn?

Love,

Jordon

Dear Santa Claus,

Santa have Giddle ben good

at the North Pole? Santa when

is Giddle coming yet? Where is

Giddle? Have Giddle been good?

Santa have you been good?

Teel me when Giddle comes out

of the North Pole. I want Giddle

to come because I like to find

Giddle. Giddle has a lot of space

to hid because we put up our

Christmas stuff. I want a skuter

for Christmas. I wan’t a bike for

Christmas. I want more Pur-

due ordermints for Christmas.

I want a Purdue pawr braslit.

I want a yellow pawr braslit. I

want some more john deere

toys. I want some more ds

games. I want a giftcard to hibit

sports. I want purdue swets. I

want colts swets. I want saints

swets. I want some saints pjs.

Love,

Kade

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you today? I would

like to see myelves Max and

Bell. I have been waiting to see

them. I can’t wait for Thanks

Giving. I’d like for you to bring

Max’s and Bell’s stockings back

so we can give them gifts to.

Marry Christmas!

Love,

Matthew

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? My

name is Maddy. Are the elvs

at work? Now I know that

other people think it’s all about

the presents. It’s not the troe

meaning of Christmas is spend-

ing time with family. Now I am

a good girl I am a girl whos into

muisic. I want a keybord for

Chistmas . And one more thang

I want a helthey baby brother.

And I want benny babies. And I

want a barbi. That’s all.

Love,

Maddy

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? I hope your

good cause Christmas is almost

here. There is a lot of toys.

How do you make all those

toys? I want a Amareican girl

doll it is the one with wavy

long hair and brown eyes and

freckls. Have a merry

Christmas!

Love,

Natalie N.

Dear Santa Claus,

How is your day today? San-

ta can you tell theelfs if one elf

cold come to my hose? Can you

ples geet me a scotr that has to

spots for your feet? Can I ples

have some monster highs? Can

I ples have a tablit? Can I ples

have a bunny ples Santa? Ples

can I ples have a baby cat of

my one? Ples Santa cause you

are the colist prsen ever! And

for my last to gifs can I ples

have the monster high genny

grls and can Andi come ovr for

Chrissmiss?

Love,

Annica

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing today?

How are your elf doing? How is

deers doing? I want to tell you

what I want for Chrismis. I want

a I pod for Chrismis this year.

I thank that I saw a deer on

youtoub. Am I on the note list

or on the nice list? I hope I’m on

the nice list. I want for Chrismis

a pet dog or a fish. I want a

clook and calinder to. I like your

sut. When I get a house can you

get me a swigsat? Can I have

a diry? Can I get a jeep? I love

you. I got a good fiend. It wood

be Madison. Are you being good

for your elf? I hope are.

Marry Chirmis!

Love,

Olivia

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I

want a Hello Kittey gitor please.

Do the elves really make the

presents?

Your friend,

Chloe Newmen

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I

want an Ipad for Christmas

please. I have been good in sec-

ond grade. I have not gotten

in trouble in second grade at

school. You are my best buddy

and misses claus is too.

Your friend,

Austin Marvel

Dear Santa Claus,

This year I want a four-

wheeler and a 3D ds and a

gocart and on the four weeler I

want it to be black.

Love,

Ira Wilson

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I rel-

ly want a fluffy chair. Like my

sister. I love Christmas becase it

is Jesus birthday and its when

you eat a lot of cookies. What

kind of cookies do you like? And

please can you get me a fluffy

chair.

Your friend,

Madelyn Galinolo

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas may

I have a new pair of skinny Jen-

nys or Jegings please and shoes.

How are you feeling? How are

your rain deer. I bet really like

Christmas. We always set out

cookies for you. I’ve been good

all year. What time do you star

delivering pesnets. I like Christ-

mas not cause of the presents

cause we’re celebrating Jeasus

birth. Some people think it’s all

bout presents, but it’s not. It’s

about family.

Your friend,

Katie Baize

Dear Santa Claus,

I want skylanders swap fors.

Can you get me all the guys in

the game please? I want a new

black lab please. I want Vince

and Kaleb and Logan and Iva as

my brothers. Santa, how is my

elf doing? Tell him I said hi and

tell Miss Claus and the reinder

too. You rock santa! Tell Miss

Claus she rocks and the rein-

deer rock.

Your friend,

Cole Newcomer

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I

want a camera pels. I want

new clothes for bity baby and

American girl dall please. I want

a monster Hi dall please. Do the

elves make the presents?

Your friend,

Makenna Bryant

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas can

I please have a xbox 360! This

year for Christmas can I please

have a pet cat. This year for

Christmas can I please have a

phone. This year for Christmas

can I please have a nother ham-

ster. Santa what is Miss. Claus

dowing. This year for Christmas

can I please have a Ipad. This

year for Christmas can I please

have a copol of baby dolls. We

learned how to subtract 2 digit

numbers.

Your friend,

Alex

Dear Santa Claus,

I want two wii games, cars,

and a book santa.

Goodbye,

Ryan

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas

I want a stufy pless I want a

zoomer pless I want a bear pless

I want a skate pless I want a efl

pless. Wat is the efl name I like

efl and thank you.

Love,

Erika Jo Duncan

Dear Santa Claus,

Can I pleas have a cool Hot

cupcake backer and please 3

Living horses. And what are

your Reindeers’ names? I have

been good this year.

Your friend,

Brookelynn Renee Hisch

Dear Santa Claus,

This Christmas I want a Dirt

Bike please and thank you for

the bake and play and setes.

Thank you for last Christmas.

how is Miss Claus?

Your friend,

Kaleb Baehl

Dear Santa Claus,

Daniel is doing really good.

I would like to have the game

nano bugs in the kitchen. Also

I would like doggy doo. Please I

would like to have a mini dream

light for a stocking stuffer. I

love all the presents from all the

other years. Do your raindeere

still like apples and carrots? If

they do good because I will leave

some.

Love,

Olivia Tinsley

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I

want a nubby 2, a live giny pig

with a cage and a 3DS plese.

And I want you to know my

mom is having another baby!

PS. What kind of cookies do

you want?

Your friend,

Anneliese Mayes

Dear Santa Claus,

Can you please get me call

of duty black ops 2 and call of

duty ghost? Will you please get

me mind craft toy please. Can I

please have a will you get me a

cardinals case please.

Your friend,

Kaedyn Stewart

Dear Santa Claus,

This year 2013 for Christ-

mas I want an IPad and a car-

dinals case for my Ipod a car-

dinals shirt can I please get a

kindle fire with a cardinals case

for my kindle and an xbox 360

and can I please have call duty

ghosts?

Your friend,

Carson Woods

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I

want an x-box one and a rike.

Am I on the good list. And

Santa can you please say if my

sister is on the good list too?

Santa can you tell me how far

is the north pole? Santa can I

ask you for one more thing? It

is naby. I love you Santa.

Your friend,

Logan Simmons

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas can

you please give me a new ipod

and a xbox 360 and a PS3 and

a dog and a ipad and a phone.

What are your reindeer doing?

How are you doing? How is Mrs.

Claus doing?

Your cool friend,

Noah Roberts

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Letters to Santa 2013 South Terrace SchoolDear Santa Claus,

How are you? I am fin. Can

you plles tell one elfe to cum to

my home? Thak you! Code I

plaes have a remot kutro mostr

truk? And a bike and a I pod.

Love,

Kaleb H.

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? I think

you are awesome! I want for

Crismiss is a toy Umbreyon.

Please and I want for Crismiss

is a raindeer. And I want for

Crismiss is a toy elf on a shelf.

And can I please have a big

eyed stuff animal that is a

wolf?

Love,

Andi

Dear Santa Claus,

Hi how are you? I have saw

a elf at my house befor. I want

to see won gen at my house.

I want for chrismise a box of

braslits for my friends! And my

family to! And a bag for school.

Maeree cheismis!

Love,

Mia

Dear Santa Claus,

How is Eli doing? It was fun

last year win I woke up in fond

wear he was. Well let’s move

on shall we. Well hear are some

things I want for Cristmas, a

sizor holder, things for my ama-

rican girl doll, new close, a paper

role. And that is what I want

for Cristmas. Marry cristmas!

Love,

Olivia E.

Dear Santa Claus,

How is Miss Claus been? Has

she and you been taking care

of the rain deer? How are the

elves Santa? How is your day

Santa Claus? How are your

rain deer? Has Miss Claus have

a good day? Can I have a 3ds

Santa Claus?

Love,

Austin P.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like an xbox360. I would

also like video games and 90

dollars.

Love,

Joey N.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a crazy cart, xbox,

and veteo games for age 8.

Love,

Hayden V.

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a go cart and a

dirt bike. I will leave a cup of milk

and a cookie.

Love,

Jordan A.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a stuft Rudolph. I

would also like a toy car.

Love,

Tyler W.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a Lego Batman. I

would also like a toy cumputer.

Santa what is your faverit

snack? I help my mom doing

clening up. I have been good this

year! I help my mom going shop-

ping and dad for shopping. I do

good in school. I help my sister

clean her room.

Love,

Brendan L.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Hannah. For

Christmas can I please have a

real pink and black cunperter?

Next I want an ipod and a cupel

books. Thank you Santa. You

are the best.

Love,

Hannah W.Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a moster high set and

I would also like Rudolph.

P.S. I hope you have a nice trip

from the North Pole.

Love,

Giana K.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Kanaan. I hope

you have a nice trip from the

North Pole. I want a toy remote

control truck. I want a Leap

Frog Tablet. I like Rudolph’s red

nose.

Love,

Kanaan R.

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a Barbie doll

house. I would like new skates.

Tell Rudolph that I like him.

Love,

Samara A.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas I would like a

Leap Frog tablet please.

Love,

Dalton M.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a babydoll and a Hello

Kitty Doll Please Santa. I also

want crayons and a coling book.

Please.

Love,

Chelcie W.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a baby doll, a ro-

bot dog, and a laptop. Please.

Thanks. You’re the best in the

whole wide world. I love you

Santa. Thank you for giving us

presents. P.S. I hope you are

safe on your flight. I love you.

Love,

Ahdom H.

Dear Santa Claus,

How are your elves doing? I

want a Ipond. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Roni

Dear Santa Claus,

I am in 2nd and an iphone 5.

Please. My baby sister wants to

see you.grade. I am 7 years old.

My name is Jalin. What I want

for Christmas is an Xbox 360

and an iphone 5. Please. My

baby sister wants to see you..

P.S. Do you like muffins?

Love,

Jalin G.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas I would like a

new video game and I would also

like to have a new bike from

Dan’s Comp. P.S. Do you like

chocolate chip cookies?

Love,

Grant D.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas I want Barbie

a new hair bow and new shoes.

I want a new dress for her and

I new phone. P.S. What kind of

cookies do you like?

Love,

Destin C.

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like crayons, paper,

Hello Kitty, collring book, hair

care, and baby dolls please.

What kind of cookies do you

like? I tride to be good.

Love,

Agigail S.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Anika. I would like

a Play station for Christmas. I

want a Priness Sophia doll and a

pink ball. Santa I like you.

Love,

Anika C.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a light-up turtle, a few

new or old Hero Factory Bioni-

cals, and if you can a pet snake.

Pleeeeeeeeeas, and thank-you.

I have been good this year by

helping mom with Sarah.

P.S. How do you get your

raindeer to fly?

Love,

Alex B.

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a toy casle and I

would like new shoes. Can you

please get me a pair of skates.

Love,

Jadeyn J.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a journal and a flat

screen TV for my room. I would

like to know if it is going to

snow. How do your raindeer

fly?

Love,

Braden B.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like a gum ball mushen. I

would also like a bike and a mini

car. Iwant books that I can read.

I have been good.

Love,

Donnovan J.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Shyra. I would

like a laptop and a Barbie house.

I want a Barbie doll. Do you like

chocolate chip cookies? I would

like a Poodle.

Love,

Shyra R.

Dear Santa Claus,

I like that my birthday is on

Christmas Eve. I want a good

Christmas and some A.R. books.

P.S. How many elves do you

have?

Love,

Matthew B,

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year I

would like for you to have a

safe trip out of the North Pole.

I wouldalso like a laptop with the

rest of the toys and chlose.

Love,

Mark G.

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 7. I want Bay blades for

Christmas. I also want a ninja

toy and a compoter. I have been

good.

Love,

Nathan P.

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas this year

I would like a dirt bike. Also I

would like a PS4. I hope you

have a lovely Christmas and I

worked very hard on this.

Love,

Caleb T.

Dear Santa Claus,

How do you make the toys? I

hope you bring me a John Deer

combine.

Merry Christmas,

Joshua Dill

Dear Santa Claus,

How are your elves? How are

you and Mrs claus? This year I

want a Ipod. Pleas I have Been

good This year.

Merry Christmas,

Lander Shelby

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? Are you sad or

glad or mad? Do you know what

I want for Cristmas? I want a

kendle. Some close and some

candy. I love candy and close.

But most of all I want a kendle!

Love,

Kennedy

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Jaxon. I have

been good this year. Do you

have a secret cookie resipe?

I want a 3DS, my dog a bed.

Thanks you.

Love,

Jaxon F.

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing on those

awesome toys? How are you

doing? I figer your doing good

because your awesome? Santa I

hope I get a spinner rod because

I have been asking for one. I also

hope I get a Payton Manning or-

ange broncos jersey. I been ask-

ing for a Cardinals jersey. I also

want a cardinals necklace.

Merry Christmas,

Reece

Letters to Santa 2013 West Elem. School

Dear Santa Claus,

How do you give all the pre-

sants to each house? Or do

the elves go do it? Does Mrs.

Claus go with you? I hope you

bring me an electric scooter,

playstatlon 360, Xbox, wii, ipod,

iphone, chapter books, a stuffed

Rudolph, a ticket to Florida and

to go home for Christmas.

Merry Christmas,

Isaac Sandberg

Dear Santa Claus,

How are the elves doing?

Are the elves good at work?

Can you give me a dirt bike?

And a Xbox360 and call a dud-

dy? Are you doing good? Can I

have a ps 4 and games? And

a nerfgun? Plees do not drink

the appal juice. Ok you can give

enee thing you want . And a

cindlfire and charge it.

Love,

Jon

Dear Santa Claus,

Is my elf good at the north

poel? Is rodof the red nose ri-

andeer fin? Are you fin at the

north poel? Is Mis. Class roning

out of bater? Dose my elf get

presents for Crimas? What do

you put on your riandeer to

make them fly? What is your

favrit cookie? What is your fa-

vrit Crimas song? This is what

I want for Crimas. I want a bell

from your sled. Please can I

have a cake kit?

Happy Crimas to you!

Love,

Sibyl

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Letters to Santa 2013 West School

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 8 years old. How old

are you? I have been really

good this year. For Christmas

I would like 2 video games- a

football and a basketball one-for

Playstation 2. Please and thank

you. I would also like a remote

control car. Hope you have a

safe trip.

Love,

Alex

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been really good this

year. Can I please have an iPad,

softball glove, basketball, soccer

ball, and some more books. I’m

very sorry I have not been very

nice to my big and little sister.

But in my defence they have

not been very nice to me. I

hope you have a Merry Christ-

mas.

Love,

Molly

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Alyssa. I hope

you are redy for Christmas.

How is your wife? I hope she

is filling allrite. How is Rudolph?

I am 7 years old. How old are

you? For Christmas I would like

high heel boots. I would also like

an iphone, sunglasses that are

leopard print and an Elf on the

Shelf book. Thank you.

Love,

Alyssa

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? I hope you are

ready to deliver presents to the

peple that are good. How is Ru-

dolph? Is he good? I have been

working verey hard. I would

like a Zoomer Robot Puppy for

Christmas. I want books to

read and an iPad, too. Merry

Christmas.

Love,

Cyra

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Mrs.

Claws? How are the elves?

What is your head elf’s name?

I am trying to be the best I can.

I’m in second grade and I have

my aunt, Mrs. Parker. My name

is Max. I really want a cat for

Christmas. I promise to take

good care of it and keep it away

from my dad because he is aler-

jic. I would also like a scooter

and another x-box controller. I

hope you have a Merry Christ-

mas.

Love,

Max Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Danyel. I have a

sister. I am 8 years old. I have

ben good in school and I work

hard. I am good and I have

ben playing my games. I want

a Zoomer Robot Puppy and a

Dream House for Christmas.

Love,

Danyel

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope you are doing good. I

have tried to be good. I hope

you have a great Christmas.

I would like an x-box 360 for

Christmas. I would love to have

2 x-box controllers and 2 head

sets.

Love,

EliDear Santa Claus,

My name is Treyson and I

am 9 years old. I have been

good this year. I want an Xbox

Live and a phone. How are you

and Mrs. Claus? I hope you two

are well!

Love,

Treyson

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? I hope you get

to my house. I have been kind

of good. I have been working re-

ally hard. How are Rudolph and

Mrs. Claus? I have been taking

really good care of my dog. For

Christmas I would like an iPhone

5 and a new radio. I have an

Elf on the Shelf. His name is

Luke. I would also like some new

clothes and new boots. Have a

Merry Christmas.

Love,

Emily

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Rebekah. I have

been good at school this year. I

have been working very hard. I

am 8 years old. For Christmas

I want a guitar, a soccer ball, a

leap pad, and a Sassy Salon.

P.S. How are you and Rudolph?

Love,

Rebeckah

Dear Santa Claus,

How have you been? How

are Mrs. Claus and Rudolph?

What have you been doing all

this year? How are your rein-

deer doing? I have been work-

ing hard at home and school. I

would like a dollhouse and a soc-

cer ball for Christmas. Thank

you.

Love,

Emma-Sue

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Gabryella, but I

go by Gabby. I have been really

good this year. I am in 2nd

grade. How is Roodoff? Tell

him I have raindere food for

him. I want a guitar and a So-

phia the First dress. But most

of all I want all of the less for-

tunate children to get presents.

Merry Christmas.

Love,

Gabby

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 8 years old. I hope you

are ready for x-mas. I always

wanted the whole collection of

lps (Littlest Pet Shop). I also

want an iPad. I always help with

dinner. I have been good this

year. You are soooooo nice.

P.S. How is Roudolph?

Love,

Harley

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and the elves?

Am I on the good list? I’ve tried

to do well this year. I’m 8 years

old. I am in second grade. The

teacher that I have is Mrs.

Parker. I want an iPod Touch

because I’ve been really hoping

to get one. My sister said that

she doubts that I will get one.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Love,

Nicot

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Isabel and I am 7

years old. I am working hard in

school this year. I am tring to

get all A’s in school. The things

I want for Christmas are a gui-

tar, Zoomer Robot dog, leap pad

and a Sassy Salon. Christmas

is my favorite holladay.

Love,

Isabel

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 7 years old. I want a

new transformer and a new

transformer train and an iPad.

I would also like an inside cat

for Christmas. Christmas is my

favorite hollday.

Love,

Tyler

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? How are the

raindeer? I want an x-box and

a dog. I want a remot control

car. I have been really good this

year.

Love,

Jackson

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Kendra. I am 7.

I have been good this year. I am

working hard at school. I am in

second grade. I have been tak-

ing good care of my mom and

my dog, Raigen. I really want a

guitar, an iPad and some books

for Christmas. I would like them

pink and brown. P.S. How are

you and Rudolph?

Love,

Kendra

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Kenyon. I am

in second grade. I have been

working very hard at school.

For Christmas I want a play

station, xbox, lots of games, and

some gift cards.

I hope you have a safe trip on

Christmas.

Love,

Kenyon

Dear Santa Claus,

How have you been? For

Christmas I would like a Barbie

House, some books, a DS, dolls

and a kitty cat. Have a Merry

Christmas.

Love,

Paris

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How

is Rudolf? How are the elves?

I want an iPad and a DS for

Christmas. I would also like an

xbox 360. See you soon.

Love,

Landon

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been really good this

year. Can I please have a Mine-

craft Lego Nether, a Green Ma-

chine, and a Minecraft Creeper

toy? P.S. How is Rudalph? Who

is your favorite Elf? How are

you?

Love,

Kyle

Dear Santa Claus,

I tried to be good so...can I

have one of your elves plese?

I will give you milk and cookies.

What is the words cooky you

ever tasted? Why are your

elves so small? I’m in 2nd grade.

I’m 7. Thank you for my ipad. I

reely want baby doll cloths and

a toy baby crib.

Love,

Hannah

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Kirsten. Do you

have a dog? Do you have a

cat? Do you havea fish? I want

a reindeer. I am 7 years old.

Can I have a reindeer? I want

a driving lisines and a limo. Levi

wants a Playstashin 3. I will

bring a present.

Love,

Kiersten

Dear Santa Claus,

Am I good this year? Happy

Christmas. Why does Rudolph’s

noes glow? Have you ever yelled

at one of your reindeer? Can I

have Legos, a soccer ball and

a bike? Why do you say ho ho

ho? My sister wants a Barbie.

Your friend,

Andrew

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been good this year.

I am 8 years old. How do you

get in my house because I don’t

have a chimney? How do your

raindeer fly? This Christmas I

want an ipad. I want an iphone.

I want a DS. Willie you get

Cassie a Duck Dynisty shirt? I

will leave you cookies.

Sincerely,

Tori

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 7 years old. I have been

good. Do you get sick after you

eat cookies? What is Rudolph’s

favorite coler? I rilly want a

hamster. Can you make shur

you git my sister something? I

plaed football.

Love,

Jaxon W.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Cadence. I just

moved into a new home. I want

to know do you ever get cold?

Do you have a favorite rein-

deer? I would like a 3DS and

my mom would like new boots.

Love,

Cadence

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope I’m on the nice list.

How are your reindeer? Can I

have a planes video game, books

and walkie-talkies? I have all-

most made my AR gole.

Your friend,

Nolan

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Dear Santa Claus,

I have ben good. I hope I get

a lot of gifts from you. How do

you fit threw the chimney if I

don’t have a chimney? Have

you evr talked to the other

reindeer? I want a Ferbe. I will

leav you cookies.

Love,

Mya

Dear Santa Claus,

I have two dogs and a twin

sister. I am 7 years old and

in 2nd grade. I have an older

sister named Coreena. I have

moved on 2nd street. Can

Rudolph eat ice cream? Can I

have Rudolph? I would like make

up, Rudolph and a puppy. Mom

would like a robot that cleans

up. Dad wants a new bed.

Bring Careena a new phone.

Cyra would like a new toy.

Please bring Zane a dog toy and

Nyaya a new dog bed.

Love,

Clarissa

Dear Santa Claus,

Is Rudolph your reindeer?

What is your favorite cookies?

How do you fit in the chim-

neys? I want a dirt bike, Ipad

and a 3DS and some Jordin

shoes. I will leve you some cook-

ies. I will leve your reindeer a

snak. I play baseball.

Love,

Kortez

Dear Santa Claus,

I’m 8 years old. I like your

elves and your reindeer. I’m

in 2nd grade. How do you get

around the world in one night?

How is your reindeer? What

I want are high-heels, Ipad, and

hamster. Please bring For Mor-

gan a Mader car, for Bailey an

Ipod cace, for Grandmol oven

mits. I will leve you mild and

cookies and food for your rein-

deer. P.S. Ples write me back.

Love,

Abigayle M.

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Camea. I have

been tring to help my cusins

to not argue together. I was

wundring what is your favor-

ite cooky? How short are the

elves? I would like a new kittin,

a 4 wheeler and roller skates.

My mom just would like to have

dipers for my mom’s baby.

Sincerely,

Camea

Dear Santa Claus,

I am a good boy. I am in sec-

ond grade. Santa how do you

get down the chimney? What

are your favorite cookies? I

would like a plate for my mom.

I would like new cups for mama.

I would like a new movie. I would

like a new book. I am going to

leave you a present.

Love,

Matthew

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Taylor. I love

Christmas. Do you have 100

reindeer? How do you get in

my door? I want an ipad, Legos

and more books. My mom

wants a ring. My dad wants a

Duck Dynsty cup. My sister

wants a trampoline. My brother

wants a new toy. Lacey wants

new silverware.

Love,

Taylor

Dear Santa Claus,

I’m in 2nd grade. I’m 7 yeres

old. How old are you? Do you

like milk? What is Rudolph’s fa-

vorite food? My mom wants

a remote control Mark & Ben.

I want a new bike. I hope the

Grench doesn’t stel Christmas.

Love,

Mark

Dear Santa Claus,

I am in 2nd grade. I am

Tristan. How do you put the

presents behind the tree?

When is your birthday? I want

bayblads and my dad wants

tools. My sisders want dols. My

mom wants a camru.

Your friend,

Tristan

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 8 years old. I have been

good this year. What is your

favorite cookies? Do you turn

green after all those cookie? I

want a dirt bike, a DS4 and an

Ipad 4. Mom wants a walking

podomiter. Jackson would

like an Ipad 4. Dad would like

a brand new deer stand. I will

leave cookies for you!

Love,

Beau

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Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Abbey. I am in

2nd grade. I am 8 years old.

I have been realy good. How

do your reindeer fly? Are your

elves anowing? I would like an

Itunes card, a bike, and cat. My

sister would like make up. My

brother would like a teddy bear.

My mom would like a Smurf.

My dad would like a movie. I will

write you a note and bake you

some cookies.

Sincerely,

Abbey R.

Dear Santa Claus,

I’m pretty sher I’m on the

nice list. I met my AR goal.

What’s your favorite cookie?

Do you like fuge? This Christ-

mas I would like a stylist and

mood ring. My mom would like

the Duck Dynesty triva game.

My brother would like a Spider-

man play house. My dad would

like a hunting tent. I will leave

you some fuge, cookies & milk.

Sincerely,

Arlissa

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Madi. My favrit

holadays are Chrismas, Hallowen

& Valntins Day. My Sisters &

I have been good. How will you

get in my house if I don’t have

a chimney? This Chrismas I

want a braclit maker, f lipy hat

and stuffed anmil colection.

When is your birthday? I will

leve some cookies for you.

Love,

Madison

Dear Santa Claus,

I am sorry I have been bad

this year. I will be good for

the rest of the year. Thank

you for the TV last year and

all the other good stuf. How

old is Rudlph? I like books. I am

in second grade. I would like a

dirt bike, BMX bike, and 2014

Basketball game for Xbox 360. I

will leave you cookies.

Love,

Zarek

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Jackie and I am

good. I am in 2nd grade and I

am 7 years old. How do you

fly? How do you get down the

chimney? I would like a phone

and an Ipad and a little limo that

is black. I made my AR goal. I

can’t wait for you to come to

my house.

Your friend,

Jackie

Dear Santa Claus,

I am 7 years old. I have ben

triing to be good. My name is

Reemo. I am in 2nd grade. I

work hard in 2nd grade. I do

my homework every day at

home. How do your reindeer

fly? Is Rudolph feeling good?

This Christmas I want an awe-

some bike and a drum set and

a dog and an elf. If I can’t get

all of those things I just want an

elf. Can you get the bike that

my brother wants?

I will leave you cookies and

Rudolph a toy.

Love,

Reemo

Letters to Santa Marrs

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like you to get me a

i pad and a Taylor Swift case,

Lego Friends, glow pet’s, Fro-

zen the movie. I would also like

Frozen Character’s. And I have

been a good girl.

Love,

Kendall

Dear Santa Claus,

Can I have some dresses, a

toy, kitchen at my Grammy’s

house, some jeans, some more

snow, some socks, a Reindeer,

a Christmas tree to keep, a

Christmas clock, some Christ-

mas ornaments, some craft

paper please. I have been nice.

Love,

Ally

Dear Santa Claus,

The thing I want most for

Xmas is an ant farm. I also

want a Fur Real friends Mon-

key. Can you bring me a build-a-

bear please! Merry X-Mas!

Love,

Morgan W.

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope you have fun riding

the sled. Just one smile in the

sky. Just pick one smile, it will

be one Christmas moment it will

be just one in your life dreams

come true. When you play it fills

like a special moment and be-

comes a fun time. you pick your

favorite people, and I pick mine.

Love,

Mia Jolee Wagner

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a baby sister.

Love,

Max Westerman

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a lot of make-up for

Christmas and a lot of barbies. I

love Christmas!! Thank you for

Christmas. I love you Santa.

Love,

Stephanie

Dear Santa Claus,

I wish I could have the airhogs

mega bomb, an xbox 360 with

kinect for my room, an airhogs

stunt flier, a blue toy light saber,

and a toy red light saber please.

Thank you.

Love,

Caleb

Dear Santa Claus,

This Christmas may I have

a toy cat and a toy dog? And

I would also like One Direction

dolls and some cds. And I would

like a toy cooking set but makes

real food. And I would also like a

first aid kit. And I would like a

toy rabbit and a toy bear and a

toy frong and a toy turtle and a

toy fish and a toy squirrel and a

doll house and some Barbies and

a baby doll set and a toy movie

theater and toy food and my

family to be happy.

Love,

Morgan

Dear Santa Claus,

Can I have make up and

shoes and fake nails and socks

and Books and toys.

Love,

Chloe

Dear Santa Claus,

I am writing to let you know

what I want for christmas! I

want a barbie doll dream house

for Christmas at my moms

could you possible get me that?

You are really sweet to all the

kid’s around! W wish for all the

sick kids to get better! I hope

you love Christmas! Because we

will give the reindeer food and

you cookies and milk! I believe in

you and the reindeer especially

Rudolph! I will always believe in

you just to let you know that

I will always love you and keep

you in my heart just like my

mom and dad and brother and

dog!.

Love,

Ava Walters

Dear Santa Claus,

I don’t know what I want for

Christmas. But thank you for

our elf Zeke we love him. And

thank you for my presents too.

Love,

Ella Marlowe

Dear Santa Claus,

For Christmas I want a new

baby alive just like the one I

used to have and maybe some

diapers for her and some baby

clothes for her. I want a new

radio. I want another diaper bag.

Some movies and that’s it.

Love,

Isabell

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been a good girl this

year. I want a ipod because I

can play games on it.

Love,

Hannah

Dear Santa Claus,

I have one of your elves at

my house. He’s very nice his

name is Jack his last name is

frost. But don’t worry he’s very

very good. He doesn’t freeze

stuff either. And he’s very

good. And Santa you might be

asking if I was a good girl this

year. Well I don’t really know

because I don’t have the nice

list. I have lot’s of friends some

of them are Jenna, Haley, Emily

And Hannah that’s only some

of them. And the last thing that

I want to tell you is. I hope you

have a Merry Christmas And

A Happy New Year too! And

Merry Christmas to all of you

out there.

Love,

Rylee Schmuck

Dear Santa Claus,

I’ve been good this year. How

are the elves? Is Rudolph okay: I

would like Poke’mon toys please.

Love,

Zack

Dear Santa Claus,

I want an Iphone for Christ-

mas and a bunch of clothes

from Justice.

Love,

Bailey Ewers

Dear Santa Claus,

I want for christmas is a Ipod,

games, loegos, cars, books and

toys.

Love,

Adam B.

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? How are the

raindeer and Mrs. Clause: I have

been good some of the year.

Can you please suprise me with

something neat.

Love,

Dusten

Dear Santa Claus,

How is Mrs. Clause and the

eleves? I want a hot pink softball

bag. And a soft lunch box. I also

want a soup thermos, despicki-

able me 2, Monsters University,

and the new diary of a wimpy

kid.

Love,

Hannah

Dear Santa Claus,

Thank you for keeping me

on the NICE list. Lily (my Elf on

the shelf) has been reporting

to you each night. I would like

Monster High, Barbies, and LPS

and a Tech Deck for my broth-

ers, Jase, too! P.S. That’s my

Christmas list.

Love,

Grayce

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? I’m do-

ing great. I’m sure you have

been very busy. In case you

were wondering, I would like a

microphone whith a stand, Re-

belle Bow and arrow, Lite Brix,

and a Zoomer dog. If you can,

my brother, Hayden, would like a

new nerf gun. I hope you have a

merry Christmas.

Love,

Madolyn Huff

Dear Santa Claus,

I want an Xbox live and a lego

train and an airplane.

Love,

Blake

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Letters to Santa Farmersville Elem.

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing in the

Northpole? I am doing great and

having fun. I wish you a Merry

Christmas.

Love,

Troy

Dear Santa Claus,

For Chistmas I want a Dog

and some Poke’mon cards. I

would also like to have a Diary

of a Wimpy Book number six

and a Bakugan Balls and an ipod.

Love,

Adam M.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hi, are you having good day,

Awesome. I want Call of Doody,

mega blocks, 3rd grade work-

book, Mega Nerf gun, the ma-

rio wii game, and a Christmas

movie.

Love,

Aaron Weis

Dear Santa Claus,

What do I want for Christ-

mas you may ask. I want the

Pokemon Battlearena and Poke-

mon figures. I also want some

books.

Love,

Ryan

Dear Santa Claus,

I’ve been good this year. I’m

sorry my brother touched your

elf. Here’s what I would like.

battborgs, lego lord of the rings

the black tower, lego china set,

candy.

Love,

Sawyer

Dear Santa Claus,

Have you baked any cookies

yet? How is Mrs. Cluse? One

more Little thing how are the

Elves? I hope you have a Merry

Christmas!

Love,

Brandi

Dear Santa Claus,

I want Monster High dolls.

I have two Cawdeens, two

Frankies, aVe nus, and Howleen.

Love,

Brooke

Dear Santa Claus,

Have I been a naughty or

nice girl? If I have been a nice

girl I want p.js, jewelry from Jus-

tice, makeup case, ipod, clothes

from Justice for Chrsitmas.

Love,

Lily

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you today? I guess

the elves are very busey mak-

ing all of the toys. How are rain

deer? I hope they are ready for

Christmas. I promise I will leav

cookys . May I have a toy cat

and my brothars wood like la-

gos and a remot control car

and bubble guppies. Thank you

Santa

Sincerle,

Hadley Barritt

Dear Santa Claus,

How many elves do you

have? How is Mrs. Clause? I

would like a new nerf gun. I like

your boots. Oh, how are your

reindeer? I would like a robot

named Spencer. My dad would

like a P.S.3 game. My grandma

would proble want a camera.

Your friend,

Spencer Philipps

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Mrs. Clause

and the reindeer? I would like

a mini ipad for my sister or a

phone. For my dad a hat. My

mom would like a frame and my

dog anything. We will leave you

cookies and milk for you. How

are the elves doing? I hope you

have a good trip.

Sincerely,

Hadley Weatherford

Dear Santa Claus,

How was your weekend? I

bet it was good. How are your

reindeer? I would like a melt

and mold from Crayola. My

mommy would like flowers. My

little brother would like a TOY

reindeer. My dad would like a

toolbox. My grandmother would

like some books.

Your friend,

Landon Mitchell

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you this year? For

Christmas I would like monster

high dolls. How are the reindeer

and Mrs. Clause? I would also

like a puppy. Mom would probly

want new shoes. Oh dad would

want a new tool box. Grandma

would want sweaters. My

brothers would like moveys.

Your friend,

Connie Barker

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope that your elves are

not worn out. How are the

reindeer? I would like a spy kit

and darts. Nolan would like some

trains. My sister would like baby

dols. Lexus woud like Monster

high dols.

Your friend,

Brian Jernigan

Dear Santa Claus,

How are the reindeer? Has

any of them had babies? Can

you bring me 2 chocolate labs

for me and Jamie? Can I have

new bike? Can Jamie have a

new bike?

Your friend,

Julien Glover

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like to know what

do your reindeer eat? Here

is what my family would like

for Christmas. Sam would

like some sports figures. Jack

would like some instraments. I

would like some G.I. Joes and

some monster toys. Dad would

like a tool box and some tools.

Mom would like some soap.

Your friend,

Abram Thomas

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and your elves?

Take your time for presents.

My mom would like some shoes

and my dad would like a bear

swetshert. My brother would

like rims and tires. My grand-

ma would like some flowers. I

would like a toy horse.

Your friend,

Reagan Sullivan

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope you have a good list

and no bad? I would like a x box

360. My mom would like some

perfume. My dad would like a

new tool box. My grama would

like some cooking tools. My little

sister would like some Monster

Univsite toys. My whole family

would like some books.

Your friend,

Abrianna Choate

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you this year? I

would like a wiggles movie and a

toy castle for Christmas. Can

the castle have a drawbridge?

My dog Lucas would really like

a bone. My sister Taylor would

like some clothes and my broth-

er an xbox. Mom would like a

day at the spa. Can you bring

dad a new 4-wheeler?

Love,

Gabriel Lance

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a remot kontrol

car. My little brother would like

a baby toy. My brother would

like a remot kontrol car too.

My sister would like a Amarcen

girl doll. My Dad would like a

flash light. My Mom would like

some cooking stuf. How are

you and Mrs clause doing? How

are your rain deer doing?

Your friend,

Hudson Barritt

Dear Santa Claus,

How is rewdof and all of the

reindeer? I would like the brand

new batman video game and

a new transformer. My baby

sister would like a new toy. My

dad would like a new rowb and

slipers. My step mom would

like new hairspray. My brother

would like a new game.

Your friend,

Ethan Adams

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? I would

like a book! My dad would like

to see Duck Dincey. My G

would like a book. My brother

would a pikture of me. My mom

would like a piture of me!

Love,

Alex Hyatt

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing Santa

and Mrs. Clause? How are

your elves and your reindeer?

What I would like is a puzzle.

My sister would like an i pad.

My brouthers would like a funny

movie. My mom would like a

sweater. My dad would like

some gloves. I hope you have

a nice trip.

Your friend,

Brooklyn Kreiger

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a nerf machine

gun and a remote control tank

with some pretend rockets. I

would like some paint for my

mom. Dad would like a toolbox

. If you can he would like some

tools in it. My family would like

a log cabin.

Sincerely,,

Asher Haney

Dear Santa Claus,

Hi Santa, how are you and

your reindeer? Well you see I

don’t have a horse and I would

like a bryer. My mom would like

some perfume. My dad would

like a bike. My sister would like

a doll. My baby bruther would

like some toys.

Love,

Paige Schatz

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Mrs. Claus

doing? Are you getting ready

for Christmas Eve? Are the

reindeer behaving themselves?

I bet they are getting excited.

I guess elves are getting ready

for Christmas. So this is what

I what for Christmas: a doll

house, mini ipad, a puppy, a bear,

a monkey, a jewelry box and a

pair of earrings and a necklace.

Your friend,

Maddie Maier

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Mrs. Claus

doing? I want a play station 4,

and a mini ipad. How are the

reindeer doing? My dad would

like a new coat. My mom would

like a new book to read.

Your friend,

Mack Conyers

Dear Santa Claus,

How is Mrs. Claus doing? Are

you getting ready for Christmas

Eve? Are the reindeer behav-

ing themselves? I want board

games, some dolls and a tablet

.My mom wants jewelry and a

Socks shirt. My dad wants a

Cubs shirt and a cup that says

DAD on it. My little brother

wants some cars and trucks

My big brother wants an Iphone

five. My dog wants chew toys

and treats. My other dog wants

some toys to chew on. My oth-

er dog wants some treats. My

cousin wants some cars. My

little cousin wants some blocks

and some more small baby

stuff toys. My uncle wants a

cup that says I love you. My big

cousin wants a Xbox 360. My

grandma wants a cup that says

love on it and a computer. My

mom also wants decorashons

for the house.

Your friend,

Cassidy Brown

Dear Santa Claus,

How are the reindeer? My

mom wants an owl. My sistr

wants a ball. I want a computer

and my grandpa wants a hunt-

ing dog and extra ammo. My

grandma wants a poodle and

make sure you fill are stockings.

p.s. I want legos

Your friend,

Gabe Sartore

Dear Santa Claus,

I want an i-pad 3ds, a Kindle,

and a phone. My mom needs

shampoo. My dad wants co-

logne. My brother wants an i

pod, ipad, and a Kindle. My dog

Maddie wants a bone. My cats

want some treats.

Your friend,

Joshua Shumate

Dear Santa Claus,

How are your reindeer? And

how is Mrs. Claus? I want Mi-

cro chargers, Sky landers swap

force guys, Gormitis, slipons, &

Pokémon cards. I do not know

what my sister, dad, & mom

want. But I do know that my

brother wants soccer stuff and

electronic battle ship.

Your friend,

Aidan PaulDear Santa Claus,

How are the reindeer? Are

the Elves busy? How are

you and Mrs. Claus? My sis-

ter would like a pink skirt. My

brother wants a combine. I

want an I pad. Dusty could use

some toys and treats. My Mom

would like some new boots. My

Dad wants shirt.

Your Friend,

Ellen Aldrich

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? I want

a bay blade and I want a re-

mote control mud truck and I

want a power scooter.

Your friend,

Nate Hatch

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you today Santa?

Are you hungry? How are the

elves doing? My Mom wants

a mug. My Dad wants a cup.

I want a Wii game and a dog.

Your friend,

Mitchell Hamrick

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Dear Santa Claus,

I would like an iPod, Barbie’s,

a DS game, and a book. My

mom would like a book. My

dad would like a Xbox game.

My sister would like a barbe.

My brother would like a par of

shoes . My other brother would

like some p.j.s. My dog would like

chow toy. My cat `s would like

some treats. My rabbit would

like a jingle bell. Grandma would

like a birdfeeder. My grandpa

would like some work gloves.

Your friend,

Emma Fisher

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How

are the elves? For Christmas I

want the Sims 3 and Barbie’s

and Barbie cars. Tori could use

kichen tals and jewelry. Chris-

topher could use sherts and

pants and thools . Cadence and

Parker could use sherts and

pants. Me and Cadence and

Parker need boots. Rowrow ,

Black, and Ginger need toys and

treets.

Love,

Piper Osban

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and the rein-

deer doing? Are you getting

ready for Christmas? My

brother would like some more

books. My other brother would

like a new Xbox game. I would

like Madden 14 for the Xbox

360, a basketball and an IPod4.

Your friend,

Logan Dutkiewicz

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How is

Mrs. Claus doing? How is the

Elves doing? How are the rein-

deer doing ?I want a cat. I want

a 3DS and a puppy Dalmatian.

Mom and Dad want a snow

globe. Dad wants tools and

my grandpa wants new a TV.

My brother wants a 3DS. My

two sisters Morgan wants a

snow globe and my sister Kaitlin

wants a 3DS.

Your friend,

Leslie Swain

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Rudolph

doing? I hope he and you are

doing fine. I want another tiger

cat because my other one died.

So I guess the elves have

lots of work to do. I hope

you’re dressed for Christmas

so we can get lots of pres-

ents for the children and

make sure you don’t forget

to fill up my sock thingy. I

hope Dasher and Cupid and

Rudolph father and mother

are okay and I like Rudolph’s

nose. I hope that all the

other reindeer are okay . Oh

and I want that monkey and

that cat off T.V. so please

try to get those things. My

brother wants a cat that

looks just like his other one.

Your friend,

Sara Beirman

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and Mrs. Claus

doing? Are the reindeer getting

in the slay? Are the elves do-

ing fine? Here is my list: My

mommy would like some shoes,

My DD would like some shirts,

My Mimi would like some Jurlry,

My daddy would like some tools,

Isaac would like some pajamas,

Carter would like some pants

and some pajamas and some

shoes, Parker would like a fake

mirmade, my grandma would

like some jurlry, My aunt Kari

would like a fake mustash, Cas-

sidy would like some glasess , my

grandpa would like a sweatshirt

a chrismas one, Mrs.Sand-

ers would like a phone, Danielle

would like a phone, My dog Dai-

sy would like a sweter, My cat

would like a sweter, Piper would

like a hello kitty stuffd animal.

Your friend,

Danielle Underwood

Dear Santa Claus,

I want Kit Kats. I want cara-

mels candy. I want an x box, a

Nintendo 2 DS, and new games.

And a

Hang on the wall TV. My

mom wants Hershey’s. My

dad wants a car. My brother

wants a Nintendo 2 DS, and a

new Wii.

Your friend,

Luke Morgan

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you and misses

Claus? How are the elves doing?

Are they excited? Are the rein

deer be having themselves? I

want 2k14NBA and 2k14Wwe

an i PAD AND A NEW PHONE

and a Colts shirt and a new TV.

My mom wants a new phone.

My dad wants a new truck. My

sister wants a new book.

Your friend,

Connor Stevens

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How are

the reindeer? I want a zoomer,

lps, and xbox games. Mom and

dad want shirts, music and a

pet. The dog and cat need toys,

collars, leashes and more toys.

Your friend,,

Gracie Henderson

Dear Santa Claus,

What cookies do you want?

How is Mrs. Claus? How are

the reindeer? How are you?

My dad would like a new spot

light. My mom would like new

glasses. Rawlings would like a

new tracktor toy. Remington

would like a new stuffed deer.

Grandpa would like a new sheet

for a bed. GG would like a

new model of you. Grandma

C. would like a new pickture

frame. Grandma D. would like a

new cooking pan. Papaw would

a new toolbox. Finally, I would

like a new horse toy. Sincerely,

Cora Bell

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Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! I would like to make a

wish list. I would like to ask you

for some toys. I would like a lot

of Monster High dolls. I would

also like some more fairies. I

would like a cooking set and a

play set. I also want to wish

people a Merry Christmas and

a Happy New Year!

Love,

Hailey W.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hi! Do you have a red nose?

Do you have a puppy? I want

a Furby Boom. Do you know

Buddy the Elf? Can my mom

have a ring?

Love,

Cecilia G.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! For Christmas I would

like Gak, a Rainbow Loom, and

dangly earrings. I hope your

reindeer like carrots. I wonder

how you get around the world.

I hope you give presents to

the poor. There are a lot of

presents to give to all of the

children!

Love,

Addison K.

Dear Santa Claus,

Thank you for the presents

you have given me for the last

two years. This year I want a

phone and a four wheeler.

Love,

James V.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! Can you please get me

some Mountain Dew, robots,

Legos, and a box of Coca-Cola?

Also could you get me a dirt

bike? I would like an Elf on the

Shelf and pencil grippers too.

Love,

Cade D.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! Here are a few things I

want: a DS gift card, a crucifix

for my house, and Legos. How

are you doing?

Love,

Tyler V.

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope you have the best

Christmas ever! I am so sorry

that I will have brownies and

not cookies. I have a present

for you, but I can’t tell! I want

to ask you a question. How do

you get all of the toys to kids in

only a little bit of time? Will you

give toys, clothes, food and wa-

ter to the poor? For Christmas,

can I have an iPod?

Love,

Kaylee K.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! I want a family iPad,

a Kindle Fire HDX, a puppy dog,

and that’s all. Can you by any

chance give the poor people

some things that they need? I

can’t wait until Christmas! How

are the reindeer? Santa, I hope

you have fun delivering pres-

ents to the kids.

Love,

Ashly M.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! How are the reindeer

doing? Don’t worry. I will set

cookies and milk out for you.

Just saying�how do the rein-

deer fly? I really want a bb gun,

a remote control plane, and a

remote control car. What kind

of cookies do you want? Have

a good Christmas!

Love,

Will G.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! For Christmas I want

an Xbox 1 or 360 and games

for it. I want an Under Armour

sock hat. I want other people to

have a good Christmas too! I’m

sorry for all the work!

Love,

Ethan G.

Dear Santa Claus,

I’m sorry to bother you, but

I thought I might write you a

nice letter. So for Christmas

I want a Spa Monster High Kit

from WalMart, a karaoke ma-

chine, and more Monster High

dolls. That’s some of the stuff

I want. I won’t tell you ALL of

them so you can get back to

work. I hope your reindeer are

doing well. Well, I’ve got to go.

Good luck delivering presents!

Love,

Mallory K.

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like a Lego Ninjago

Lloyd Spinner, Lego Sensi Wu

Spinner, and Lego Zane Energy

Spinner. How are the reindeer

doing? You rock Santa Claus!

Love,

Evan M.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! This year for Christ-

mas I would like donuts, an

American Girl doll, and clothes,

please. Can you get my brother

Legos? Can you please give the

poor clothes, food, water, and

shelter? My year in second

grade has been awesome. How

has your year been? I hope

everyone gets what they want

this year.

Love,

Mia P.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! How have you been

doing? What kind of cookies do

you want this year? Can I have

a new spark plug for my dirt

bike please? And can you leave

us a note? My dad and mom

want an iPad. Can you get my

brothers and me RC cars and

planes or helicopters? I also

want an iTunes gift card, please.

Love,

Connor E.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! I want a teddy bear, a

Nerf gun, and an iPhone 5. Can

you send me a note, Santa? I

really want a dirt bike and some

duct tape. I also want some

Legos. Thank you Santa!

Love,

Wyatt S.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! This Christmas I want

SkyLanders. Will you please get

my brother a DS 2? And will

you get my sister some more

baby dolls? How do you get

around the world in a night?

Do your reindeer like carrots?

Love,

Caden W.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! Can you please get me

a Batman Lego Set and action

figures? Let all my friends have

a safe, fun, and good Christmas.

Can you please get me a bow

and arrow, too? I hope you get

plenty of milk and cookies. Can

you also give the poor money?

Love,

Elijah W.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! This year I want

some Legos and a box of fake

diamonds. I hope the poor get

enough food. How are the

reindeer and elves doing? My

brother wants some more Bat-

man stuff just so you know.

Love,

Isaac D.

Dear Santa Claus,

May I please have some

Pokemon cards? I like to battle

with my friends. Can I please

have an iPod and a dirt bike?

Please make sure the poor have

a good Christmas, too. I like

you, Santa! I cannot wait until

Christmas!

Love,

J.T.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! For Christmas I would

like a W.W.J.D. bracelet, braided

Cardinals necklace, fuzzy Crocs,

and regular Crocs. How are

your reindeer? Do you like the

stuff we set out for you? I

hope you are able to give the

poor presents too! I hope all of

the children get presents!

Love,

Zane N.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! I can’t wait until Christ-

mas! Here are a few things

that I would like for Christmas.

I would like some new pajamas.

I would like a football and a bow

and arrow. I would like some

new clothes. I would like you to

give food to the poor too.

Love,

James B.

Dear Santa Claus,

This year I would like an iPad,

iPod, lots of Legos, and that’s all!

I hope your reindeer are good.

How is Mrs. Claus? I hope you

give all people presents. How

are the elves doing?

Love,

Aiden S.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! How busy are you this

year? What is your favorite

kind of cookie? How are the

reindeer doing? How is Mrs.

Claus? Can I please have a

FurReal Friend? I also want a

healthy family. I want some-

thing else, but I don’t really

know the name of it. It’s like

this dog that walks. Oh, and

that FurReal thing, it’s the cat

one, Daisy.

Love,

Kaylee B.

Dear Santa Claus,

Hello! I love all the things you

do for us. What I want for

Christmas is a RC twin ham-

mer, a box for the tools and

pieces, a bow, and a lot of pencil

grippers. I hope every person

has a great Christmas. I hope

you have a good year. My dad

wants a box for the trunk of

the side by side. Santa, I have

a question. Why did my elf not

move for a week?

Love,

Bryce M.

Dear Santa Claus,

What is it like in the North

Pole? Do you ever get hot in

your suit? What happens when

a reindeer gets sick on Christ-

mas Eve? How many Elves do

you have? I’ve helped at home

by playing and teaching Ryan

and Eva. Some things I would

like to have are, a Barbie Mir-

ror for I-Pad. Also, a Creative

Cosmetics Kit. Thank you for

all the presents you have given

me.

Love,

Nicole

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? I am do-

ing good. How are you raindeer

this year. How is Mrs. Claus

doing and the elfs. Can I please

have 20,000 dollars and a safe.

A razor 170. You are the best

person in the world. I think I

deserve a present because I

helped on the house.

Love,

Blaine

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? How are

your reindeer? How is Mrs.

Claus? How are you elfs? It’s

amazing how you get to every

house in the world in one night.

How do you carry all of your

presents? I have been pretty

good this year. I would like it

if you brought me a Troy Po-

lumau bobble-head and an An-

drew McCutchen bobble-head. I

would also like it if you brought

me a Ben Rothlisberger jersey

and a Ben Rothlisberger fat-

head. Thank you.

Your pal,

Jackson

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing I’m doing

fine. Do you have any kids?

I’m wondering how you are very

quait in the night? How do your

raindeer fly? I wonder how you

get to our house in the middle

of the night. Aren’t you tired?

I feed the dog at night and I am

good sometimes. I would like to

have a Ipod, American girl doll

clothes, and rubby band brace-

lets and a relay bunny. I would

relay like to meet you in person.

Love,

Courtney

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? I’m fine. How

are your raindeer? How is Mrs.

Claus? Every day I help my

friends and family. Can I please

have a book and Amarica girl

doll, a toy horse, a horse picture,

and a globe. Thank you for the

stuff.

Love,

Hanna

Dear Santa Claus,

I like Christmas because you

get presents. Oh abalt that I

want for Christmas an ipod,

bow, and motor bike. I have a

friend. And I am good to my

sister. I want to ask a ques-

tion how do the deer fly and

rodolph?

Love,

Luke

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? Are

your reindeer doing ok? How

does Mrs. Clause make her

pies? Dow is Mrs. Clause do-

ing? How does Mrs. Clause

make her hot chocolate? I

have been good this year! I am

good! Can I please have an ex-

tra present because I am going

to have sergey on my ear after

Christmas Eve? Can I please

have a bracelet maker, and ipod,

a phone, and a wii, and arts and

crafts? Be safe. P.S. Can you

send me a picture of the North

Pole?

Love,

Miranda

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Letters to Santa 2013 Saint Wendel School

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMASAND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

GREG OETH

POSEY COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE

1201 O’Donnell Road Mount Vernon, Ind.

812-838-3541

Posey County Sheriff

JAY PRICE

POSEY COUNTYCORONER’S OFFICE

126 East Third Street Mount Vernon, Ind.

812-838-8387

Posey County Coroner

TRAVIS CLOWERS

POSEY COUNTYPROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

330 Walnut Street Mount Vernon, Ind.

812-838-1337

Posey County Prosecuter

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? I’m good you

need to get redy for Chrismas.

Just to tell you I help water the

plants. And I can’t want in tile

it is Chrismas. Where do you

go for the summer? Here are

some I diea for Chrismas. Will

you bring me a pet, soinkit, or

I pod. What ever you get me

thank you.

Love,

Jonah

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? What do

you do at the North Pole?

How much do you feed the

raindeer? How is Frostly the

Snowman doing? What do you

do on Christmas? Does Froslty

the Snowman help on Christ-

mas? Do you have Wifi? How

do raindeer fly?

Love,

Connor

Dear Santa Claus,

How good are your raindeer

doing? How is your family do-

ing? Were do you go for your

holiday? Are you doing good so

far if you are I will give you milk

and cookies. How is Mrs. Claus

doing? This is what I want for

Christmas a bow arrow, a dirt

bike, a forweeler, a new baseball

bat, and a new baseball glove.

Thank you for all the gifts.

Love,

Kylan

Dear Santa Claus,

I hope you had a good yer.

How are yer raindeer. You are

cool. Where were you in sum-

er? How mine cookies do you

eat? I eat eleven cookies. San-

ta I wued like a alligator. That

is it it’s not much. But it’s all. I

like you Santa. Good biy.

Love,

Carter

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you? How are your

raindeer? Is it cold up there,

this Christmas can I have a

pante ball gun. Santa I love,

you Am I good or bad. Can

you plase get me them rubber

bandes to make braclets and

can you plase be honst if I am

good or bad. Write back soon.

Love,

Gavin

Dear Santa Claus,

How do the elves make toys?

And how are you? How is Mrs.

Claus? Am I on the nice list?

How is every thing? My mom

tells me I was helpful and my

dad tells me that too. Can I

plese have more rubber bands?

Sage paints, the sky American

Girl Doll and the movie?

Love,

Renea

Dear Santa Claus,

How are you doing? How

do you’r deer fly? What do

you do in the summer? I have

helped people up and help pick

up toys. May I please have the

new play stashin 4, eye pod5

and a razer.

Love,

Chase

Dear Santa Claus,

How are your elves doing?

How are your deer doing? How

are you doing? I help my mom

get ready for a party. I halp

people up at recess. I would like

surviall stuff and Indian stuff.

Thank you for everything.

Love,

Dawson

Letters to Santa 2013 Saint Matthew School

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a lot of presents. I

want a guitar and an I-pad for

Christmas. Tell Saint Nicholas

that I want a lot of toys in my

stocking. I hope Jesus has a

good birthday. Merry Christ-

mas, Santa Claus.

Love,

Emily

Dear Santa Claus,

How do the elves work in the

workshop? I want a Hot Wheels

Triple Track Twister. I also

want a new Lego coast guard

boat for my baths. I also want

a new Mario blanket. I also

want a Hot Wheels car maker.

Anyway, Merry Christmas!

Love,

Christian

Dear Santa Claus,

I want an elf on the shelf,

Christmas cats, and a toy that

is shaped like an elf. I hope

that I get a lot of presents.

How are the elves doing? Did

the elves help each other?

Are you having a good day at

the North Pole?

Jesus is the real reason

why we celebrate Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Santa Claus

and the elves!

Love,

Madilyn

Dear Santa Claus,

I want to know if our 2nd

grade class at St. Matthew is

going to get an elf on the shelf.

I hope everybody has a present

on Christmas. When are you

going to take my Christmas list?

I hope the sleigh runs good this

year. Help all who are in need

before me. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Hannah

Dear Santa Claus,

How does the workshop

work? What do elves do? I

want a Furby for Christmas.

I want a FurReal toy. Merry

Christmas!

Love,

Riley

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a Nerf Rebelle bow and

a guitar. Thank the Christmas

Fairy. I want to ride your sleigh.

Love,

Meredith

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a real jet, a real heli-

copter, a laptop, a phone, a dirt

bike, a remote control truck, a

real steam train, a remote con-

trol helicopter, a real monster

truck, my own puppy, and a

basketball.

Love,

Mason

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Santa and Mrs. Claus took time out of their busy schedule to visit First Bank in Poseyville Friday evening. Four-year-old Madelynn Thomas shares Santa’s lap with her one-month-old brother, Mason. Madelynn and Ma-son are the children of Patrick and Ashley Thomas of Poseyville. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

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