From Sustainable Evansville Newsletter

Winners of the 2013 Sustainable Evansville Awards were announced on December 10 at the Sustainable Evansville Awards Ceremony during the Rotary Club meeting. For 2013, Sustainable Evansville Awards Win-ners were SABIC, of Mount Vernon for its Sodium Nitrite Purge Process and another Posey County based company, Verde Partners, LLC, for its recycling program.

As a result of the complex chemi-cal processes that SABIC’s Mount Vernon, Ind., facility uses to produce engineering thermoplastic resins, waste material is generated and dis-posed of in a responsible manner at an off-site waste processing facility. SABIC Mount Vernon employees have successfully developed a pro-cess to reduce the amount of landfi ll waste, reduce energy usage, and re-duce greenhouse emissions from one of its manufacturing processes.

SABIC employees created a pro-cess to recover and purify the chemi-cal, Sodium Nitrite, from a waste stream that had previously been dis-posed of through incineration. After an extensive internal environmental, health and safety review, SABIC now converts the Sodium Nitrite-containing waste stream to a techni-cal grade Sodium Nitrite product and

sells it commercially for pigment manufacturing and waste biomass disinfection at wastewater treatment facilities.

By separating and purifying the Sodium Nitrite-containing portion (60 percent) of the waste stream, the remaining portion of the stream (40 percent) is of a composition such that it can be disposed of as non-hazard-ous waste by solidifying and landfi ll-ing it. Eliminating the incineration process has resulted in a 4.0 percent reduction in total combined energy intensity for the entire Mount Vernon production facility and the off-site in-cineration process.

Benefi ts of the implementation of the Sodium Nitrite purifi cation and solidifi cation/landfi ll processes, along with the elimination of the in-cineration process, include:

• In 2011, purifying and selling the Sodium Nitrite stream resulted in a reduction of 9,766,620 pounds of nonhazardous waste. This number is expected to grow to 25,000,000 pounds per year at full Sodium Ni-trite harvest and full plant production rates.

• The net result of the process led to a reduction in energy use through reduction of natural gas usage by 65,000 MMBTU/year.

• The facility also reduced green-house emission by 4,500 metric tons/

year.SABIC’s Sodium Nitrite produc-

tion is 10 percent of the United States’ total Sodium Nitrite production, and our recovered Sodium Nitrite has displaced the use of raw materials to manufacture virgin Sodium Nitrite.

As a landscape architect, Rick Lamble and his wife, Jenny identifi ed a need in the Evansville landscaping industry. When customers wanted to beautify their property with fl ora and fauna, there was no place to recycle the used plastic containers. This re-sulted in hundreds of thousands of plastic containers entering Evansville area landfi lls every year. The plastic containers that hold these plants are made from an industrial grade plas-tic that is not commonly accepted among local recyclers. Rick watched with discomfort as truckloads of these containers were hauled to the landfi ll after the completion of each project. He knew something had to be done.

Rick and Jenny had a chance meeting with Eric Stockton, a Mount Vernon native and Sales and Applica-tions Manager at Lucent Polymers, also located in Evansville. Rick and Jenny expressed their concern over the large volumes of plastic waste be-ing unnecessarily landfi lled and their

By Valerie WerkmeisterMembers of the New Harmony

Town Council voted to push forward with a project to move the town’s gas utility line off the Wabash River Bridge. A public hearing was held during their meeting on Thursday, De-cember 19, to discuss the project.

John DiDomizio of Morley and Associates presented fi ve different proposals on how to accomplish that task during the council’s November meeting. He briefl y summarized the options again and suggested option 1A would be the best option to pur-sue. The options ranged in price from $770,000 to $4.4 million. Option 1A involves boring under the bridge and placing the line at the minimum depth possible to provide cover for the line. Other options include extending the line to Griffi n or Poseyville.

Another option that may be feasible is working with Vectren to secure a new connection. DiDomizio explained Vectren is currently in the process of

upgrading the pipes used in their util-ity lines and may be willing to negoti-ate a feasible option that would benefi t New Harmony.

Council members Andrew Wilson and Don Gibbs will plan a meeting with Vectren offi cials early in the New Year to discuss options.

When asked about the risk of leav-ing the town’s gas utility line on the bridge, DiDomizio cautioned the council.

“There are future risks with leaving it there. We could have another fl ood event like we’ve had in the past few years that could cause something ma-jor to happen. The fact that it’s on a structure that’s not being maintained, that isn’t currently funded, not being kept up to date, is an issue. You never want to be in that situation as a util-ity to have your structure on a third party, your infrastructure, your key infrastructure, on a structure like that that’s controlled by a third party that isn’t maintaining it,” DiDomizio said.

Following the public hearing, Wil-son introduced Dan Elliott, who re-cently completed a major project with Maple Hill Cemetery. Elliott is the Posey County coordinator who main-tains a genealogy website. Wilson contacted Elliott and he set about the task of cataloging and photographing all of the headstones in the cemetery.

The project was daunting due to the nature of the layout of the older por-tion on the hill. As Elliott explained some of the newer areas are in straight lines, but the older portion resembles a jigsaw puzzle.

Elliott used records and documents from Werry Funeral Home, old burial records as well as a book published by Carroll Cox, ‘Cemetery Records of Posey County’ that was complied in the 1950s to help complete his docu-mentation project.

Elliott spent countless hours taking pictures of each headstone and tran-scribing the discernible information from each headstone onto his website.

A link to his work is on the Town of New Harmony’s website at www.ne-wharmony-in.gov.

The council was very pleased with Elliott’s free service and proudly pre-sented him with a gift as a token of their appreciation.

Eric Parsley of Commonwealth En-gineers presented a proposal to coun-cil members to evaluate the town’s sewer plant. The scope of the project includes inventorying the equipment, establishing the condition of the equipment, determining the life cycle of those items, identifying any other issues and prioritizing the needs of the plant.

The council wants to move to a pro-active approach with its assets rather than a reactive state. They approved Commonwealth’s proposal to com-plete the work in approximately three months for a fee of $10,000.

Mitch Luman, President of the

By Valerie WerkmeisterA property exchange between Posey County and

CountryMark will eventually make playing soccer a little safer for Mount Vernon youth.

The Posey County Commissioners approved the transfer of approximately 15 acres of land during their December 17, meeting.

Attorney Adam Farrar facilitated the transfer and explained the county owns property adjacent to Coun-try Mark while the company owns property on Smith Road. Due to the utility lines running underneath the fi elds, both parties felt the land transfer would be safer for the youth. Posey County Commissioner President Carl Schmitz stated the county will work with the Mount Vernon Parks Department on a plan to move the fi elds.

The fi nal wording in various sections of a newly devised employee handbook for county employees was discussed. County executive secretary Keely Wi-niger answered questions by the three commissioners in regards to overtime pay, drug testing and vacation and comp time. Schmitz requested a slight wording change in regards to the number of hours part-time employees may work. He pointed out the current wording that states part-time employees are limited to no more than 30 hours should actually be changed to 28 hours. Commissioners Jim Alsop and Jerry Walden agreed.

Schmitz also stated that drug testing should be in-cluded for supervisors and department heads. Win-iger noted that the section does emphasize that drug testing applies to all county employees, but Schmitz asked for the wording to specify that is applies to those individuals as well.

They also determined that members of the Discrim-ination Review Committee should include the county attorney, the Posey County Auditor, one commission-er and one commissioner appointed person in order to satisfy the male and female gender requirements on the committee.

The topic of taking vacation time in increments of one hour or half days in addition to the diffi culty the county has in tracking comp time was discussed with no resolution. County offi ces are not equipped with electronic time clocks. Assessor Nancy Hoehn stated she was surprised when she came into offi ce to learn that the Auditor’s offi ce does not track comp time. She learned the time was tracked by the employee and department head.

The commissioners felt members of the council should also have time for input and review on the handbook before fi nal approval is made. They tabled approval until their meeting on January 17.

Charles Malinowski of Malcon presented a propos-al to the commissioners to audit ambulance services from 2011 and 2012 to determine if the county is eli-gible to receive a reimbursement from both the state and federal government for Medicaid services.

Malinowski explained there is a tight window of opportunity to participate as the government has set a January 31, 2014 reporting deadline. Malinowski’s fi rm will review the ambulance billing statements from both years at a charge of $9,500. If the county is not eligible to receive any reimbursement funds, Ma-linowski stated the county will not be required to pay for their services.

The commissioners approved the proposal.In other business, the commissioners approved: • A $251 bid for a stove in the former jail/boy’s

home from Robinson Township Conservation Club. It was the only bid received.

• A re-zoning request on O’Donnell Road from R2-M2.

• A $10,000 grant agreement with the Indiana De-partment of Homeland Security to purchase an auto-matic generator.

• Keith Weedman to a one-year term on the ABC Board.

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North Posey Hall of Fame

The North Posey Hall of Fame is still in possession of several of the plaques awarded to the

1966 Basketball Team members during the induction ceremony.

They include: Gary Kinche-loe, Dan Guffey, Jim Pittman,

Kenny Weinzapfel, and Rodney Birch. We also have plaques for cheerleaders Jackie Thornburg, Nancy Andry, Brenda Andry, and Connie Nix. The plaques can be picked up at the Posey County News offi ce located at

641 Third Street, New Har-mony.

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January 1.

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SABIC Sodium Nitrite Recovery Team: from left, Lioba Klop-penburg, Bryan Stegall, Chris Poirier, Tom Guggenheim, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Joe Castrale, and Jake Oberholtzer.

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Posey County companies win ‘green’ awards

Verde Partners owners Rick Lamble, Jenny Lamble and Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.

North Posey’s James Marshall goes up for the basket in Friday’s win over Orleans in the Graber Post Classic. See story on page A9. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

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Wadesville Blairsville Re-gional Sewer Board, (WBRSD) addressed the council on their status in helping the entity treat their wastewater. Luman stated he last addressed the council in 2012 and was waiting to hear an answer from the town on wheth-er they would be willing to help WBRSD.

Karen Walker responded to Luman that she had already an-swered his question in an e-mail. She explained the town had just entered into an agreement to assess their own sewer plants needs.

“We fi rst of all need to do our work to lay the groundwork before any kind of answers,” Walker said.

Don Gibbs also questioned Luman’s purpose in asking for their assistance if they are trying to work with Poseyville too.

“I know you’re working with Poseyville on this too. I don’t understand why you’re coming down here if your plan is against Poseyville or why you’re trying to deal with them the same time you’re trying to deal with us,” Gibbs said.

Luman responded that the Town of Poseyville had rescind-ed their offer to treat any waste-water from the Wadesville-Blairsville area.

“It is public record that the Town of New Harmony is the only municipality that has a standing offer to do business with our entity,” Luman said.

Gibbs asked when the town had entered into an agreement with WBRSD and Walker quickly responded that they hadn’t. She stated she and pre-vious board member, David Campbell, had met with Luman on one or two occasions and had not agreed to anything on record.

“You made a presentation to us with that request, but we didn’t give you any indication that we would do something go-ing forward,” Walker said.

“Correct, I was expecting to hear something from you in the spring of last year and I’m just following up because we are in urgent need of knowing where we’re going to be looking for a partner in doing this. I just wanted to come and touch base. We’re still interested in hearing from you and as soon as you re-ceive information, our legal en-tity would just love to enter any negotiations. And if you choose that this is something you’re not going to be able to do, we’d like to know that too so that we can make other arrangements and other plans,” Luman said.

Walker responded that she didn’t feel the council had ever given any indication they would work with the WBRSD. She urged him not to wait on New Harmony if other options are available.

Joe Straw clarifi ed that the board has not turned down the WBRSD and didn’t want Lu-man to feel as though they had. Once the study with Common-wealth is complete, the town will have a better understanding of their own wasterwater needs.

Bobby Grider, as well as the other town employees, were commended for their snow re-moval efforts during the last snowstorm. David Flanders, President of the New Harmony Business Associates, presented a certifi cate of appreciation to him. He also presented a cer-tifi cate to Scott Champlain for his overnight protection during recent festivals. His fi nal certifi -cate of appreciation was given to Don Gibbs for best actor in a supporting role as Santa dur-

ing the recent Christmas in New Harmony celebration. The audi-ence and council members got a lot of amusement out of Flan-ders’ presentation.

In other business, the council approved:

• Clerk-Treasurer Karla At-kins’ request to write off three accounts totaling $510.67.

• The appointment of John Jeffries and Alvin Blaylock to four-year terms on the town’s plan commission.

• The appointment of Linda Warrum to the Posey County Economic Development Part-nership.

• Resolution 2013-6 that al-lowed transfers within the gen-eral fund totaling $6,609.11, as an end of the year bookkeeping

action.• A request by the Bicennten-

nial Commission to rebuild the frames on 13 trash cans at a cost of $200 per frame. Warrum ex-plained Don Williams drew the plans for each frame and Jeff Koester Construction will cut the wood for each one. Volun-teers will be needed to help stain and assemble each frame over the winter.

• A New Year’s Eve celebra-tion will be held from 8:45 p.m. -12:05 a.m. at the Granary on New Year’s Eve. Tickets are available at the town hall and information is also available on the website.

The next council meeting will be held on Thursday, January 16, at 5 p.m. in the town hall.

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Loren Lee Baker, age 78, of Ulysses, Kansas died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born March 23, 1935 in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Lo-ren Clinton and Eileen Myrtle (Troika) Baker.

Loren attended school in Griffi n, Indiana and graduated in New Harmony, Indiana. He served in the United States Army was honorably discharged. Loren married Alice V. Mounts on January 12, 1955 in New Harmony, Indiana. Loren worked for the Ford Motor Company in Michigan from 1957 – 1962; for B&W in Indiana from 1962-1969. In 1969, they moved to Kansas and he worked at An-sel Manufacturing, Tom Gregg, Sunfl ower Lumber, and for 20 years at Grant County Road and Bridge. Loren was a member of the Dexter D. Harbour American Legion Post 79. He was a carpenter, and enjoyed camping, fi shing and spending time with his grandkids.

He is survived by his wife, Alice Baker of their home; son Brian Baker and wife Heather of Ulysses, Kansas; daughter, Teresa Brown of Chanute, Kan-sas; seven grandchildren, Bryce Baker, Doug Smith, Cody Marris, LeeAnn Smith O’Brien, Trent Baker, Julian Baker, Alison Baker; six great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents; son, Allen Baker; sister, Marilyn Daniels; and brother, Michael Baker.

Funeral service were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Country View Baptist Church in Ulysses, Kansas with Reverend Sam Bynum offi ciating. Interment will follow at the Ulysses Cemetery in Ulysses, Kansas with military graveside rites conducted by the Dexter D. Harbour American Legion Post 79.

Friends could call Sunday, December 29, 2013 from 2 until 8 p.m. at Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be given to the RGRG Fund in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave, Ulysses, KS 67880.

Loren Baker

David L. Lemp, age 77 of Mount Vernon, died Sunday afternoon December 22, 2013 at Mount Ver-non Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 3, 1936 in East Saint Louis, the son of Henry J. and Goldie (Sloat) Lemp. He married Doris Mulliniks on June 30, 1962 in East Saint Louis.

David was a retired machine operator for GAF in Mount Vernon. He served with the Civil Defense for many years. He was an avid reader and loved fi shing and hunting.

He is survived by his wife, Doris; two sons, Don (Shari) Lemp of Evansville; and Herb Lafferty of Col-linsville, Ill.; two daughters, Phyllis Zimmerman and Cheryl Lauer both of Caseyville, Ill.; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister, Marcella Lusk.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday December 26, 2013 at Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon with Rev. Dallas Robinson offi ciating. Burial will be in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until service time. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneral-home.com

David Lemp

Judith E. Felty, 66, of Mount Vernon, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital.

Judy was born April 3, 1947 in Evansville to the late William and Juanita (Hargrove) Chapman.

Mrs. Felty was a member of Mount Vernon Gen-eral Baptist Church, where she had worked as a secre-tary for 17 years.

She is survived by her husband, Alvin Felty; a son, Evan Felty; and a sister, Joan Ott, all of Mount Vernon.

Graveside services will be held at Bellefontaine Cemetery in Mount Vernon at a later date. Pierre Fu-neral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Vernon General Baptist Church.

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Judith Felty

Gene E. Wasson, 81, of New Harmony, In-diana, born to Roy and Grace (Barton) Wasson on March 17, 1932, in Evans-ville, Indiana, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville,

Indiana.After completing his service in the Army during

the Korean War, Gene was the sole owner of Wasson Oil Company for many years. He retired from Gen-eral Electric after 14 ½ years, then worked as a toll taker at the Wabash County Bridge at New Harmony until it closed in 2012.

Surviving are his wife of 60 years: Helen (Mathew) Wasson; daughter: Debbie (David) Lyke of New Har-mony, Indiana; son: Rick Wasson of Benton, Illinois; 3 grandchildren: John (Tammy) Lyke of New Harmo-ny, Indiana, Brent (Kelly) Lyke of Evansville, Indiana and Amanda Wasson of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; 6 great grandchildren: Jordan, Wyatt, Ethan, Evan and Elsey Lyke and Bobby Reynolds; 4 nephews, 1 niece and his best friend and companion Carly.

Preceding him in death were his parents; sister: Norma Hidbrader and a brother: Jack Wasson.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, Decem-ber 26, 2013, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Wades-ville, Indiana.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

In lieu of fl owers, memorial contributions may be made to: Posey County Humane Society, 6500 Leon-ard Road, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620 www.posey-humane.org or PC Pound Puppies, PO Box 295, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620 www.pcpoundpuppies.com .

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

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James Dale Shephard, age 80, of Mount Vernon, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Deacon-ess Hospital in Evansville. He was born May 19, 1933 in Posey County, Ind., the son of Ralph and Elta A. (Red-man) Shephard.

Jim was a 1951 graduate of New Harmony High School. He served in the U.S. Army. He worked in main-tenance at GE Plastics and retired in 1994 after 23 1/2 years of service and was a member of American Legion Post 5 all in Mount Vernon. He attended Harvestime Temple. Jim enjoyed fi shing, morel hunting, gardening, cutting wood, and the great outdoors.

He was preceded in death by his mother in 1992, his father in 1987, daughter Kalah Wild, brother Jack W.

Shephard in 1974, and grandson Michael Mofi eld.Jim is survived by his wife, Florence (Wells) Shephard

after 25 years of marriage; daughter, Diane (Steve) An-slinger of Haubstadt, Ind.; sister, Linda (Jack) Biggs of New Harmony, Ind.; brother, Mack (Carol) Shephard of New Harmony, Ind.; two grandchildren, Brittney (Sam) Cowgill and Brandon (Brittany) Luna; fi ve great-grand-children Maya, Carter, Andrew, Gabriella, Landon, and several nieces and nephews.

Private service were held Friday, December 27, 2013.Memorial contributions may be made to Harvestime

Temple.Condolences may be made online at www.schneider-

funeralhome.com

James Shephard

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Robert M. Seitz, 82, of Mount Vernon, passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 4, 1931 in Decatur, Ill., to Harold and Geraldine (Goldenstein) Seitz.

Bob was a long time member of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon where he was an Elder and Clerk of Session and was the head of building and grounds. He retired from Babcock and Wilcox. Bob owned Sandy’s Hallmark and the R&S Coin Laundry. He was also a member of Western Hills Country Club and the Elks. He enjoyed woodworking and the game of golf.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Geraldine Seitz; three brothers, Kenneth, Carl, and Lloyd Seitz; and his son Richard Seitz.

Bob is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sandra (Win-ings) Seitz; daughter, Vivian Lynn Funk of Mount Ver-non; sons, Scott (Robin) Seitz of McDonough, Georgia, and Darrin (Lisa) Seitz of Mount Vernon; grandchil-dren, Derek and Brandon Funk, Dustin (Janelle), Aus-tyn, and Matthew Seitz, and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church, 120 East Sixth Street, Mount Vernon with Laurie Fields offi ci-ating.

Visitation will be from 9 until 11 a.m. service time Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Pres-byterian Church or Posey Humane Society, 6500 Leon-ard Road, Mount Vernon.

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

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According to Wikipedia, freedom of speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many state constitutions and state and federal laws. The freedom of speech is not ab-solute; the Supreme Court of the United States has recognized several categories of speech that are excluded from the freedom, and it has recognized that governments may enact rea-sonable time, place, or manner restrictions on speech.

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However, why not ask Phil Rob-ertson and Paula Deen

just how deep the meaning of free speech is in America anymore. Apparently, free speech is limited to things some others fi nd disagreeable.

As for Robertson, I don’t see anywhere he asked anyone to agree with him. He wasn’t even trying to be persuasive about his beliefs. He simply was stating how he feels about cer-tain things. Our country was founded on free-doms and rights for everyone. Why are these rights being taken from us and what can we do to prevent it.

I remember growing up in Southern Illinois in the late 1960s and 1970s. Common conver-sations in that day and time, not that many years ago, would apparently have cost most people in our area their jobs or their support from some large corporations.

And I have trouble understanding how one group of people can use a word and it is fi ne but if another group of people were to use the same word, it is offensive. OK, I understand if something offends you. However, the words used in most of today’s rap music offends me and many other people I know. But just because it offends me, I’m not attempting to cost anyone their job or their freedom to use the words. But, the words used in this type of music are much more belittling to some members of society.

My biggest complaint during this time of year is the continued emphasis being placed on using the phrase ‘Merry Christmas.’ Please explain to me how a holiday that has been in existence for so long can be offensive to you if I wish you a Merry Day on that particular day.

According to Wikipedia, Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning ‘Christ’s Mass’) is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night. Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world’s nations, is celebrated by an increas-ing number of non-Christians, and is an inte-gral part of the Christmas and holiday season.

While the birth year of Jesus is estimated among modern historians to have been be-

tween 7 and 2 BC, the exact month and day of his birth are unknown. His birth is mentioned in two of the four canonical gospels. By the early-to-mid Fourth century, the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25, a date later adopted in the East, although some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which corresponds to January in the modern-day Gregorian calen-dar. The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed Je-sus to have been conceived, or with one or more ancient polytheistic festivals that occurred near southern solstice (i.e., the Roman winter sol-stice); a further solar connection has been sug-gested because of a Biblical verse[a] identify-ing Jesus as the ‘Sun of righteousness.’

The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is internationally the most widely accepted and used civil calendar It has been the unoffi cial global standard for decades, recognized by in-ternational institutions such as the United Na-tions and the Universal Postal Union.

So, I’ll continue to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to you and if somehow you fi nd it offensive, let me know. Then we can have deep dialogue to try and understand each other’s points of view. But don’t try to make me feel bad about saying it. It’s a large part of what I believe and who I am.

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TRUTH...STRANGERTHANFICTIONBY DAVEPEARCE

The Reverend Henry Dangerfi eld called an emergency meet-ing of the Board of the Pawhuska Colored First Baptist Church. They met in the twenty foot by ten foot cement block dining room of Henry’s Bar-B-Q Shack located at the south end of Bird Creek Bridge. Henry had Elder Jefferson Gilkey let down the oil cloth that cov-ered the sole window and told Deacon Lincoln Finley to pull in the latchstring on the front door.

Reverend Dangerfi eld opened with a prayer then called the board meeting to order and said: “Gentlemen, you know I despise alcohol and gamblin’ just as ya’ll do. But what we have is an opportunity to sell enough bar-b-que on Christmas Day to fi nance our church for a year. We don’t even need to go to the camp meetin’ area. Mr. Rothstein is paying the young men of the congregation to prepare our meetin’ ground as a fi eld for the football game be-tween the Indians and the white men. Everyone who goes to the game will have to pass right beside the Shack and we can sell to them comin’ and goin’.”

Deacon Finley sat back in one of the old wooden folding chairs Henry used during the week for customers then loaned to the church on Sundays.

“How we gonna keep our young folk from drinkin’ and gamb-lin’ while we’re busy cookin’ and servin’? Of course, the Indians and white people won’t allow for no coloreds to be offi cially involved, but they’ll shore enough take our money for alcohol and sucker bets.”

Dangerfi eld responded, “Marshall Pistol Pete will be in charge and we’ll ask him to keep all coloreds away. A young bootleg-ger named Charles Floyd from over near Shawnee is runnin’ the alcohol. I know him from his sales to the Duncan Hotel. I’ll make sure he knows not to sell to no black boys. We can just concentrate on sellin’ bar-b-que, potato salad and baked beans. God helps those who help themselves and we can help keep all those riled up spectators from drinkin’ on empty stomachs. We better start butcherin’ and smokin’ meat; Christmas is one week away. We’ll leave the alcohol and the gamblin’ up to the Indians and the white folks.”

Twenty year old Charles Arthur Floyd was already a savvy booze runner when the famous Titanic Thompson and Hubert Cokes contacted him with the idea of greasing the gambling inhi-bitions with alcohol. Thompson and Cokes knew Floyd hated the

nickname his mother had saddled him with, “My Pretty Boy”, so they made sure to call him Charles. The promise of maybe up to fi ve thousand fanatic football fans gambling and shouting in the

small area of a Colored camp meeting sounded like low lying fruit just asking to be picked. How-ever, there was the problem of Marshall Frank, Pistol Pete, Eaton. Floyd would just have to take his chances and talk to him directly. At least there were no active warrants for him, yet.

Charles Floyd drove his new 1924 Ford Model T to Gray Horse to see Pistol Pete. Floyd dressed

in his Sunday best and carried no fi rearms. When Floyd walked up to the front porch of the Eaton ranch house, the wiry Eaton was sitting on a porch swing with his hands gently resting on the two Colt six shooters he always carried.

Floyd had heard Eaton’s reputation for keeping his guns fully loaded. As Pistol Pete was fond of saying, “I’d rather have a pocketful of rocks than an unloaded gun.”

“Marshall Eaton, I’m Charles Floyd. Pleased to meet you.”Floyd stuck out his hand, but Eaton did not move to shake it.

Eaton just stared at Floyd with a steady gaze from under his well worn ten gallon hat. His handlebar mustache was gray, full and untrimmed.

“Uh, Mr. Eaton, Titanic Thompson told me you were in charge of the big football game next Sunday in Colored Town down on Bird Creek.”

Eaton made no response.“Well, sir, could I ask your position on the Volstead Act?”Pistol Pete said, “I don’t drink and never did.”“Really, sir, well, I can respect that. But do you have a position

on it just in general?”“Yes, it’s a stupid law that’s made a lot of honest folks dishon-

est and a lot of dishonest folks rich. Why do you ask?”“Well, sir, I have the concession at the game, but I can shore

let it go if you think I should.”“Son, I have carried guns since my father was murdered when

I was eight years old. Guns and alcohol don’t mix. The only guns I will allow at the game are mine. Otherwise I don’t give a dried buffalo chip what people do about alcohol. There are too many rustlers to run down for me to waste my time on such foolish-ness.”

“Thanks, Marshall Eaton. I’ll see ya next Sunday.”

Chapter 19 - Not Even The Field Was Level

GAVELGAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE

The 2014 legislative ses-sion is right around the cor-ner. For the past few months, I have met with constituents and started to draft my bills for the upcoming session. However, before the New Year and legislative actions that will ensue, it is always important to look back and refl ect on the year and be thoughtful of the ways we can keep progressing and im-proving ourselves, our com-munity and our state.

Last session was a year of fi rsts for Indiana. Our state was ranked fi rst in the Mid-west and tops in the country by many business journals and publications for our tax-friendly, pro-business climate. Indiana has also been leading the charge for private sector employment gains. Consequentially, the unemployment rate has rap-idly fallen over the last few months, and I want to keep that momentum going.

Part of the reason for the accolades was the tax cut package passed last session, the largest in state history. Hoosier income taxes are be-ing reduced by 5 percent over four years, and the death tax was eliminated beginning the fi rst of this year. Other fi nan-cial investments were made in roads and infrastructure at

the state and local level with additional funds - $215M per year – being allocated to help with construction and main-tenance. All of this was com-pleted, while also staying true to our conservative prin-ciples of having a balanced budget with healthy reserves and no tax increases.

All of the policies put forth only lay the foundation for our state and its economic prosperity; it’s the people that make Indiana the best place to live, work and raise a family. Hoosiers are the hardest working, most down to earth, humble people, and I feel honored to represent you all in Indianapolis.

In addition to the many fi s-cal achievements that were enacted last session, three of the bills I authored were sent to the governor and became law: School Corporations Capital Projects Act, SWAT Team Readiness Act and Blue Alert Notifi cation Act.

The fi rst law allows schools corporations to use money in their respective capital projects funds to pay the costs of utilities and in-surance through the 2015 calendar year. The state pre-viously only allowed schools to transfer their capital proj-ect funds until the 2013 cal-endar year, so this two year

extension was put into place to provide greater fi nancial fl exibility for school sys-tems.

SWAT team personnel now have the authority to act and use their training to save lives during emergency situations. Previous law did not give SWAT members legal authority to act in dire situations, instead they had to wait for EMTs to arrive on the scene. My legisla-tion remedied that situation, enabling trained SWAT per-sonnel to step in and help wounded victims.

Lastly, I worked to create the ‘Blue Alert’ notifi cation system that will be run by the Indiana State Police Depart-ment. This new Blue Alert program is relatively similar in concept to the Amber and Silver Alerts. Blue Alerts will be used to inform the public when a law enforcement offi -cer has been killed, seriously injured or becomes missing in the line of duty. It will also help notify a local communi-ty of a potentially dangerous situation. The alert will also provide peace of mind for the men and women who serve and to their families.

I’m grateful to serve in my capacity and spearhead the issues I mentioned. Good public policy stems from vo-

Guest Column State Rep. Wendy McNamaraAccomplishments of 2013

Letters to the Editor

How deep is meaning of ‘free speech’ in America?

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First of all I would like to applaud the Senate for cut-ting 63 Billion from our cur-rent budget over the next sev-eral years. But I have a major problem with where they made Six Billion of their bud-get cuts. It is about time that our Representatives come up with some kind of agreement in Washington D.C. and stop their childish behavior.

The deal crafted by Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, and Representa-tive Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, would cut six billion from military pensions and that includes Veterans forced to retire as a result of injuries. Call me ‘old fashion,’ but I could not believe my ears when I heard this information on the national news. Cutting the pensions of our past, cur-rently serving, retired, and wounded hero’s? I have noth-ing but disgust for this legis-lative ‘slap in the face’ of our Veterans who have given so much to our country and our way of life.

The average soldier de-ployed to Afghanistan makes about $38,000 per year. That is certainly not an exorbitant salary by any means, consid-ering a lot of them are putting their lives on the line every day. The sacrifi ces that are made by these individuals is far beyond what most Ameri-cans who have not served, would even know about. No warm meals, no hot showers, no sleeping in a comfortable beds, and thousands of miles away from family and friends. These are just a few of the sac-rifi ces that are made by these Patriotic Americans and this current legislation ask more of these hero’s. Those cuts can and should be made in other areas before asking more of the Veteran’s in our military.

There would not be a Unit-ed States of America, if it weren’t for the small percent-age of Americans who will-ingly step forward to sacrifi ce for the rest of America. We as a Nation owe a debt of grati-tude that cannot be repaid to

the Veterans that have always stepped up in time of need to defend our way of life and support the decisions made by our political leaders. Our leaders were not always right, but our men and women still stepped up to serve. In this current bill, our representa-tives would also take away and close commissary’s across our nation adding ‘insult to in-jury’ to our men and women in uniform. I do not know how anyone could vote for this in clear conscience. I certainly think that they should be held accountable at the ballot box by all Veterans in the next election.

According to the Census fi gures, Veterans currently make up 7 percent of the population, down from 13.7 percent during the Vietnam War Era 1970. Veterans cur-rently make up 20 percent of the Senate and 20.5 percent of the House. In 1977-78 that fi gure was 77 percent of the 95th Congress... it is becom-ing clear why there is a lack of respect for the military in this administration.

I have a suggestion for our representatives in Washington D.C. - if you want to make six billion in cuts try getting them from other areas. A Rand Study concluded that the to-tal Federal Cost of providing medical expenses for ‘illegal immigrants’ was 30 Billion annually in 2009. There is a nice start.

These carrier politicians such as Nancy Pelosi will re-tire as a congress person at $174,000 a year for life. She has retired as Speaker of the House at $223,000 a year. Plus she will receive an additional $193,000 annually as Minor-ity Leader. She will also get free Medical Care for life (for being exposed to all those pa-per cuts) that is not available for the rest of the taxpayers. You do the math. Unless you have Obama Care and ‘If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance.’

Randy ThornburgWadesville , IN

Budget cuts slam military

cal communities. I encourage everyone to stay involved and connected to the happenings in our community, so we can make a positive impact for the entire state. Let’s keep the dialogue going – I can be reached via email at h76@in.gov or by phone at (317) 232-9671.

Rep. McNamara (R-Mount Vernon) represents portions of Posey and Vanderburgh counties. Rep. McNamara also serves as Vice Chair of Courts and Criminal Code Committee, the Government and Regulatory Reform Com-mittee, Judiciary Committee and the Select Committee on Government Reduction.

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APL News By Stanley CampbellNew Year’s Closings

On December 31 and January 1 the library will be closed. We will reopen again on January 2 at our regular time.Babies/Toddlers Storytimes

This program for children ages birth to 36 months fea-tures books, movement, mu-sic, and rhymes to promote early literacy will be held January 6, 7, 13, 14, 21, 27 and 28 at 9:30 a.m. Parents/caregivers help their children follow along by participating in this storytime with them. Registration is required.

Preschool StorytimesThis program for ages 3-5

introduces children to read-ing and language in a fun way through stories, crafts, and other activities will be held January 6, 7, 13, 14, 21, 27 and 28 at 10:30 a.m. Parents/caregivers are not required to

attend this storytime along with their child, but must re-main in the library. Registra-tion is required.

Decorative Plates This is something the teens

will enjoy. On January 6 at 3:30 p.m. teens can take regu-lar old dining plates and deco-rate them. This program will be simple and fun. Bring your own favorite white plate from home or we can provide one at the program. This program is for those in grades six to 12. You must register to attend this program.

Lego Club This is a monthly club for

anyone age six and older who loves working with Legos. Our fi rst program for 2014 will be January 8 at 3:30 p.m. Registration is required.Busy Hands/Basic Knitting

‘Busy Hands’ is a local gathering of crafters and knit-ters. We will be meeting at 10 a.m. on January 8 and 22. Cheryl Carroll will be on hand to demonstrate how to stitch during our Basic Knitting Program. She will be teaching techniques. Yarn is provided and a limited number of size

eight needles are available to use.

Basic DrawingThis popular continuing

adult series will be conducted on January 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 10 a.m. This series is an ideal opportunity for begin-ners and advanced artists to gather. Learn how to ‘see’ like an artist, and how to draw that image on paper. All supplies provided. Additional classes will be offered February 6, 13, 20 and 27.

Laughs and Crafts ClubWe will be offering our

Laughs and Crafts Club pro-grams on January 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 3:45 p.m. There is always a craft, a story and a snack and always a good time at Laughs and Crafts Club. This program is for kids who are in kindergarten and up. Registration is required.

Teen Advisory BoardOur fi rst meeting of the

year will be January 13 at 3:30 p.m. We will discuss teen programming, new books, movies, and music, social net-working and test our ideas. So stop by for a snack and some good times. This program is

for those in grades six – 12 only.

Friends of the APLMeeting

On January 13 at 6:30 p.m. join the Friends and learn how you can help the library. Ev-eryone is invited.

Armchair TravelingOn January 14 at 10 a.m.

Tracy Wilson of Lifestyle Tours will take us on a trip to bonny Scotland. If you’ve wanted to visit Scotland, join us for some tips on places you defi nitely want to see. If you’ve never been, sit back, relax and visit via this pro-gram.

Want to register?The library offers multiple

ways you can register, includ-ing: on the web, by phone, and in person. You can regis-ter 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.

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

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

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

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The Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana, Inc., announces that the talk to a lawyer tele-phone clinic will be held on two occasions in January. The fi rst will be the regular talk to a lawyer telephone clinic on January 2, 2014 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. (CST) or 5:30 to 8 p.m. (EST) and the second session will be held to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. birthday on January 20, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (CST).

The telephone number for the clinic is (812) 618-4845 or toll free 888-594-3449. During these hours, volun-teer paralegals and attorneys will be available to answer general legal questions and to give general legal advice. Legal questions must con-cern a matter of Indiana law.

These clinics are co-spon-sored by the Volunteer Law-yer Program of Southwest-ern Indiana, Inc., Evansville Bar Foundation and Indiana Bar Foundation.

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Well, Madeleine, the crum-pled Christmas paper has barely made its way into the trash, and already it is time for New Year’s Eve, and another year is nearly here. Indeed, 2014 is only a whisper away, and, as always, it brings new hopes and wishes. I have al-ways found New Year’s Eve to be a little disappointing. I am sure that my expectations are too high.

Movies and television por-tray this night as a glamorous one, with beautiful people in designer dresses, going to big parties. I have gone to a few parties in the past, but never to a big fancy one. I am sure that many folks do, indeed, go to them, but your grandfather and I usually have a hard time just staying awake to see the new year in. We usually go to one of the ‘kids’ homes and watch a movie or play games. It is also the very last time I allow myself to eat totally wrong.

Of course, it is, unfortu-nately, a night of drinking for many people. Since your father owns a bar, this is not necessarily a bad thing. It is only when some people at-tend a private party and then attempt to drive home drunk. When there is no offi cial bar-

tender to regulate this, it is a dangerous thing to do. Mad-eleine, I hope you will never

be out with others when you are older, and fi nd yourself drinking too much. There have been so many tragic and deadly accidents in the news. Sorry, but I just had to ‘preach’ about this. I never want to hear bad news about someone I know.

When I was a child, all of the church bells rang in Cyn-thiana at the stroke of mid-night to herald in the new year. My grandmother always got out a big pan and a wood-en spoon for me to bang on it with. I have heard that mak-ing a lot of noise is supposed to drive away evil spirits and usher in a good year for ev-eryone. That is why ‘noise makers’ are passed out at New Year’s parties, as well as pa-per hats.

Many people watch the New Year arrive on televison, seeing the ball drop in Times

Square in New York City. The absence of Dick Clark is now another sad example of how time marches on. Of course, since this is televised live on Eastern time, it occurs an hour early for this area.

This is also a time of mak-ing resolutions; making good changes in our lives in the coming year. Losing weight, getting more exercise, stop-ping smoking, and similar things usually top every-one’s list. For all too many, though, these promises do not last long, and folks lapse back into their old habits. As usual, already looking back on Christmas, I vow to not eat all those forbidden things next year, nor have so much wast-ed food. In Great Britain, the December 26 has long been referred to as ‘Boxing Day.’ The wealthy boxed up food and passed it out to those less fortunate. I am thinking that this might have been a way to rid themselves of left-overs.

In our family, New Year’s Day used to be the offi cial day for removing the real Christ-mas tree. By this time, it was very dry and a real threat to burning the house down. After being the focal point of Christmas from only one week before, it was stripped of its lights, tinsel, and orna-ments, and was left sitting out

by the curb, with brown nee-dles falling off. Suddenly, the house lost its cheery look, and seemed dark and dreary. Now that we use manufactured trees, the time for ‘un-decking the halls’ is not so crucial. I am very picky about packing up Christmas items and I take my time. Each individual or-nament is wrapped in tissue, and each tub is carefully la-beled with its contents. Mad-eleine, hopefully you will be one of the caretakers for many of these things in the future.

Yes, the long-awaited holi-day season is coming to an end, and everyone goes back to work or school. When your father was a boy, it also meant that Grandma Lucile would pack up her car and head back to Owensboro. The left-overs needed to be cleaned out of the refrigerator, and the yum-my candies and cookies only reminded us of all the calories we had consumed with such glee.

It always seemed a little depressing to know that all of the fun, lights, gifts, food, and good spirit of Christmas would be gone for many months. I think that many people think about this. For some, there is the dread of the credit card bills arriving. This is the time to clean out closets and drawers, and settle in for

as many long winter naps as one can.

There are many people in our area who can’t wait to plant their gardens, and work outside again. The seed catalogues traditionally ar-rive now, and the planning for Spring begins. I used to fi nd time to read during this part of the winter, but I never seem to work that in now. Television, the internet, and grandchil-dren have taken over a lot of that time. That is also one of my resolutions. Madeleine, and I am so glad that you have started reading. It is an impor-tant thing to make part of your life.

Even though it is hard to make myself get moving on these coming dark cold days, I am always cheered up when I get to your house. Three little smiling faces always get my day started off right. I think that getting back into our rou-tines is always a good thing.

This is also the time of the year to look back, and remem-ber those who left us, both on a personal level, and those who were famous. Many news shows review the past year and we think back on the things that made headlines.

January is a terrible month for a birthday, as I have told you before. Both my mother and I were born in this month.

Grandma Madeleine’s birth-day was on January 3. She would be 103 this year, if she was still with us. On her last birthday, we had a little gath-ering for her at the Silver Bell, and I am so glad we did. We did not know it would be her last, and it was very cold, but a friend encouraged me to go ahead, and it proved to be the right choice. My advice to everyone is to spend as much time as possible with the older family members; ask a lot of questions, and write down the answers. I so wish I had done much more information keep-ing.

Well, Madeleine, my words to you this week have not seemed very funny or cheer-ful, but I think that the main thing you should take away is this: I speak many times of counting one’s blessings, and perhaps New Year’s is the one perfect time to do that. It is a big, scary, uncertain world out there, and the best solution to that is to do all you can to enrich the little part of it you belong to. So perhaps the very best resolution to make is to do just that. The darkest days of winter can be bright and cheerful if you want them to be. Now, how about joining me for a day of shopping and taking advantage of the won-derful January sales?

DEAREST MADELEINE

BYCATHYPOWERS

Advice for Madeleine is good reminder for all of us

By: Pastor Rick Sellers, Mt. Zion General Baptist Church

I have been to our nation’s capital twice and there are cer-tain sites that really intrigue me. One of those sites is the Lin-coln Memorial Refl ecting Pool. There is just something about this place that brings a peace amid all the “noise” of our na-tion’s capital.

“The Lincoln Memorial Re-fl ecting Pool is the largest of the many refl ecting pools in Washington, D.C., U.S. It is a long and large rectangular pool located on the National Mall, di-rectly east of the Lincoln Memo-rial, with the Washington Monu-ment to the east of the refl ecting pool.[1] Part of the iconic image of Washington, the refl ecting pool hosts many of the 24 mil-lion visitors a year who visit the National Mall. It is lined by walking paths and shade trees on both sides. Depending on the viewer’s vantage point, it dramatically refl ects the Wash-ington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall’s trees, and/or the expansive sky.” (www.wikipedia.com)

As we are now approaching the end of the calendar year we might, like so many others, enter into a time of refl ection. Lately I have been doing a lot of refl ect-ing as we see the day in which

we live in light of the Scriptures I feel it is necessary that we pour on full steam ahead. It is neces-sary that we take time to refl ect because in doing so we re-gather our focus and reestablish our en-ergies toward the goal ahead of us.

34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what will it profi t a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adul-terous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” Mark 8:34–38 (NKJV)

As Jesus reminds us in His Word, “If you’re ashamed of me before others, I will be ashamed of you before my Father in heav-en.” Is this truly what we want?

I grew up a bashful kid, al-ways fearing that someone would speak to me and I would have to say something back. When in school I would al-

ways try to “go invisible” so the teachers would not ask me to say anything or answer a question. I always feared that anything that would slip through my mouth would surely be “stupid!”

Yes, I was one of those chil-dren sternly warned before com-pany arrived to not speak unless spoken to. I really did not want to be in the room! I feared that if someone spoke to me I would say something embarrassing!

Well, this was actually blown out of proportion in my mind be-cause of my shyness but maybe you get the point. The fact is, be-cause I have had this serious is-sue fearfully swelling up inside me I have always been afraid to speak for fear the words would come out all wrong.

This is especially true re-garding my relationship with God and people. This is a fear that rears its ugly head nearly every time I talk to people about Jesus. But, it is necessary that I get beyond this because the Truth is, God has chosen a specifi c method for getting the word out. God has chosen to use people who have encoun-tered Jesus to tell others what Jesus has done and continues to do in their lives.

As we refl ect over the past I feel it is necessary that we refl ect, correct and place all

our confi dence in the One who saved us from our unrighteous-ness. We should turn our refl ec-tion into focus as we look ahead to see the opportunities God is setting before us.

As we refl ect let us launch into the new year and begin with the basics, reading the Word of God every day, spending time alone with our Father every day, many times throughout the day in prayer. As we refl ect we need to launch into this New Year and declare with our lips that Jesus Christ is Lord.

For those who already have encountered this relationship with Jesus Christ we need to be reminded of the importance of passing this along. All through-out the Old Testament, at every “bend in the road” God instruct-ed the people to participate in various practices. God instruct-ed the people that these prac-tices would be for the purpose of telling what the people had experienced under God’s faith-ful protection and guidance.

God instructed the people to tell their children and grandchil-dren of all the blessings provid-ed for them by God.

In the New Testament we read,

8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and be-lieve in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righ-teousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salva-tion. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:8–13 (NKJV)

It is time that we open our mouth and tell everyone all that God has done!

In the words of this song, Go, Tell It On The Mountain,Over the hills and every-

where;Go, Tell It On The MountainThat Jesus Christ is born.People ned to know that

without Jesus Christ there is no chance of going to heaven. This is true. John 14:6 reminds us that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life and there is no other way for us to enter the presence of God except that we go through Him!

Let’s tell it everywhere that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Beginning with January 5, 2014 we will launch a brand new series titled ESSENTIALS. This series will carry us through Easter as we focus on the ES-SENTIALS of living, breath-ing and revealing the basics of walking with Jesus in such a way that will prevent Him from saying, “Depart from me, I nev-er knew you!”

If you do not have a home church please consider be-ing our guest this Sunday. We would love to see you. As a matter of fact, not only do I invite you to be our guest, but I also will tell you that there will be NOTHING expected of you. Come, experience the Mt. Zion difference!

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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 eat-ing.

Thursday, January 2 - No Meal Served

Thursday, January 9 – Chili, PBJ Sandwich, Carrot

Sticks, Fritos, DessertThursday, January 16 – La-

sagna, Salad, Bread Sticks, Dessert

Thursday, January 23 – Chicken Strips, Milk Gravy, Toast, Green Beans, Dessert

Thursday, January 30 – Chicken Casserole, Salad, Hot Roll, Dessert

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.

The Posey County Sher-iff’s Department will in-crease patrols throughout the evening and early morning hours of the New Year’s Hol-iday. Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth says extra pa-trol cars will be assigned to Posey County roadways be-ginning early in the evening of New Year’s Eve through-out the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Sheriff Oeth said the extra patrols are being added as an in-creased measure toward the safety of the motoring public during this holiday period. Deputies will be focusing their attention on vehicles being operated in an unsafe manner and those drivers who are operating vehicles while they are under the in-fl uence of alcohol or other chemical substances. Those

celebrating the arrival of the New Year are encouraged to formulate a safe travel plan before any celebration be-gins. Selecting a designated driver is the best method of knowing you will reach your after party destination safely. So, if you plan to drink on New Year’s Eve, make sure you choose a Designated Driver who doesn’t drink at all. And, don’t be shy about intervening to stop a friend or relative from driving after drinking. In doing so, you can prevent the embarrass-ment and substantial cost of the individual being pros-ecuted. Most importantly, You could be saving some-one’s life. Sheriff Oeth wants everyone to enjoy the ringing in of the New Year , but he asks that you please not drink and drive.

Harmony Chapel clothing ministry is open

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Sermon of the Week: Refl ections

BirthdaysDecember 31 - Amy

Cox, Kristy Georgesen, Matthew Kidd, Cory B. Munsterman, Michael C. Patterson, Kristi Reynolds, Susan Seibert, Frank Sla-gle, Bill Kueber, Julia Wil-liams

January 1 - Rebecca J. Hall, Jacob Heriges, Helen Smith, Sherry Veeck, Mi-chael Lee Wildeman

January 2 - Peggy Eaton, Joelle Lockwood, Andy Winiger

January 3 - Alyssa Crowley, Jenni Hein, Noah Rapp

January 4 - Kenneth Johnson, Timothy Kahle,

Nathan Westfall, John Her-ring, Lisa Franklin, Melissa Wade, Dakota Gray, Leslie Mills, Chad Williams, Bob Deig

January 5 - Star Mc-Cleave, Bob Toliver, Esther Buchanan, Craig Tooley

January 6 - Tammy Harrington, Rachel Marie Southard, Ezra Stinson, Brittney Redman, Ryan Gamblin

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@poseycountynews.com.

Wadesville locals are mak-ing a difference in the lives of 13,850 needy children this Christmas with gift-fi lled shoeboxes. Through Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, local vol-unteers prepared 13,850 gifts fi lled with toys, school sup-plies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement.

Although local collection of the gifts is fi nished, the shoeboxes’ journey to chil-dren has just begun. Volun-teers will be working in the coming weeks to prepare, package and transport the 7.2 million gifts collected in Wadesville and across the

United States to their fi nal destination.

Wadesville residents can still get involved by build-ing a box online. Through an online tool, participants can conveniently send shoebox gifts to kids in some of the hardest-to-reach countries.

If you are interested in speaking with an Wadesville volunteer, feel free to give me a call. For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit samaritanspurse.org/newsroom.

Sincerely,Ben Smith

Media Relations Coordinator, SW Indiana

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Fulfi ll your New Year’s resolution of helping others by volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Become a mentor or volunteer time with the fund-raising and planning group. Either way, you will make a long-lasting impact on children in Posey County. To learn more, plan to attend a free dinner meeting Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 6:30 pm at Wesley Hall, First United Methodist Church, 601 Main St., Mt. Vernon. RSVP: 812-781-2750 by January 15th. Why wait? START SOMETHING for kids in our community!

Mount Vernon Senior High School Gym Friday, January 10th at 7:00pm.

This event is hosted by the MT. VERNON BAND BOOSTERS INC.

and proceeds will benefi t the band programs at the Mt. Vernon Junior and Senior High Schools.

Two hours of magical display of tricks, coordinated ball handling, fancy passing and

aerodynamic athleticism combined with high-energy comedy and audience interaction.

Tickets are $10 in advance & can be purchased at

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ON GAME NIGHT, JANUARY 10TH, TICKETS WILL BE $12 AT THE DOOR.

‘Awards’ continued from Page A1mission to fi nd a solu-tion. Eric offered to test this specialty plastic and explore opportunities to reuse it in other product applications, rather than sending it to the landfi ll. This research proved suc-cessful and a partnership was forged. Verde Part-ners, LLC was created and immediately began collecting landscaping containers in 2012.

Verde Partners set up a landscape waste collection receptacle at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve and began reaching out to local businesses. The response was overwhelming. Fifteen Evansville-area landscap-ing companies (and fi ve

regional companies) have joined forces with Verde Partners, diverting an esti-mated 155,000 pounds in landscaping plastic from local landfi lls to date. Word of this new specialty plastic recycling service spread and other businesses came forward with their unrecy-clable plastic waste. In one year’s time

Verde’s efforts grew be-yond the landscaping in-dustry and into the world of melon farming in Posey County, food service in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties and natural gas delivery across southern and central Indiana. They have also partnered with Vectren, Evansville Solid

Waste Management Dis-trict and the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association. Since its in-ception, Verde Partners has diverted 200,000 pounds of specialty plastic from Evansville area land-fi lls in total in just over one year’s time; and there is no slowing down. Verde Part-ners makes their mission simple and clear, to “do the right thing.”

Unsatisfi ed with the vol-ume of industrial-grade plastic entering Evans-ville’s landfi lls, Rick and Jenny took action to do something about it. Their business continues to grow quickly as they change the way Evansville area busi-nesses look at their waste streams, and offer afford-able solutions to make local business operations sustainable.

During the Holiday Season more than ever, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who

have made our progress possible, and in this spirit we say, simply but sincerely,

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Heather McNabb, Di-rector of the Poseyville Carnegie Public Li-brary, was recently elected to the Indiana Library Federation Board as an at-large member. She will serve as a Federation board member for a two-year term. Heather has served the Poseyville community for over three years and also serves on the Eugene & Marilyn Glick In-diana Author’s Award panel, the Indiana State Library’s Professional

Development Committee, the American Library As-sociation’s New Members Round Table, and was a member of the inaugural 2012 cohort for the Indiana Librarians Leadership Academy.

“Having the chance to represent Indiana librarians on the ILF Board is something I am very excited about as it gives me the opportunity to help strengthen our state organization by being a voice for librarians across the state,” Heather said.

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The Indiana Senate Page Program is currently accepting applications for the 2014 legis-lative session.

The page program provides students in grades six through 12 with an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at the Indiana General Assembly. Partici-pants come to the Statehouse for a one-day program and get the opportunity to:

Meet and interact with their state senator.

Tour the Indiana Statehouse.Watch live debate in the

Senate Chamber.Interested students can ap-

ply online at http://www.indi-anasenaterepublicans.com/ or send a letter to their senator. All requests must include:

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

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Each year, the National FFA Organization awards approximately $2 million in scholarships sponsored by businesses and individ-uals through the National FFA Foundation. Scholar-ships are awarded for a wide variety of experienc-es, career goals and higher education plans. Students can complete one applica-tion to be considered for all scholarships offered through the National FFA Organization.

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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 couple which includes an ap-petizer 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 purchased 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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Post 5 will have a New Years Eve party this year. The par-ty will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., with music 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 any-time to make your reserva-tions while seating is still available.

Sally Gries ’02 has accept-ed a position in the University of Southern Indiana’s Uni-versity Relations as director of university and community relations. The position reports to the vice president for Gov-ernment and University Rela-tions and works closely with the vice president to coordi-nate and implement strategies

that broaden USI’s civic and governmental presence.

Gries, an Evansville na-tive, joins USI after fi ve and half years with St. Mary’s and St. Mary’s Warrick Hospital Foundations serving as annu-al giving and grants coordina-tor. Prior to that, she served as community relations director for Habitat for Humanity of

Evansville. Her current com-munity involvement includes the USI Alumni Council, where she serves as secretary, and volunteering with her church.

She holds a bachelor’s de-gree in public relations from USI.

“I am excited for this op-portunity to be with my alma mater and continue to build partnerships between USI and the community,” Gries said.

Gries joins University Relations at USI

• Richard Lloyd to a three-year term on the Bethel Town-ship Fire Department.

• Billy Ray Butler and Don Oeth to one-year terms on the Board of Review.

• Deanna Sherretz to a four-year term on the Carnegie Li-brary Board.

• Carl Schmitz to a one-year term on the Child Protection Team.

• Eugene McCoy, Donald Renschler and Charles Seibert to one-year terms on the Coli-seum Board.

• Ronald Eimer to a one-year term on the Compton Ditch Drainage & Repair Unit.

• Don Mercer to a one-year term on the County Building Authority Board.

• Wes Dixon, Charles Thompson, Greg Oeth, Ralph Weinzapfel, Tim Compton, Dana Allyn and Larry Robb to one-year terms on the E-911 Advisory Board.

• Jerry Walden and Michelle Hudson to one-year terms on the Economic Coalition Devel-opment of Southwestern Indi-ana Corporation. Walden will also be a representative on the executive committee for that board.

• Jay Price to a one-year term on the EMA Advisory Board.

• Richard Maier, Richard Noelle and Bill Neuman to three-year terms on the Rede-velopment Authority.

• Greg Newman to a four-year term on the Wadesville Fire Department board.

• Charles Mobley to a one-year term as the Posey County Animal Control Offi cer.

• Ed Battieger to a one-year term as the Posey County Building Commissioner.

• Keely Winiger to a one-year term as the Commissioner and Council Executive Assis-tant.

• Carl Schmitz to a one-year term as the commissioner pres-ident.

• Jerry Walden to a one-year term as commissioner vice-president.

• William Bender to a one-year contract as the county at-torney.

• Sabrina Harms to a one-year term as the E-911 Direc-tor.

• Larry Robb to a one-year term s the EMA Director.

• Charles Thompson to a one-year term as the EMS Di-rector.

• Stephen Schenk to a one-year term as the Highway Su-perintendent.

Appointments for the Vet-eran’s Service Offi cer, ADA Compliance Committee and Common Construction Wage Board were tabled.

The 2014 meeting schedule was also set. Commissioners will continue to meet on the fi rst and third Tuesdays of each month, at 9 a.m. in the Hovey House in Mount Vernon. The only exception will be on elec-tion days in May and Novem-ber and they will meet on the preceding Monday instead.

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Above left, Joe Spanner shares a piece of cake with granddaughter Claire Will. Above right, daughter Stephanie Wrobel and Doris Spanner holding grandson Brett Wrobel, enjoy cake while Nikki Roser, CFO First Bank wishes Doris Happy Re-tirement during a reception held at First Bank in Poseyville, in honor of Doris’ retirement after 28 years in banking. Doris looks forward to spending lots of time with her grandchildren. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

About 45 percent of Ameri-cans usually make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only eight percent of us actually keep our resolu-tions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a little weight or learning a foreign language. But when we make fi nancial resolutions — resolutions that, if achieved, could signifi cantly help us in our pursuit of our important long-term goals — it’s clearly worthwhile to make every effort to follow through.

So, what sorts of fi nancial resolutions might you con-sider? Here are a few possibili-ties:

• Boost your contributions to your retirement plans. Each year, try to put in a little more to your IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored

retirement plans. These tax-advantaged accounts are good options for your retirement savings strategy.

• Reduce your debts. It’s not always easy to reduce your debts, but make it a goal to fi n-ish 2014 with a smaller debt load than you had going into the new year. The lower your monthly debt payments, the more money you’ll have to invest for retirement, college for your children (or grand-children) and other important objectives.

• Build your emergency fund. Work on building an ‘emergency fund’ containing six to 12 months’ worth of liv-ing expenses, with the money held in a liquid account that of-fers a high degree of preserva-tion of principal. Without such a fund, you might be forced to dip into your long-term invest-ments to pay for emergencies, such as a new furnace, a ma-jor car repair, and so on. You

might not be able to fi nish creating your emergency fund in one year, but contribute as much as you can afford.

• Plan for your protection needs. If you don’t already have the proper amounts of life and disability insurance in place, put it on your ‘To Do’ list for 2014. Also, if you haven’t taken steps to protect yourself from the consider-able costs of long-term care, such as an extended nursing home stay, consult with your fi nancial professional, who can suggest the appropriate protection or investment vehi-cles. You may never need such care, but that’s a chance you may not want to take — and the longer you wait, the more expensive your protection op-tions may become.

• Don’t overreact to mar-ket volatility. Too many peo-ple head to the investment ‘sidelines’ during market downturns. But if you’re not

invested, then you miss any potential market gains — and the biggest gains are often re-alized at the early stages of the rally.

• Focus on the long term. You can probably check your investment balance online, which means you can do it ev-ery day, or even several times a day — but should you? If you’re following a strat-egy that’s appropriate for your needs, goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, you’re al-ready doing what you should be doing in the long run. So there’s no need to stress your-self over the short-term move-ments that show up in your investment statements.

Do whatever you can to turn these New Year’s resolu-tions into realities. Your efforts could pay off well beyond 2014.

Provided by Thomas A. Ruder, Financial Advisor, with Edward Jones.

Financial Resolutions to consider for the new year

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By Steven KocherspergerThe Mater Dei Holiday Classic was held

this past week with sixteen teams from In-diana and Kentucky sending athletes to compete during the Christmas break. This annual event is very popular among area wrestling fans and this year’s competition did not disappoint. Posey County had a strong contingent of wrestlers in the Holi-day Classic from both Mount Vernon High School and North Posey High School and several went on to either win or place in the two day tournament.

Mount Vernon’s Paul Konrath was the only wrestler from our county to win the bracket in his weight class as his great year continues. Konrath, a freshman from Mount Vernon, opened the tournament by beating his opponent in convincing fashion 20-3. Konrath took that win and ran with it even-tually fi nding himself in the championship match against Mater Dei’s Will Egli. The two undefeated wrestlers took to the match and when it was all said and done it was Konrath who walked away the winner of the 106 pound bracket. Konrath’s season con-tinues to be one that many are talking about as he is now 19-0 on the year and ranked in the individual state wrestling ranking.

Mount Vernon’s Tyler DeKemper also found success in this past weekend’s clas-

sic. DeKemper took on several tough op-ponents from the area and eventually ended his bracket in fourth place. DeKemper won two of his matches by pinning his opponent and eventually found himself in a battle for third place. While his surge to the top might not have been expected by many, it seemed to be something that DeKemper expected of himself as he took the Classic by the reigns and ran with it. His fourth place fi nish is something that will propel him the rest of the season and will prepare him as he enters sectional match ups at the end of the wres-tling year. DeKemper leaves the classic with an overall record of 15-5 on the season.

The other Mount Vernon wrestler to place in the Mater Dei Classic was sophomore Tristan Choate. Choate, who has continued to improve each and every time he takes the mat, took on opponent after opponent winning enough battles to gain him fi fth place in the 220 pound weight class bracket. Choate opened the Classic with a win over Floyd Central’s Tobin Smith. This set up a great matchup in the next round against Evansville Memorial’s Jeremy Barnes who Choate had just defeated a week before in the head to head match up between the two schools. This time Barnes was able to make

Posey County grapplers fair well in Holiday Classic

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

At the Wizards game, fans of all ages

will witness two hours of magical display of tricks, coordinated ball handling, fan-cy passing and aerodynamic athleticism combined with high-energy comedy and audience interaction.

Tickets are $10 in advance and can be purchased at the Mount Vernon Senior High School Offi ce and Dan’s Comp or online at www.Harlemwizards.com. On game night, January 10, tickets will be $12 at the door.

Harlem Wizards coming to MVHS

See Wrestling, Page A9Mount Vernon’s Harley Gorman battles his opponent in this weekend’s Mater Dei Holiday

Classic. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

By Steven KocherspergerAfter beating Wayne City and allowing only 14 total points earlier in the day, the North Posey

Lady Vikings were one win away from playing in the Championship game in the Fairfi eld Merry Mule Holiday tournament this past weekend. The Vikings continued to work hard offensively

and defensively but eventually ran into a hard working Flora, Illinois team who had to chip away to come back and beat the Vikings 60-56 Friday night.

“We played real well all day today,” North Posey head coach Tracy Stroud said. “This game against Flora we couldn’t hit the shots we needed to hit. I thought we played well tonight but Flora got hot and we couldn’t do what we needed to keep the lead. Our girls did all they could do and we have to come back each and every game and play hard. I think this tournament has been great to play the rest of the way.”

The Vikings opened the game with Flora trying to keep up on the scoreboard. After Madison Worman hit her fi rst basket of the game giving her team an early 4-2 lead, the Vikings went the rest of the opening period leading Flora and eventually took a 17-14 lead into the second period of play.

After Flora went ahead 14-13 towards the last few minutes of the fi rst period, North Posey went on an impressive 15-0 run to give the Vikings a 28-14 lead in the second period of play. Flora would struggle to keep up with the high fl ying offense the Vikings brought with them to Fairfi eld but it would not stay that way long. The Vikings felt confi dent being up ten points at the half at 33-23 but Flora would chip away slowly at that lead showing that the game of basketball is a marathon and not a sprint.

Rachel Ungetheim and Hayley Harness hit baskets to open the third period putting North Posey ahead 37-25 early in the period. But Flora would lock down defensively and go on a 8-0 run to pull within four points of the Vikings at 37-33 with 2:24 left in the third period. One minute later the Vikings would look up to see that Flora had tied the game at 39-39 and all in attendance knew that what once looked like a blowout was now a new game.

Viking Kayla Sanford hit a big three point basket to put North Posey ahead 42-39 at the end of the third period Friday night. The Vikings felt that though the game had tightened they were still fi rmly in control of their own destiny.

Flora would have a lot to say about that as the fi nal period of play belonged fi rmly to the Wolf-gals. Flora tied the game in the opening minute of the fourth period on a big three point basket to give themselves life. But North Posey would answer with a basket by Madison Worman to make the game 44-42 Vikings.

That is when Flora took over going on a 11-4 run to put themselves ahead 53-46 with just 4:58 left in the game. North Posey would close the gap with some great free throw shooting and some big shots from Kelsey Owen, Kayla Sanford, and Madison Worman to pull within two at 58-56 with under a minute to play in regulation. But Flora would ice the game with some good free throw shooting of their own and eventually walked away victorious over North Posey at 60-56 Friday night.

Rachel Ungetheim ended her night leading the Vikings with 15 points while teammate Madi-son Worman added 11. Hannah Harness had nine points while Kelsey Owen added seven points Friday night for the Vikings.

The Vikings ended up losing the very next night as well as they dropped the third place game on Saturday night to Harrisburg 47-35. The Vikings will be back in action January 9 when they travel to Tecumseh to take on the Braves.

Lady Vikings fall to Flora, fi nish Fourth in Merry Mule

North Posey junior Rachel Ungetheim shoots and scores in Friday nights match up with Flora in the Merry Mule Holiday Tournament in Fairfi eld. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

By Steven KocherspergerThe North Posey Vikings boys’ bas-

ketball team has struggled early on this season coming together leaving all in-volved to hope things would turn around. After getting their fi rst win of the season against Pike Central, the Vikings took that momentum and hoped to string a few wins together in the Graber Post Classic at North Daviess High School.

The Vikings dropped the opener of the Classic to North Daviess 71-66 in a game where North Posey had many chances to go ahead and take over the game. But the loss dropped the Vikings to the consola-tion bracket where they had to face the Orleans Bulldogs who entered the Clas-sic undefeated. The Vikings were able to fi nd success against the tough Orleans team beating them 56-46 to move on in the bracket.

The Vikings got things going early on against the Bulldogs Friday afternoon scoring the fi rst seven points behind the shooting of James Marshall, Mi-chael Bender, and Cody Ungetheim. The 7-0 North Posey lead did not last long though as Orleans would score six of the next nine points to tighten the game at 10-6 in favor of North Posey. But the Vikings would ride the back of junior Damon Cardin who scored the last six points of the opening period in the paint to give North Posey the 16-8 lead head-ing into the second period of play.

The start to the second period be-longed to Michael Bender as he hit two three point baskets to give the Vikings the 22-8 lead in the opening minutes of the second period Friday afternoon. The Vikings felt good about their early lead and hoped to ride that wave all the way to victory.

Orleans would have trouble contain-ing the paint as North Posey kept feed-ing Cardin and scoring at the charity stripe as well. The Bulldogs eventually would go on a 6-0 run to end the half and the Vikings took the 33-20 lead into the locker room feeling really good about their chances against this Orleans team.

Orleans would try to chip away in the second half Friday afternoon’s contest but the Vikings just were too much for the Bulldogs to handle as they defeated Orleans 56-46 for their second win of the season.

The win set up a fi fth place game between the Vikings and their Pocket Athletic Conference rivals Southridge Raiders who defeated Clay City Friday afternoon in a physical contest.

The Raiders up and down fast paced offense gave North Posey all they could handle as Southridge eventually took advantage of all the Viking mistakes to walk away winners Saturday 56-41 to send North Posey home in sixth place of the Graber Post Classic.

The Vikings now fi nd themselves with an overall record of 2-6 on the season and hope to turn things around as they keep working hard and coming together as a team. If what they showed against Orleans was any indication the Vikings have all the tools they need to have a successful turnaround and that all starts in the conference schedule coming up.

The Vikings will have a little break before playing cross county rival Mount Vernon on January 11 for bragging rights in the county. Mount Vernon has strug-gled as of late as well and both teams will be looking to turn their seasons around when they meet in Mount Ver-non. Tip off for that game is 7:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY JANUARY 2Boys/Girls swimming and diving: Mount Vernon at 6 team duel (IUPUI) 11am;Girls basketball: Vincennes Rivet at Mount Vernon 6pm;

FRIDAY JANUARY 3Boys basketball: Washington at Mount Vernon 6pm;

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against Adrain Butler of Mater Dei. Choate beat Butler 3-2 to place fi fth in the always tough weight class. Choate now moves on hoping to improve on his season and now has an overall record of 16-5.

Wildcat wrestlers Noah Keller, Payton Whoberry, Harley Gorman, Julian Suar, Dane Wil-son, and Kyle Lang all won one match in their brackets to help Mount Vernon gain experi-ence as a team and individually.. And while team awards are not given at the Holiday Clas-sic, Mount Vernon had an impressive Classic.

North Posey had six wrestlers compete at the Holiday Classic and all gave what they had and left it all on the mat. And while the Vikings did not fair as highly as their Posey County counterparts, they hope to use the experience gained at Mater Dei to launch them to greater heights the rest of the way on their schedule.

Cameron Fisher and Kamron Capps were both beaten in the two match ups they competed in. Both Fisher and Caps took on very tough opponents and were both pinned quickly by those competitors.

Ryan Martin and Kaynin Capps also lost both of their matches and hope to continue to grow individually as they prepare individually for their sectional matches down the road.

The two wrestlers that won a match for the Vikings were Shane Martin and Jordan Frymire. Frymire won by major decision over Sullivan’s Chris Correll 10-2 and leaves the Holiday Classic with an overall record of 7-13.

Shane Martin won his second round match as well beating Dalton Berry from Sullivan by pinning him. Martin continues his great season with a record of 17-4 in the 160 pound weight class.

Overall the Mater Dei Classic was a success for all Posey County wrestlers. All involved should not only be proud of the work and accomplishments they achieved, but should also continue that hard work as the season continues. We all are looking forward to watching both schools improve and do well as sectional times nears.

‘Wrestling’ continued from Page A8

Vikings beat Orleans for only win in Graber Post Classic

Mount Vernon lightweight Paul Konrath makes his move in the Mater Dei Holiday Classic. Konrath went on to win his weight class and now stands at 19-0 on the season.

Photo by Steven Kocher-sperger

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ArrestsDecember 18

Sean Clark--Mount Vernon--Domestic Battery in Presence of a Minor--MVPD

December 20

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non--Warrant, Non-Support of a Dependent--MVPD

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Travis Wilsey--New Harmo-ny--Operating While Intoxi-cated--MVPD

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Vernon--Residential Entry, Criminal Mischief, Resisting Law Enforcement--PCS

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Complaints

December 10 1:18 p.m.--Road Hazard-

-County road grader said there is a white Chevy pickup stuck on the side of the road. It’s in the way so they can’t clean the road properly--Fifer Hills,

Griffi n2:03 p.m.--Lockout--2009

Chevy Diesel truck. They are aware the Sheriff’s depart-ment and deputy are not li-able for any damage that may occur while unlocking the vehicle--Nation Road, Mount Vernon

4:01 p.m.--Medical--41 year-old female--Wade Road, Wadesville

December 11

7:04 a.m.--Accident-

-Chevy Silverado and Ford Ranger--Hwy 62/Sauerkraut, Mount Vernon

5:43 p.m.--Information--Third party caller. Caller ad-vised they’re going to an oil

lease road on the north side of Griffi n. He advised his driv-er’s tandem slid off the road-way and apparently landed on the drainage ditch. The owner of the drainage ditch is saying it is complete ruined and has threatened to assault the driver and call the cops. The caller advised he has his driver re-moved from the situation but didn’t know if an offi cer need-ed to go up there--Griffi n

6:36 p.m.--Reckless--White suv speeding and slowing down. All over the roadway--Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

8:37 p.m.--Road Rage--White car behind him with its brights on and tailgating him. No idea who it is. Has been following him since the 4 lane

became 2 lane. He advised if he applied his brakes at all the vehicle would hit him--Hwy 66, Wadesville

8:55 p.m.--Accident--2007 Chevy HHR hit a power pole and is across a ditch--Rexing Road, Wadesville

December 12

2:48 a.m.--Accident--Older

blue Buick off in the ditch. Driver is intoxicated. Not injured--Hwy 69, New Har-mony

3:23 a.m.--Suspicious--Someone knocking on the door appears to be a young man, wanting to come in. Said someone hit him on his bike. Caller is unsure, does not

want to open her door--Haines Road, Wadesville

5:01 a.m.--Alarm--No in-formation--Community State Bank, Poseyville

10:02 a.m.--Accident--2 vehicles--Blackford Road, Mount Vernon

10:35 a.m.--Lockout--White company van--Lock and Dam, Mount Vernon

11:04 a.m.--Lockout--Se-bring, white, front yard--Up-ton Road, Mount Vernon

11:08 a.m.--Trauma--Stuck in the slough, fi lling with water--Slim Bottom Road, Mount Vernon

12:09 p.m.--Alarm--Garage door--Gun Club Road, Mount Vernon

5:12 p.m.--Reposses-

sion--2007 Ford Edge. Unsure if he knows it was repossessed but the plate was off of it and the key was in it-Zoar Church Road, Mount Vernon

5:18 p.m.--Road Hazard--Piece of sheet metal in the right hand lane and the shoul-der. Unsure of what it is but it has an edge to it and it might cause some problems--I 64, Poseyville

6:25 p.m.--Accident--Black Dodge Nitro. No injuries, ran home, fl ipped on side in ditch--Raben Road, Mount Vernon

7:19 p.m.--Lockout--201 GMC Sierra--Record Road, Wadesville

7:48 p.m.--Traffi c Hazard--Car hauler, semi with cars on it, no one around--Raben

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Road, Mount Vernon11:07 p.m.--Accident-

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December 13

3:21 p.m.--Lockout--

Ford Fusion. Aware that the Sheriff’s Department and the deputy are not liable for damages--Ford Lane, Mount Vernon

8:18 p.m.--Lock-out--2002 KIA Rio, yel-low-green. Is aware Sheriff not liable for any damages that could occur to vehicle--Goad Cemetery Road, New Harmony

8:59 p.m.--Department of

Natural Resources--There is a deer in the area that has been hit. Its back legs are broken. Wants an offi cer to put it down and give him a tag so he can take it home. Has crawled from the road-way down an embankment--Hwy 62, Evansville

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3:16 a.m.--Disturbance-

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9:09 a.m.--Vandalism--Advised someone has drive car through homeowner’s fence. Advised car parts still on ground--Stewartsville Road, Poseyville

3:13 p.m.--Alarm--Resi-dence, front door--Elk Trail, Evansville

3:42 p.m.--Accident--Ad-vised husband and son were in a wreck last Friday. They exchanged information due to the weather and eta of offi cer. They have gotten bad information from the other subject involved. Re-questing to speak to an of-fi cer--Rexing/Damm Road, Wadesville

11:48 p.m.--Alarm--Intrusion alarm--Harriett Street, Mount Vernon

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mate. Send city units--Posey County Jail

6:21 p.m.--Restraining Violation--Advised she has a protective order against male subject. He keeps call-

ing her cell phone and it is not in regards to their child. Says he is going to come out to the residence. Caller is not sure if he will show up there or not--Upper Mt. Ver-

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Members of the Mount Vernon Fire De-partment look at the roof of the burned Posey County Co-op building only to fi nd that Old Glory remained intact despite the fi re that de-stroyed the building and its contents.

Blizzard of 2012 puts Posey in Emergency StateBy Valerie Werkmeister

The blizzard of 2012 came a day late to make it in time for a white Christmas, but it still made quite an impres-sion once it did arrive. Posey County residents, as well as most of the tri-state area, woke up the day after Christ-mas to substantial snowfall. Many reported as much as nine and one-half to ten inches of snowfall. Areas in Evans-ville received just slightly less in the six to seven-inch range. On Friday evening, Mother Nature added another four to six inches over the area, just for good measure.

Laura Newman couldn’t wait to get her camera out and begin taking artistic photos of the Blizzards of 2012. Photo courtesy of Laura Newman

JANUARY 1, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe Big Eight Conference is fi nding

out just how tough this year’s Mount Vernon boys basketball team can be. In the last week alone, Mount Vernon has set themselves on top of the conference standings by beating the Jasper Wildcats 48-38 last Friday night at home and then with a road win on the following Friday night at Washington.

Jasper came to Mount Vernon for the conference game that seems to always be a great one to watch. That proved to be true once again. The Wildcats struggled to fi nd the basket early one but eventu-ally took a 12-6 lead with a minute left in the opening quarter. Wildcat Colin Varner found his rhythm and scored 10 of the fi rst 12 points for the Cats as Mount Vernon led 12-10 after the opening quarter of play.

Senior Colin Varner lays the ball up for the score in Fridays game against Jasper. Varner led all scorers in the game with 23 points. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Wildcats move to 8-0 with pair of big conference wins

JANUARY 1, 2013

MSD North Posey opens clinic to cut medical care costsSpecial to the News

A ribbon-cutting ceremony this week highlights a new partnership between Tri State Community Clinics and the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County. The ceremony opens a new em-ployee health clinic for the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County, said Dr. Todd Camp, Superinten-dent of MSD of North Posey County.

More than 150 employees of the MSD of North Posey County and their family mem-bers gain access to workplace health care today at the new clinic, located at the corner of highways 66 and 165 in Wadesville, Ind.

Jamie Gross makes an appointment for Angela Wannemuehler, an employee of MSD of North Posey. Photo submitted

JANUARY 15, 2013

By Dave PearceThe North Posey Lady Vi-

kings have apparently saved the best for last.

The Lady Vikings were within one shot of taking all three conference games this week, the fi nal week of the regular season for the ladies. But a last-second 3-point shot allowed the Gibson Southern Titans to slip by the Vikings on Satur-day. However, the loss to the Class 3A Titans did not spoil a great week of basketball for the Lady Vikings.

Madison Worman gave the Vikings a 5-2 lead.

North Posey High School senior Kendall Morris gets ahead of the pack for a lay-up on senior night this week against South Spencer. The Vikings won two of three games this week and will enter sectional play next week. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Vikes take two of three in fi nal week of regular season

JANUARY 29, 2013

Gengelbach says the time is right to step downBy Dave Pearce

In a move that caught many in the North Posey County com-munity somewhat off-guard, long-time football coach Carl Joe Gengelbach this week submitted his intent to retire at the end of the current school year.

Gengelbach, who has been at the school for 44 years and has been the school’s head basketball coach for 43 of those years, said on Sunday that he and his wife Shannon had talked about it at various times but nothing serious until recently.

“As the years went on, I kept thinking that I was not getting any younger but the kids and the staff were so great to work with,” Gengelbach said. “If there was a time that I felt was right, I felt this was it. I can’t even imagine being in a better place or work-ing in a better place than what we have had since we came here.”

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Mount Vernon swimmers win Sectional crown

New Harmony Town Council member Joe Straw calls Thursday’s meeting to order, with Linda Warrum pictured to his right and Karen Walker, to his left. Also present was council member Don Gibbs. Later in the evening, Joe Straw was elected President of New Harmony Town Council since former president, David Campbell, resigned from town council on Feb. 19, 2013. Photo by Pam Robinson

Vikings road-tested as they lose fi nal four

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Over $1 million in equipment burns in Posey Co-op fi re CONGRATULATIONS DANCE CATS • 2013 STATE CHAMPIONS

New Posey treasurer appointee greeted with lawsuit

Justin White

MARCH 26, 2013

White leaves mat impression

MARCH 26, 2013

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Coach Joe Gengelbach

By Pam RobinsonAlready this year, two

prominent New Harmony government leaders have stepped down from their of-fi ces. Last month during the regular town council meet-ing, President David Camp-bell announced the absent Nathan Maudlin had retired

as town attorney. This month during the regular town council meeting, Campbell was absent in person and in the roll call of council mem-bers.

The agenda held a place for election of offi cers, namely a council member to fi ll the va-cated president’s offi ce. Pre-

siding as president, council member Joe Straw fi rst asked Clerk-Treasurer Karla Atkins to read Campbell’s letter of resignation dated February 19, 2013: “Effective this day, I resign from New Harmony Town Council.” Adding his signature, David R. Camp-bell thus left offi ce.

Campbell resigns, Straw is new Council chief

By Steven KocherspergerIt might not have been

the path to a sectional crown that coach Larry Zoller wanted but in the end its the results that matter. Mount Vernon's girls swim team struggled to gain the momentum and cushion in the points they hoped for Saturday, but a lot of that had to do with the great performance of the Castle swim team. Castle set fi ve new school record in the sectional swim meet but it was Mount Vernon that found themselves 19 points ahead in the end giving the Wet Cats yet another sectional crown.

Members of the 2013 Mount Vernon Sectional Championship swim team are, in front: Coach Krystal Eply, Coach Brenda Zoller, Katie Russell, Tess Norris, Taylor Cullman, Kelsey Turner, Jillian Schirtzinger. Middle: Coach Larry Zoller, Katie McDonald, Samantha Reese, Jodi Mercer, Claudia Crawford, Taylor Culley. Back: Coach Steve Loehr, Samantha Gowdy, Drew Glover, Rachel Burke, Kelsey Bruno, Madison Denning, Amanda Duckworth, Clara Baggett. Photo By Steven Kochersperger

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

By Dave PearceThis has been the year of much ill-

ness in the State of Indiana. The fl u has taken its toll on many events, communities, and even sports teams. But it appears the North Posey Vi-kings are suffering from something that only they can care and it must come from within. That is commonly known as “senioritis.”

The Vikings played their last four games on the road and should be road battled-ready when the square off against South Spencer at the South-ridge Sectional this week, but the Vi-kings are going to have to overcome one adversary…themselves, to be able to accomplish the only real goal they set for themselves this season. That goal was to win the sectional.

North Posey’s Reed Gertiesen goes up and gets off a quick shot in an attempt to avoid a block by Gibson Southern big man Spencer Schmitt during the Viking loss to the Gibson Southern Titans on Friday night. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Dave PearceMount Vernon Fire Chief Wes Dixon has re-

leased the fi ndings of State Fire Marshal inves-tigators and have ruled the Wednesday morning fi re at the Posey County Co-op as accidental.

The morning fi re closed the main east-west route through Mount Vernon just as parents and school buses were making their way to nearby West School and on to their jobs.

The fi re is reported to have broken out some-where around 7 a.m. at the Posey County Co-Op on West Fourth Street in Mount Vernon and is said to have destroyed over a million dollars worth of farm equipment and semi-tractor trail-ers.

Firefi ghters say it took 45 minutes to get the fi re under control, because the hydrants didn’t have enough water pressure. Witnesses said water hoses had to be run from as far as four or fi ve blocks away to provide water to fi ght the blaze.

MARCH 5, 2013

By Valerie WerkmeisterA new Posey County Trea-

surer was seated last week following a Republican Party caucus March 18. Republi-cans hoped to put the bonding fi asco with Chris Harp be-hind them and move forward with their new choice, Justin White. Yet, the troubles and questions surrounding the seat are far from over.

A lawsuit fi led by Posey County Democratic Party Chairman, Ed Adams, con-tends that since Harp was nev-er fully bonded to the tune of $300,000, she was not quali-fi ed to take offi ce. Adams’ lawsuit asks the courts to de-

cide if Harp’s seat was legal. If not, he contends that Republi-cans held an illegal caucus. In turn, appointing White to the offi ce may not be legal.

According to Section 3, Article 15 of the Indiana Con-stitution, it states: “Whenever it is provided in this Constitu-tion, or in any law which may be hereafter passed, that any offi cer, other than a member of the General Assembly, shall hold his offi ce for any given term, the same shall be con-strued to mean, that such of-fi cer shall hold his offi ce for such term, and until his suc-cessor shall have been elected and qualifi ed.”

Mount Vernon native Alex White wrestles for Purdue in his fourth year on campus. Photo by Purdue Athletics Communication.

By Steven KocherspergerMount Vernon alum Alex White has had a great

time since leaving Southern Indiana four years ago to be a part of the wrestling program at Purdue. While many high school graduates leave town to never return to the place they grew up, White has fond memories and love for Mount Vernon. He credits the town and school for helping him be-come the wrestler and person he is today at Purdue.

“I am grateful that there are people back home that have an interest in me and the Purdue wres-tling program,” White said. “I love being at Pur-due, but there is no place like Mount Vernon.”

White grew up in Mount Vernon but made many trips as a kid to Lafayette to visit family that lived in the area. While making these visits White would fi nd himself on the campus of Purdue Uni-versity intrigued and in awe of the size and beauty of the campus. What seemed so big and confusing back then now is home for the Posey County na-tive.

The Dance Cats Team Left To Right: Alex Collins, Tristan Englert, Ellen May, Coach Ivy Dekemper, Taylor Schmidt, Destiney Oeth, Demi Duckworth, Sydne Posteltheweight, Bre Zoch, Summer Oeth, Coach Becky Dekemper, Whitney Denning, Hillary May.

MARCH 19, 2013

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Poseyville to celebrate opening of Town HallBy Valerie Werkmeister

Poseyville’s new town hall is in the fi nal completion stages and Poseyville Town Council members are anx-ious to show it off. A special open house and dedication ceremony has been planned for Saturday, April 27, from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. The public is welcome to come and view the new facility and enjoy some refreshments.

“We are very excited about this great addition to the town,” council president Bruce Baker said.

Geocaching fun catching on in Posey Vikes upset Mater Dei, move on to take sectional title

Posey County athletes show well in track regional

Six are arrested in another Posey Drug sting

North Posey Vikings fi nd too little offense in semifi nal

County, state offi cials agree on Fatima plant here

During her statewide ‘Listen and Learn Tour,’ Indiana’s 50th Lieutenant Governor, Sue Ellspermann, discusses politics with Posey County native, Paul Maurer, at New Harmony’s Main Cafe. Photo by Zach Straw

Racing... it’s a family thing

Woman who delivered infant who died is charged

Members of the North Posey tennis team celebrate back-to-back tennis sectional championships after tak-ing out Central in the fi nals of the Mount Vernon tour-nament on Saturday. Pictured in front are Shelby Ack-erman, Maddie Hoester, and Carol Santos. In back are Jordan Butler, Brianna Brown, Megan Durchholz, Bri-anna Perry, and coach Brandon Bartlett. Photo by Alicia Motz

Mount Vernon freshman Savannah Bush has moved on to the state fi nals in track and fi eld. Bush will compete in the 100 yard dash. She will be joined in the meet by teammate Ellen Foster in the high jump and those in the 4X100 relay. Photo by Steve Kochersperger

North Posey High School senior (now graduate) Colton Martin shows great form, sending this pitch deep into center fi eld during sectional action in Hunting-burg. The Vikings fell to South Spencer 3-0 in semi-fi nal action. Photo by Dave Pearce

Tragedy strikes in Stewartsville home

APRIL 9, 2013

By Dave PearceThree children are left without either

of their parents as the result of an appar-ent murder-suicide which occurred just before noon on Sunday in Stewartsville.

According to information provided by Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth and Posey County Coroner Jay Price, John David Carney, 33, and Erica Nicole Davis, 30, died in their home on West Street in Stewartsville. The two lived together for “quite some time,” Oeth said.

Price said that the call came in to Central Dispatch at 11:42 Sunday morn-ing and Posey County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene. The actual call came in from the sister of the alleged victim’s mother and sister.

This was the scene in Stewartsville on Sun-day afternoon as police, family and neigh-bors attempted to put together the pieces that led to an apparent murder-suicide at this home. Photo by Dave Pearce

Work on the new Poseyville Town Hall is nearing com-pletion. An open house has been planned for April 27 from 2 until 4 p.m. so residents can get a look at the new state-of-the-art facility. The building was done by local contractor ECI, Inc. Photo by Dave Pearce

APRIL 16, 2013

North Posey’s Harness, Neidig, receive Griddy AwardsBy Dave Pearce

On March 17, North Posey High School seniors Nick Nei-dig and Wes Harness were each awarded a 2012 Griddy by the Indianapolis Colts and the Indiana Gridiron Digest. The honorees were recognized in a ceremony at the Colts Head-quarters and Practice facility. Each year only 50 of Indiana’s best football players are recog-nized for success both on and off the fi eld.

This event is considered the Oscars® or ESPY's® of foot-ball in Indiana. These award recipients are chosen after a panel of media and coaches re-view over 18,000 varsity play-ers in Indiana.

North Posey’s Wes Harness and Nic Neidig are fl anked by incoming Viking head football coach, Paul Rynkie-wich and retiring head coach, Joe Gengelbach, as they display thier Griddy Awards. Photo submitted

APRIL 2, 2013

Wildcats get ‘big’ Big Eight win over Jasper

APRIL 30, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerHeading into this weeks’ stretch of games

Mount Vernon softball coach Dave Bell had been telling his team to keep ‘plugging away.’ That ‘never give up’ attitude paid off as the Lady Cats improved their standing in the Big Eight Confer-ence by beating Jasper 5-4 last Monday for their second straight win.

The game began in the same way many games have this season for the Cats, with the opponent scoring fi rst and putting Mount Vernon in a hole. Jasper struck fi rst in the bottom of the fi rst inning with a two-out single putting the visitors up 2-0. Mount Vernon would score in the third inning on Ellen Denning’s base hit and then again in the fourth on a ground rule double by Tylyn Tanner. But when Jasper scored two more runs in the fi fth inning, making the score 4-2, it seemed that what has been plaguing this Mount Vernon team had struck yet again.

Sophomore Ellie Weilbrenner slides into third base safely in Monday’s home win against Big Eight opponent Jasper. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

By Lois Mittino Gray Two retired Mount Vernon elementary school

teachers set off for New Harmony last Wednes-day to search for hidden treasure. Sometimes they found it, sometimes they found it was stolen or moved around a little. At all times, Teresa Branson and Sondra Torcewski agreed it was a whole lot of challenging high-tech fun.

The detective duo were hunting for several of the nine geocaches placed around New Harmony by persons participating in the international game of using GPS technology to locate a hidden stash of treasure with a catchy name and a log book to sign. There are dozens more placed around Posey County in Harmonie State Park, Poseyville, Mount Vernon, local cemeteries and all around the coun-tryside. Geocaches are now hidden in most every accessible area of the world and a person can log onto www.geocaching.com to locate the ones in an area they visit as a fun activity to do on vacation.

Sonie Torzewski, left, and Terri Branson fi nding the ‘What’s Shaking’ geocache be-hind The New Harmony Inn. Photo by Lois Gray

MAY 7, 2013

By Dave PearceA rural Middle Mount

Vernon Road resident has been arrested and charged with Unlawful Practice of Medicine, Osteopathic Med-icine, Midwifery, or Acting as a Physician Without Li-cense, a Class D Felony.

According to the Prob-able Cause Affi davit, an arrest warrant was issued on Thursday, May 9, 2013, through the authority of Posey County Prosecutor Travis Clowers and Posey Superior Court stating that

Alice M. Gates, of 10340 Middle Mount Vernon Road, Evansville, Ind., had been charged with the of-fenses.

The charges stem from an investigation which began in December of 2012 when Indiana State Police Offi cer Toni Walden learned that an infant female had been transported by ambulance from a rural Posey County home to St. Mary’s Hospi-tal in Evansville. The infant was pronounced dead upon arrival.Alice Gates

MAY 14, 2013

By Dave PearceBy the time Saturday morn-

ing’s Mount Vernon girls’ ten-nis sectional championship rolled around, much of the suspense was gone. The North Posey Vikings rolled over the Central Bears 4-1 in the title match to claim their second straight sectional title.

But Thursday evening’s semi-fi nal match between North Posey and Mater Dei provided enough suspense and tenacity to last throughout the remainder of the tournament as the Lady Vikings avenged a 3-2 regular-season loss to the favored Lady Wildcats and moved into the fi nals.

MAY 21, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe boys’ and girls’ track and

fi eld regional meets were held this past week at Central High School in Evansville. The meet featured a half dozen of Posey County’s best run-ners and athletes who had qualifi ed for the regional meet the week before in sectionals. When all was said and done the county was well represent-ed by both North Posey and Mount Vernon High Schools and several advanced to the state championship meets on the campus of Indiana Uni-versity.

North Posey was represented in the regional by freshman Shelbi Newcomer. Newcomer entered the meet ranked eighth in the 400 meter dash and ended up fi nishing fi fth with a personal record time of 100.74.

MAY 28, 2013

By Dave Pearce“I don’t know how much

or how long it is going to take for people to realize that this type of activity will no longer be tolerated in Posey County,” said Posey County Prosecutor Travis Clowers, following this week’s arrest of six suspects, now in custody in the Posey County Jail after arrest war-rants were served on Thursday, June 6. “We are going to keep fi ghting this for as long as it takes.”

Arrested in Mount Vernon are Cody and Jon Schmitt, Kyler Butler, Matthew Creek, Rex Baker, and Allison Ward as a result of drug investiga-tions conducted in the county.

Shortly after 9 a.m., person-nel of the Posey County Drug Task Force, the FBI, the Posey County Sheriff’s Department, the Mount Vernon Police De-partment and the Indiana State

Police executed the arrest warrants. Ward was in Illinois but drug task force personnel were able to get her to travel to Posey County at which time she was taken into custody.

Some of the wanted subjects were already incarcerated in the Posey County Jail, Vander-burgh County Jail and the Indi-ana Department of Corrections on other previous offenses.

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Cody Schmitt

Kyler Butler

Jon Brody Schmitt

Matthew Creek

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By Valerie WerkmeisterThe Posey County Commissioners opened

their June 18, meeting by receiving what many consider good news from John Taylor, Execu-tive Director of the Posey County Economic Development Commission. Taylor stated he had been notifi ed by Governor Mike Pence’s offi ce that the Indiana Finance Authority would release the bonds for the Midwest Fer-tilizer project. This action paved the way for Posey County to reissue and market the bonds on its own, thereby pushing the project for-ward.

Since Pence dropped state support for the facility, Posey County offi cials have been working to issue the bonds on their own. Pence cited safety concerns that the particular formu-la of the fertilizer that would be manufactured could fall into the wrong hands and be used in explosive devices against our troops serving in other countries.

Taylor indicated that Department of De-fense offi cials intend to travel to Pakistan to test the new formula that has been created.

JUNE 25, 2013

By Dave PearceThe South Spencer Rebels plated single runs in

each of the fi rst three innings of play, in semi-fi nal action of the Southridge sectional, on Memorial Day, while working to eliminate the North Posey Vikings from post season play with a 3-0 win. The loss snapped an 11 – game winning streak for North Posey.

Walks and errors played a key part in the Rebel offense on the day as lead-off hitters reached base in the fi rst and third innings with a free pass, with both later scoring. A two-out walk in the second inning, followed by a Viking throwing error, ac-counted for the fi nal run of the contest. North Posey committed an error in each inning the Reb-els scored in to help keep the frame active.

“Our play was not indicative of the team we have been over the fi nal seven weeks of the year,” stated Viking coach Kevin Smith. “We have made the opponent earn their way on, and around the bases, most of the season. But, that is baseball, you never know how and you never know why, it is simply unexplainable. That is what makes the game of baseball so intriguing to those of us who love it.”

Hi h S h l i (JUNE 4, 2013

By Dave PearceThe Red Wagon Restaurant

was host to a car show this weekend and much like the people who drive them, each of the cars on display have a story. Billy and son Wil-liam Schlumpf Junior’s 1965 Chevy II is no exception.

The rural Posey County residents are known on area racetracks as a team to reck-on with every time they take the track. Billie and his son worked together to build the car and they use their ex-pertise and sponsorship by Thisisbracketracing.com and Jegs Summer Door Car Shootout to keep up the car and their reputation on the

track.“Jegs Summer Door Car

Shootout is the race we have coming up in Benton, Ill.,” ex-plained Billy Junior. “We will run over there at the I57 drag

strip. We also race at Chandler and Lyons Raceway Park.

The elder Schlumpf has been actively involved in rac-ing for 40 years so the transi-tion for his son was natural.

Billy Schlumpf Jr., stands next to his 1965 Chevy II during the car show at the Red Wagon last weekend. Photo by Dave Pearce

hi 1965 ChJUNE 25, 2013

The United Way of Posey County recognized more than 400 local people who were Leadership Givers in last fall’s campaign at an August 27 din-ner celebration at the Mount Vernon High School Cafeteria. Sponsors of the dinner, who made this donation in addi-tion to their usual United Way contribution, are Cargill, Com-munity State Bank, Consoli-dated Grain & Barge Compa-ny, Countrymark, Fifth Third Bank, First Bank, GAF, Bill and Muriel Gillenwater, McK-im’s IGA, Old National Bank, SABIC Innovative Plastics, United Fidelity Bank, Vectren Corporation, and WSI.

Davis is 31st Hagemann Award winner

Hagemann Award winner Melanie Davis is pictured with New York composer Philip Hagemann, sponsor of the annual Posey County contest. Photo by Zach Straw

North Posey All-Star baseball player and recent graduate Colton Martin pre-pares to make a play during the North-South All-Star series this week. Photo submitted

Martin represents North Posey well as South sweeps series

St. Wendel students to meet new principal, new challengesBy Dave Pearce

While new students will be fi nding their way around St. Wendel School this week, they will not be by themselves. Another very important person will be doing the same right along with them. The school has a new prin-cipal.

Hallie Denstorff accepted a ‘call’ to become the head administrator to St. Wendel School. And while she may not be completely famil-iar with everything going on at this particular building, her surroundings will be familiar.

“I am a west sider and attended West Side Catholic,” she explained. “I went to Mater Dei and then to Murray State. I moved back and taught fi fth and sixth grade at Holy Rosary Catholic School.”

Lady Vikings walk away with title at Wildcat Invitational

Youthful Wildcats gain valuable experience in loss

United Way honors North Posey’s Olivia GoebelVikings lose match, goalie Heathcotte at Forest Park

Woman charged with theft as 3,000 jewelry pieces found

Posey County Prosecutor Travis Clow-ers, Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth, De-tective Jeremy Fortune, and Posey Chief Deputy Tom Latham look over some of the estimated $40 to $50 thousand in stolen jewelry recovered this weekend, thanks to the quick work of several law enforcement agencies and for the public’s tips after the accused woman’s photo was shown on local television. Photo by Dave Pearce

Vikings edge Wildcats for Posey

Hallie Denstorff, new principal at St. Wen-del School, is almost excited as her kinder-gartners to get the new school year underway. St. Wendel students began school on Monday. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Dave PearceAccording to information provided by Pea-

body Coal, one educator can make a profound difference in the lives of high school students. Educators inspire, guide, teach and lead. They also transform lives.

On Saturday evening at the Evansville Country Club, one such educator was honored as the Educator of the Year for Region Two of Peabody’s districts. Paul Rynkiewich was honored to receive the award over 30 other teachers who were each honored from the dis-trict to receive $1,000. Rynkiewich was pre-sented with a check for $5,000.

Region Two consists of teachers in Frank-lin County, Ill.; Gallatin County, Ill.; Jefferson County, Ill.; Perry County, Ill.; Saline County, Ill.; Williamson County, Ill.; Perry County, Ind.; Posey County, Ind.; Spencer County, Ind.; Vanderburgh County, Ind.; and Warrick County, Ind.

Rynkiewich is Peabody’s Educator of the Year

For the second year in a row, the North Posey Lady Vikings took home the title at the Mount Vernon Invitational this week. Members of the team celebrate with Coach Kevin Wassmer following the tourney.

Mount Vernon’s Cleo Rainey sidesteps a potential tackler to gain a few extra yards during Mount Vernon’s season opener on Friday night. Photo by Steven Kocher-sperger

North Posey No. 1 doubles team mem-ber Drake Davenport makes solid con-tact with the ball during a recent match. He teams with Griffi n Motz to remain undefeated for the season. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey High School boys’ soccer Coach Andy Hines visits goalie Reed Heath-cotte in the Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Hospital following a collision at Forest Park during Saturday’s soccer game. The senior, Heathcotte, is likely out for the season with three broken bones in his face and remains hospitalized. Photo by Connie Pearce

PAGE B4 • DECEMBER 31, 2013 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

Special to the NewsFour talented young ladies

from Posey County competed Wednesday evening, July 24, for the Hagemann Award for Musi-cal Performance. The event, free and open to the public, was held at Thrall’s Opera House in New Harmony under the auspices of Historic New Harmony.

It was the 31st year of the competition, which was founded by Philip Hagemann to provide an opportunity to recognize and reward accomplished young lo-cal musicians.

Hagemann is a composer/conductor originally from Mount Vernon who lives in New York City.

The winner this year was Melanie A. Davis, a mezzo-so-prano who recently completed her junior year at MVSHS.

JULY 30, 2013

Valentine faces 30 years after home invasion, assaultBy Dave Pearce

According to Posey County Prosecutor Travis Clowers, an Evansville man has been sen-tenced to 30 years in prison as the result of a Posey County home invasion and assault case from April of this year.

The sentencing was part of a plea agreement made last month in the case of 25-year-old Adri-an Valentine. Police say Valen-tine and four other men forced their way into a Mount Vernon home on April 23, assaulted Jerome Stewart, threatened a woman and her young son and stole money.

Valentine was also ordered by the judge to pay Stewart $10,000

in restitution for the money he stole and he was ordered to pay an additional $5,000 towards Stewart’s medical bills.

According to the probable cause affi davit, on April 23, 2013, Posey County resident’s Jerome Stewart and Danielle Moore called 911 to report that several unknown men had forced their way into their home, located on Lee Drive in Mount Vernon, Ind., and had seriously assaulted Jerome Stewart. Dani-elle Moore also reported that two of the unknown men, at least one of which was armed with a handgun, threatened her and her son’s lives and de-manded to know where Jerome

Adrian Valentine

JULY 16, 2013

Stewart had hidden money in the home. Stewart and Moore fur-ther reported that the men then found $10,000 that had been hid-den in a Christmas tree box in their bedroom closet and that the men then fl ed their home.

By Steven KocherspergerThe Brittlebank Barracudas continue to

swim well and give it their all this sum-mer swim season. At the end of June the team traveled across the river to the Car-mi Swim Invitational where they walked away with a third place fi nish. Olney fi n-ished in fi rst place with a team total of 428 points while Carmi fi nished second with 378. Brittlebank didn’t fi nish too far be-hind with a point total of 376 on the day.

The Barracudas had a few team mem-bers that fi nished in fi rst place on the day at Carmi. In the female 25 freestyle for the 10-and-under age group, Emily Huef-tle swam well and came ahead of all other competitors in that race giving her team seven important team points. Hueftle also won the female 100 freestyle race for her age group as well.

Brittlebank scores well in Carmi Invitational meet

High Point Winners from last Satur-day’s Carmi Swimvitational. Back Row: Aaron Duckworth, Taylor Cullman, Mai-ya Courey, Jordan Crabtree, Drew Glover, and Jonathan Hueftle. Front Row: Emily Hueftle, Logan Austin, and Caitlin Austin. Photo by Amy Hueftle

f l SJULY 9, 2013

North Posey graduate Colton Martin helped his South team sweep the North during the 2013 Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association All- Star Weekend July 12-14. The 39th annual event was hosted at Wabash Col-lege, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Martin saw action in the three games by play-ing 4.5 innings in each contest at fi rst base. The former Viking slugger played errorless defense by recording two putouts and 12 assists, includ-ing two very nice saves of balls in the dirt, for the South team. Terre Haute North’s Sam Wolfe was the other fi rst baseman for the squad.

At the plate Martin went one for fi ve dur-ing the three game series, with two RBI’s. His fi fth inning single broke a scoreless tie to jump start the South offense in the second game of the weekend. Martin’s hit came on a 1-2 fast-ball and was lined up the middle to plate the fi rst two runs of the game. Martin’s ninth inning walk started a three-run South rally that helped them put the game out of reach.

JULY 23, 2013

AUGUST 13, 2013

Peabody Region Two Educator of the Year Paul Rynkiewich is pictured here with one of his former student Traci New-comer, also a nominee for the award. New-comer is a teacher at Resurrection School in Evansville. Photo by Dave Pearce

i T Ed t f thAUGUST 27, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe high school girls’ golf season is in full

swing and both the Mount Vernon Wildcats and the North Posey Viking teams have played a week’s worth of their schedule. The Vikings and Wildcats played together three times this past week and it was the Lady Vikings who played their way to victory at the Wildcat Invitational on Friday.

Leading the way for the Vikings was Shelby Ackerman who put up an impressive 96 at the Invitational. Ackerman’s score was an improve-ment from the day before where she had carded a score of 111 at the Titan Invitational at the Cambridge golf course. Her 96 on Friday was the third best score of all golfers within the seven teams that competed at Western Hills golf course. The two golfers that ended their day ahead of Ackerman were Megan Sensmeier of Gibson Southern (90) and Annie Dixon from Signature School (92).

iAUGUST 13, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe High School football season began Fri-

day night with the Tell City Marksmen visiting the Mount Vernon Wildcats for the very last time. Last season’s opener with the Marksmen featured a low scoring defensive 7-6 win for the Cats, but Friday night showed that a lot has changed in just a years time. The senior heavy Tell City team came into Mount Vernon and did just about everything they wanted to do, includ-ing walking away with the 34-14 victory over the Wildcats.

“Tell City is a very good football team,” Wildcat coach Paul Maier said after the game. “They have a lot of seniors and we are very young. We knew this was going to be a battle. We did a lot of good things tonight and we feel that the more we play the better we are going to get. There’s still a lot of little things we need to work on but overall I am pleased.”

’ Cl R i idAUGUST 27, 2013

Oliva Goebel smiles with her family minutes after receiv-ing the Elizabeth Baier Spirit Award this week at the United Way Appreciation Dinner. Pictures, left to right, are Zach, Livia, Bernie, Elaine, and Emma Goebel. Goebel received a scholarship which she plans to use when she attends Purdue University in the fall. Photo by Connie Pearce

f il i t ft iSEPTEMBER 3, 2013

By Dave PearcePosey County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tri-

cia D. Schneider (age 38) of Evansville, Ind., for her alleged involvement in the burglary of a rural Posey County residence.

On August 31, the Posey County Sheriff’s Department was called to a residence near Wadesville, on Damm Road; the owners of the residence came home to discover the home had been broken into.

As the investigation progressed, information was gained that a stolen credit card was being used in the Evansville area. Deputies began to track the use of the stolen card and were able to capture an image of the suspect using the card on a store security camera.

The image was broadcast on local news sta-tions and tips immediately began coming into the sheriff’s offi ce. While following up on leads Friday morning, Detective Jeremy Fortune lo-cated an individual of interest in Evansville. When the detective approached and attempted to engage the person in conversation, the in-dividual immediately ran, causing Detective Fortune to give chase. Fortune caught the indi-vidual after a short distance and took her into custody.

i CSEPTEMBER 10, 2013

By Dave PearceThe North Posey Vikings lost more than

a soccer game at Forest Park on Saturday. The Vikings lost a four-year starting se-nior whose versatility earned him a spot at goalie on this year’s squad.

Reed Heathcotte, who has logged many miles and many hours of playing time during a soccer career that was supposed to culminate in this, his senior season at North Posey, instead will watch the re-mainder of the season from the sidelines following a collision at Forest Park on Saturday.

The defending Pocket Athletic Con-ference and sectional defending cham-pion Forest Park Rangers and the upstart North Posey Vikings were playing an even match with about 10 minutes to go in the fi rst half when Heathcotte went up to make a save and woke up in the Intensive Care Unit of an Evansville Hospital with at least three broken bones in his face, a concussion, and other possible injuries.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

By Dave PearceThe North Posey Viking tennis team has seen

dramatic improvement from last year to this year. But no single week was it more apparent than this week when the Vikings claimed victo-ries over PAC rivals Forest Park and county rival Mount Vernon.

Since it was a conference match, Forest Park was big for the Vikings. And since the sectional alignment has been changed, the Vikings only see Mount Vernon during the regular season and Posey County bragging rights were on the line. North Posey Coach Brandon Bartlett said both matches were played in a sectional-like atmo-sphere.

“We had good matches against both Mount Vernon and Forest Park,” North Posey Coach Brandon Barrett said. “If we can get 3-2 wins, I will take those any time, especially since we lost seven or eight of those last year.”

N 1 d blSEPTEMBER 24, 2013

By Valerie WerkmeisterThe Posey County Com-

missioners saved the best topics for their fi nal meeting of the year. The commission-ers met Tuesday, December 17, and discussed a number of topics to a fi lled meeting room. Most of those in at-tendance were there for the public hearing and fi nal ruling on a petition to vacate South Road in New Harmony, a sub-ject of much controversy for the town.

Similar to a courtroom proceeding, three attorneys and several individuals were allowed to speak their case without a time limit cap. Each attorney was also given ad-ditional time for rebuttals. The process was lengthy and consumed most of the morn-

ing agenda for the commis-sioners.

The public hearing was held after months of research following the petition to re-quest the county vacate the road was fi led on June 17, by Don and Virginia Alsop, Al-vin and Jennifer Blaylock and Janice Heinlin. The three par-ties were represented by attor-ney Beth McFadin-Higgins.

A remonstrance to the pe-tition was fi led by Jonathan Scott and David Flanders on June 28, who was represented by attorney Nathan Maudlin.

Nancy Defries also op-posed the petition to vacate South Road and was repre-sented by the third attorney, Mike Schopmeyer of Kahn, Dees, Donovan and Kahn.

At issue was whether

South Road was considered a county road and if not, who owned it. During Higgins’ opening statements, she not-ed a 1976 court judgment in which it was ruled as a coun-ty road. County records also date the road back to 1835 in which it was initially ref-erenced as a road. However, Higgins quickly pointed out the county had abandoned the road and it has never been fully used by the public as such.

Trees have grown in its path and the rough terrain is described as hilly with ditch-es. The adjacent landowners are the only ones who use the road as a means to access their property.

DECEMBER 31, 2013 • PAGE B5WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS

Midwest Fertilizer selects western Posey site

Sandra Burkhardt’s killer pleads guilty

New Harmony’s Deckard takes talent to next level

Vikings are at their best in 27-21 loss to Southridge

Don, Chris Kellams have found new love Wildcats run record to 9-0 with Turkey Classic title

South Road trail plans continue to bring controversy

New Harmony receives $500,000 CFF grant

Syed Ahsen Uddin and Mike Chorlton of Midwest Fertilizer, Posey County Economic De-velopment Director John Taylor, and County Councilmen Carl Schmitz and Bob Gentil signed the $2.1 Billion fertilizer plant into fruition on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Zach Straw

Wildcats drop sectional opener to Princeton

State Representative Wendy McNamara attends the New Harmony Town Council meeting held on Thursday, No-vember 21, to offi cially present the council members with a $500,000 Community Focus Fund grant. Council mem-bers attended the grant presentation ceremony in India-napolis earlier this month, but McNamara was unable to attend that ceremony. Pictured from left are Karen Walker, Andrew Wilson, Wendy McNamara, Joe Straw, Linda Warrum and Don Gibbs. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Successful Autumnfest ends on rainy note

Elle Jo Johnson, age six, and Dennis Wright III, age four, were chosen as the Poseyville Autumnfest Little Miss and Little Mr. Elle is the daughter of Kent and Chelsea Johnson of Wadesville. Dennis is the son of Dennis and Cindy Wright of New Harmony. The contest is sponsored by the Women’s Club of Posey County. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

By Dave PearceThe Poseyville Autumnfest went off with-

out a hitch this weekend as the third festival in three weekends ended Sunday evening in Poseyville.

Sunday’s crowd was excellent and despite a steady mist, the Autumnfest Parade was again a hit as 101-year-old John Goedde was the Grand Marshal.

Winners of individual awards included - Grand Marshal’s Award -- North Posey High School Band; Most Creative/Extra Effort -- Community State Bank; Best Marching -- Cub Scouts; Best Antique Vehicle -- Mike Rogers; Best Performance/Dance -- Next Step; Best Antique Equipment -- Bob Wassmer; and Best Business/Organization -- Red Wagon.

The Posey County News expresses a hearty ‘Thank You’ to anyone and everyone who had anything to do with the success of the Poseyville Autumnfest this year.

i d D i W i hOCTOBER 1, 2013

By Valerie WerkmeisterThe fi nal site for the

Paskistani-based Fatima-owned Midwest Fertilizer plant came as a surprise on Thursday afternoon as the an-nouncement was made. The plant will be built on a plot of land at the intersection of Mackey Ferry Road and Sauerkraut Lane in Mount Vernon. That is near WSI,

Inc., just a half-mile from the current site of SABIC Plastics and just west of Mount Ver-non.

The $2.1 billion project is expected to create 200-plus high paying jobs as well as 2,500 construction jobs dur-ing the fi rst three years.

Construction is expected to begin next year and be completed in 2017. The State

of Indiana ended its role in Midwest fertilizer project fi nancing back in June. But Posey County offi cials, spear-headed by Economic Devel-opment Director John Taylor, sought and found alternative fi nancing plans for the plant as well as the construction jobs and permanent jobs that go along with a project of this magnitude.

P C t E i DOCTOBER 15, 2013

Wildcat tennis team claims third straight titleBy Steven Kochersperger

The Mount Vernon boys’ tennis team is the Sectional champion for the third year in a row. And for fi rst-year head coach Hunter Stevens this is an accomplishment that the team gained from hard work and dedication.

“This team has ten kids who just love to compete,” Stevens said. “The boys went out and refused to lose. I couldn’t be more proud of these kids. Our team saying all year has been ‘Turn Up’ and they defi nitely turned up in the sectionals.”

The Wildcats entered sectional play hop-ing to overcome the struggles that have reared their head during some tough oppo-nents this season. The Cats knew that they would need each and every player on the court to show up and play their best tennis and that is what we saw from almost every match up this week.

Members of the sectional championship tennis team in Mount Vernon are: Front row (left to right) Noah Salaman, Luke Rusher, Jordan Crabtree, and Kol Rein-itz; Back Row: Brandon McCarty, Hunt-er Wilson, Todd Sheffer, Michael Clark, Luke Steinhart, Garrett Kitterman, and coach Hunter Stevens. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

h ti l h i hiOCTOBER 8, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe Mount Vernon foot-

ball team entered this week’s sectional opener with high hopes. Not only had this years young team shown fl ashes of greatness this season, but the Wildcats were opening the sectional at home against an opponent they were very familiar with. Just two short weeks ago the Princeton Ti-gers came into Mount Vernon on Homecoming and walked away winners. And in what head coach Paul Maier called a ‘carbon copy’ Friday night, the Tigers were able to do just about all they needed to do to defeat Mount Vernon 34-21.

“Tonight was almost a

carbon copy of the last time we played Princeton,” Maier said after the game. “What can we say? Princeton is a good football team. We had two turnovers and lost by

two scores. That’s not a coin-cidence and it led to the loss tonight. We played a great fi rst half but didn’t fi nish the second half. It really was a tale of two halves.”

Senior running back Austin Guthrie splits the defense in the fi rst half of Friday night’s sectional opener against the Princeton Tigers. Photo by Steve Kocherspeger

G th i lit th d fOCTOBER 29, 2013

By Valerie WerkmeisterNew Harmony Town

Council members heard several costly options to remove the town’s natu-ral gas service line off the Wabash River Bridge dur-ing a meeting on Thursday, November 21. A represen-tative from Morley and Associates of Newburgh presented fi ve options rang-ing in price from $777,000 to $4.4 million.

Currently, the town’s nat-ural gas needs are supplied through the line from Phil-lipstown, Ill.

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

By Dave PearceIn a White County court-

room in Carmi, Ill, on Wednesday morning, Thom-as Davidson pled guilty of murder in the killing of 58-year-old rural Posey County woman Sandra Bur-khardt in August of 2013.

It was part of a plea deal in which the Carmi, Ill., prose-cutor agreed to drop all other charges against Davidson in exchange for a guilty plea.

Davidson will be sen-tenced to 60 years in prison for fi rst-degree murder and will not be eligible for early release. Following his sen-tencing in Illinois, David-

son will still face charges in Posey County including kidnapping and attempted murder.

Following Burkhardt’s disappearance, Davidson allegedly pistol-whipped a 19-year-old girl in Sandra’s car in Mount Vernon, then fi red two shots that grazed the girl’s nose.

Posey County Prosecu-tor Travis Clowers says Da-vidson was questioned and confessed to the shooting outside of the Huck’s Con-venience Store in Mount Vernon and that he also gave a statement concerning Bur-khardt and her body that was

found near Crossville, Illi-nois. At that point, Davidson had been driving Burkhardt’s new Ford Focus.

Thomas DavidsonTh D idNOVEMBER 12, 2013

By Valerie WerkmeisterEditor’s note: This story is the third

in a fi ve-part series featuring local art-ists. In a global world of ‘big box stores,’ these talented individuals offer a break from the everyday commercially made items.

About fi ve months ago, Chris Kella-ms was not a painter. In fact, she will tell you that she could not even draw a smi-ley face. But, after walking through her house and glossing through her portfo-lio, one would have to strongly disagree.

It started innocently while coloring with her granddaughter at the kitchen table during the summer. She was a little bored with the crayons and picked up a piece of pastel chalk. After a little bit of doodling, she had created a fl ower. She was surprised by her creation and thought she may be onto something.

Chrisw Kellems, who only recently began to explore art, shows off a couple of her better efforts. Between Chris and Husband, Don, the couple has learned that you can always learn new things. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

only recently began to exploreDECEMBER 10, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerIf you have been to the Old Mill Mart in New Harmony

lately you probably have noticed the sign out front recog-nizing one of their own. New Harmony resident Mandy Deckard competed this weekend in a power lifting com-petition in Louisville Kentucky called ‘Kentucky Muscle.’ As you would imagine, to compete in such a competition does not come easily and the training involved does not just happen overnight.

When Deckard signed up for the gym a year ago she never could have imagined where it would take her. Deck-ard, like many of us, signed up at a local gym in Evans-ville in hopes of losing weight and feeling better. Deckard went to the gym often doing the normal things you need to do to lose weight like cardio exercises. From there she began slowly lifting weights and found pleasure in lifting heavier and heavier weights.

Mandy Deckard of New Harmony trains for her re-cent power lifting competi-tion. Photo submitted.

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

By Steven KocherspergerThe North Posey Viking

football team wanted to come out Friday night and give themselves a chance to win. The Vikings did just that as they played at a very high level against a good Southridge team in the sectional semi-fi nal. North Posey stood behind their de-fense and stayed in the game for the majority of the time but when it was all said and done it was the Southridge Raiders who walked away winners beating North Posey 27-21. Just a few weeks ago on the same fi eld with the same teams playing, the Raiders handed the Vikings a 44-0 loss.

North Posey Viking senior Darren O’Risky gets out-side on the Southridge defense during Friday night’s game against the Raiders. The Vikings defi nitely saved their best for last as they turned a lop-sided loss just weeks ago into a very exciting narrow defeat on Friday. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

NOVEMBER 5 2013

By Dave PearceIf you had asked Mount Vernon wrestling

coach Tim Alcorn who the favorite was coming into this year’s edition of the Turkey Classic, he probably would have included his team among

the top three or four. But at the conclusion of the classic, only one team remained undefeated. That team was the host team and was Alcorn’s Mount Vernon Wildcats.

Alcorn might have given the edge to the Cen-tral Bears, as the bears were placed in the top 20 of the state polls early on. And then there was Heritage Hills, a squad who is always a tough contender. But the Wildcats did not face the Pa-triots as the two will see each other later in the year. However, the Bears dispatched the Dubois County team earlier in the tournament with a 10-point win.

So it boiled down to the fact that the Wildcats would be the only undefeated team in the tour-nament if they could get past the Bears.

“The Central match was, by far, our biggest match of the weekend,” Alcorn said, follow-ing the conclusion of the tournament. “It was the one we were focused on the most as a team coming in. If we wanted to call ourselves team champions, that would be the one we would have to win.”

The Wildcats did just that.

Mount Vernon High School wrestler Tyler Dekemper gets the deciding pin to give the Wildcats the championship of the Turkey Classic. Photo by Dave Pearce

i SDECEMBER 3, 2013

Special Olympics Bowling Competition

Posey County’s Justin Hoehn and Seth Harris prepared to compete in the Indiana State Finals in Special Olympic Bowling Competition. See an upcoming edition of the news for more information. Photo by Zach Straw

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2010 DODGECALIBER SXT

36 MPG, FWD

2012 KIAFORTE

Tonneau Cover, Running Boards

2010 FORD EXPLORERSPORT TRAC XLT

28 MPG, Turn Signal Mirrors

2008 SCIONXB

35 MPG, 5 Speed Manual

2012 MAZDAMAZDA2 SPORT

Regular Cab, Tubular Side Step, Bed Liner

2010 FORDF-150 XL

Touring, FWD, 24 MPG

2007 CHRYSLERPT CRUISER

28 MPG, Leather, Front Video Monitor

2012 TOYOTAAVALON

AWD, Leather, Roof Rails

2007 FORDFREESTYLE SEL

30 MPG, Speed Sensitive Wipers

2012 MITSUBISHIGALANT

37 MPG, Multi-function Display

2012 FORDFOCUS SE

26 MPG, Keyless Ignition, Front Video Monitor

2012 DODGEJOURNEY SXT

Turbo, Autostick, Climate Control Leather and More!

2011 BUICKREGAL CXL

32 MPG, Push Button Start

2012 NISSANALTIMA 2.5

JAN. 18 AM - 7 PMW

EDDEC. 308 AM - 7 PMM

ONDEC. 26

8 AM - 7 PMTHU

R DEC. 318 AM - 2 PMTU

EDEC. 278 AM - 7 PM

DEC. 288 AM - 4 PMSA

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6 Passenger, Tow Package, Privacy GlassSTK#13325

Invoice: ....... $27,702

$213 Under: $27,489

Discounts: ....$5,250

4WD, Class IV Receiver Hitch, Premium Display Package STK#13033

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$213 UNDER INVOICE COME SEE THE NEW

2014 CHEROKEE!

Invoice: ........ $18,685

$213 Under: $18,472

Discounts: ....$2,000

Invoice: .........$27,147

$213 Under: $26,934

Discounts: ....... $500