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By Valerie Werkmeister The Posey County Commissioners did not violate the Indiana Open Door Law (ODL). That is according to In- diana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt. Attorney William H. Bender read a statement from Britt during the December 2, commissioner’s meet- ing. Bender stated the alleged violation came after a complaint was filed on October 28, by Posey County Demo- crat Chairman Ed Adams. The com- plaint centered on commissioners Carl Schmitz and Jerry Walden’s announce- ment during their October 1, meeting to replace three members of the Redevel- opment Commission. The move came as a surprise to commissioner, Jim Al- sop, who blamed politics for the move. Indiana ODL prohibits a majority of the members of a governing body of a public agency to meet for the purpose of taking official action upon agency business. According to ODL, the word ‘official action’ means to receive infor- mation, deliberate, make recommenda- tions, establish policy, make decisions, or take final action. According to Britt, he reviewed the minutes from the commissioner’s Oc- tober 1 and 15 meetings. His statement read in part, “it does not appear any- thing would indicate the board mem- bers convened in a majority to discuss the resolution before its drafting.” He added that the minutes indicated the resolution to replace the Redevel- opment Commission members was provided to the commissioners prior to the October 1, meeting, but that in itself was not a violation of the ODL. However, in a conversation last week between Britt and Posey County News publisher Dave Pearce, Britt ad- mitted that he may have inadvertantly By Valerie Werkmeister Editor’s note: This story is the third in a five-part series featuring local artists. In a global world of ‘big box stores,’ these talented individuals offer a break from the everyday commer- cially made items. About five months ago, Chris Kel- lams was not a painter. In fact, she will tell you that she could not even draw a smiley face. But, after walk- ing through her house and glossing through her portfolio, 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. Af- ter a little bit of doodling, she had cre- ated a flower. She was surprised by her creation and thought she may be onto something. Encourage by husband, Don, who has been a lifelong artist, she began to do a few pencil sketches. What she created was nothing short of extraor- dinary. She has continued to draw or paint every day since then. “I don’t understand where it came from. I truly believe it’s a miracle from God. I’m just stunned that I’m able to do this,” she said. The couple has been married for 47 years and both retired in 2004. Chris worked as an Executive Secre- tary for MSD of North Posey and as a church secretary for a short time at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Poseyville. Don worked as a plumber while moonlighting as a deputy town marshal for Poseyville. He has also been the resident artist in the family who has cultivated his talent since he was a child. His pencil sketches and oil paintings adorn multiple walls in their Poseyville home. Now, Chris’ paint- ings are besides his too. He briefly attended college at Mur- ray State where he was pursuing a de- gree in art. He was fortunate enough to take a class taught by renowned artist, Jerry Baum. One of the more special sketches to Chris is a gift from Don on their wedding anniversary. He cre- ated a beautiful pencil sketch of roses that seem so lifelike that you should be able to smell them on the page. “It was one of those years where we didn’t have any money to buy roses, so he made these for me instead,” Chris By Dave Pearce A few flakes of snow doesn’t shut down a long-standing tradition in New Harmony. Neither does nearly a foot of the white stuff and freezing temperatures. The storm should have caught no one by surprise. On Mon- day, Dec. 1, 2013, the first warning was issued that a major winter storm was heading our direction. By De- cember 4, the National Weather Ser- vice and television weatherman Ron Rhoades’ Future Tracker was pre- dicting ‘significant snow along with the ice Thursday Night into Friday. Looking like a Snow Day.’ He could not have been more cor- rect. A mist began to fall over the north- ern Posey County area on Thursday afternoon and by night-time, the tem- peratures, which had been in the mid- 60s just the day before, had dropped into the high 20s. By the time students would have been going to school on Friday morning, the North Posey area had four inches of snow while Mount Vernon spotters had measured between two and three inches of the white stuff on the ground. By the time Friday evening ar- rived, the northern part of Posey County had measured nine or more inches of snow while New Harmony had seven and Mount Vernon six. But while school could be can- celled, there were some things that simply could not be cancelled. One of those was Christmas in New Har- mony. Despite deep snowfall and cold temperatures, the annual event went off without a hitch. And while this was not the strongest weekend eco- nomically for the historic town, it did prove what the community can do when many people pull together. An email for help went out late Thursday and by Friday evening at the Christmas tree lighting, much of the snow had been cleared from the sidewalks in front of local vendors. And on Saturday morning, the an- nual Christmas in New Harmony pa- rade stepped off promptly at 10 a.m. Venders were set up in the Ribeyre Gymnasium and artisan works were on display upstairs at the Granary. While some were unable or un- willing to attempt to brave the snow and the cold, those who did, like al- ways, enjoyed the weekend, despite a much-less-than-expected turnout. The performance of ‘The Nut- cracker’ has been postponed until Dec. 21, when they will put on a spe- cial performance for the Town of New Harmony at Thrall’s Opera House. Further details are in the making. The Signature School choir canceled their afternoon performance scheduled for Murphy Auditorium. The annual open house at the Ford Home was also postponed. Even Toyota made the announcement that ‘TMMI Gold (third) Shift production for Friday, December 6, has been canceled due to deteriorating regional weather con- ditions and parts availability.’ In Mount Vernon, the plan for ‘Christmas on Main Street’ was post- poned one week with everything on the same schedule, just planned for one week later. The Evansville Museum Guild’s ‘Tis the Season Tea has been moved to Friday, December 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This holiday themed event will take place in the historic home of for- mer Mount Vernon resident Kay Cox at 408 Southeast Riverside Drive. Guests will tour the beautiful 1905 neoclassical home designed by archi- tects Harris & Shopbell. While tour- ing the home, visitors will enjoy light refreshments provided by Blue Plate Catering and view the home’s won- derful holiday décor. Also, guests will have the opportunity to participate in an auction showcasing themed tables- capes and dinner. The tablescapes are designed by Neuville House Interiors, Stephanie Freiwald & Laura Schrad- er, and Sharon Bosler. Tickets are $40; to learn how to purchase tickets to this year’s event, visit http://emuseum.org/guild. Park- ing is limited, so guests are invited to park in the casino parking garage and take advantage of the shuttle service provided by Tropicana Evansville. • The National Weather Service at Paducah is calling for the following forecast: • Monday Night a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind three to five mph. • Tuesday Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 34. West wind around six mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. • Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 15. Calm wind. • Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming north northwest five to seven mph in the Lois Mittino Gray Upcoming summer plans to im- prove athletic facilities was the main topic of discussion at the Mount Ver- non School Board meeting on Dec. 2. David Frye, Director of Buildings and Grounds, and Tony Wilson of TEC Consulting Engineers gave the board informative presentations and dis- played charts on two planned projects. The first is to upgrade the Mount Ver- non High School gymnasium bleach- ers and the second is phase two of the resurfacing and repair of the MVHS track. After hearing the information and asking questions, the board voted to grant permission to proceed with the projects and advertise them on De- cember 11 and 18 in local papers. In other board action: • The board accepted the resigna- tion of Debra Serna as an Information Systems Specialist and hired her to replace Angela Woolsey as a Tech- nology Integration Specialist. When asked to explain the difference in the two positions, Kopatich said her for- mer job was more to correct problems with computer maintenance in a spe- cific school. Her new job will be to integrate technology into programs to enhance the curriculum in the district and she will not be assigned to a spe- cific building • Six staff members were given per- mission to attend one of two events: a DOE Data Digs Workshop and a Google in Education Summit Meeting in Evansville in February. • The board granted permission to Performance Learning Systems in connection with Indiana Wesleyan University to use the junior high li- brary on December 20-22 for instruc- tor training. Permission was required as it involves a Sunday date. • The next board meeting is Mon- day, December 16, 2013 at 5:45 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Junior High School. It was laughingly referred to as a ‘local holiday’ as it is Kopatich’s birthday. Continued on Page A3 Continued on Page A3 Continued on Page A3 Retrospective .... A4 Legals ................ B5 Classifieds ...... B7-8 Community ...... A5 Deaths ............... A3 Church ............. A6 Social ................ A5 School ............... A7 Sports ......... B1, 3-4 Bus/Ag .............. A7 Opinion ............. A2 www.poseycountynews.com Area Churches to Collaborate in Event On Saturday, December 14, the parking lot of Zion Lippe United Church of Christ at 9000 East Copperline Road in Mount Vernon will be transformed into the Old Bethlehem Village. From 2:30- 4:30 p.m. CST, a marketplace will be open for guests to experience the ancient town of Bethlehem in 0 AD. Period games will be played, food of that day will be highlighted, and nativity animals will be on-site. Shortly after the close of the Village, a Live Nativity will be reenacted beginning at 4:45 p.m. During this Christmas season, please join local churches as we celebrate ‘the reason for the season.’ For more information on this event, please contact Zion Lippe at 985-2437. Live Drive-Thru Nativity Black’s Chapel UMC will be staging a Live Drive-Thru Nativity on Sunday, December 22, from 5 - 8 p.m. at their location 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon. Plans are to have live camels, sheep and a donkey, if weather permits. Please drive-thru the nativity and help us celebrate the birth of Jesus. There is no charge for this event. Trooper Brad Miller renders Aid to Choking Victim at local restaurant Monday afternoon, Trooper Brad Miller and several other law enforcement officers were enjoying lunch at Tequilas Mexican Restaurant located at 408 Southwind Plaza, Mount Vernon. At approximately 12:30 p.m., a middle aged woman sitting in a booth next to Miller and the other police officers stood up and grabbed her throat, which is the universal sign that the person is choking. Trooper Miller asked the woman if she was choking and she nodded her head yes. Miller immediately placed his arms around the choking woman and administered several abdominal thrusts. Within a few seconds, the food was dislodged and she was able to breathe again. Trooper Miller said that he knew the woman was in trouble when he saw her grabbing her throat. “I administered about five abdominal thrust before the object was dislodged and she was able to breathe again,” said Miller. Trooper Miller is a seven- year veteran and is assigned to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division and primarily patrols counties within the Evansville District. Briefly Public meeting was not held but addendum may be coming Despite weather, it’s Christmas in New Harmony Mount Vernon to upgrade gym seats, track Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Posey County’s locally-owned newspaper Volume 133 Edition 50 Since 1882 ~ Successor to The Poseyville News and The New Harmony Times • New Harmony, IN “Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.” “Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.” (USPS 439-500) P PS S S S S S S S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 43 3 39 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 50 0 00 0 0) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) $1.00 Don, Chris Kellams have found new love 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 Right on que, Santa arrived at Christmas in New Harmony on Saturday. 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By Valerie WerkmeisterThe Posey County Commissioners
did not violate the Indiana Open Door Law (ODL). That is according to In-diana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt. Attorney William H. Bender read a statement from Britt during the December 2, commissioner’s meet-ing. Bender stated the alleged violation came after a complaint was fi led on October 28, by Posey County Demo-crat Chairman Ed Adams. The com-plaint centered on commissioners Carl Schmitz and Jerry Walden’s announce-ment during their October 1, meeting to replace three members of the Redevel-opment Commission. The move came as a surprise to commissioner, Jim Al-sop, who blamed politics for the move.
Indiana ODL prohibits a majority of the members of a governing body of a public agency to meet for the purpose of taking offi cial action upon agency business. According to ODL, the word ‘offi cial action’ means to receive infor-mation, deliberate, make recommenda-tions, establish policy, make decisions, or take fi nal action.
According to Britt, he reviewed the minutes from the commissioner’s Oc-tober 1 and 15 meetings. His statement read in part, “it does not appear any-thing would indicate the board mem-bers convened in a majority to discuss the resolution before its drafting.”
He added that the minutes indicated the resolution to replace the Redevel-opment Commission members was provided to the commissioners prior to the October 1, meeting, but that in itself was not a violation of the ODL.
However, in a conversation last week between Britt and Posey County News publisher Dave Pearce, Britt ad-mitted that he may have inadvertantly
By Valerie WerkmeisterEditor’s note: This story is the third
in a fi ve-part series featuring local artists. In a global world of ‘big box stores,’ these talented individuals offer a break from the everyday commer-cially made items.
About fi ve months ago, Chris Kel-lams was not a painter. In fact, she will tell you that she could not even draw a smiley face. But, after walk-ing through her house and glossing through her portfolio, 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. Af-ter a little bit of doodling, she had cre-ated a fl ower. She was surprised by her
creation and thought she may be onto something.
Encourage by husband, Don, who has been a lifelong artist, she began to do a few pencil sketches. What she created was nothing short of extraor-dinary. She has continued to draw or paint every day since then.
“I don’t understand where it came from. I truly believe it’s a miracle from God. I’m just stunned that I’m able to do this,” she said.
The couple has been married for 47 years and both retired in 2004. Chris worked as an Executive Secre-tary for MSD of North Posey and as a church secretary for a short time at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Poseyville. Don worked as a plumber while moonlighting as a deputy town marshal for Poseyville. He has also
been the resident artist in the family who has cultivated his talent since he was a child. His pencil sketches and oil paintings adorn multiple walls in their Poseyville home. Now, Chris’ paint-ings are besides his too.
He briefl y attended college at Mur-ray State where he was pursuing a de-gree in art. He was fortunate enough to take a class taught by renowned artist, Jerry Baum. One of the more special sketches to Chris is a gift from Don on their wedding anniversary. He cre-ated a beautiful pencil sketch of roses that seem so lifelike that you should be able to smell them on the page.
“It was one of those years where we didn’t have any money to buy roses, so he made these for me instead,” Chris
By Dave PearceA few fl akes of snow doesn’t shut
down a long-standing tradition in New Harmony. Neither does nearly a foot of the white stuff and freezing temperatures. The storm should have caught no one by surprise. On Mon-day, Dec. 1, 2013, the fi rst warning was issued that a major winter storm
was heading our direction. By De-cember 4, the National Weather Ser-vice and television weatherman Ron Rhoades’ Future Tracker was pre-dicting ‘signifi cant snow along with the ice Thursday Night into Friday. Looking like a Snow Day.’
He could not have been more cor-rect.
A mist began to fall over the north-ern Posey County area on Thursday afternoon and by night-time, the tem-peratures, which had been in the mid-60s just the day before, had dropped into the high 20s. By the time students would have been going to school on Friday morning, the North Posey area had four inches of snow while Mount Vernon spotters had measured between two and three inches of the white stuff on the ground.
By the time Friday evening ar-rived, the northern part of Posey County had measured nine or more inches of snow while New Harmony had seven and Mount Vernon six.
But while school could be can-celled, there were some things that simply could not be cancelled. One of those was Christmas in New Har-mony.
Despite deep snowfall and cold temperatures, the annual event went off without a hitch. And while this was not the strongest weekend eco-nomically for the historic town, it did prove what the community can do when many people pull together.
An email for help went out late Thursday and by Friday evening at the Christmas tree lighting, much of the snow had been cleared from the sidewalks in front of local vendors.
And on Saturday morning, the an-nual Christmas in New Harmony pa-rade stepped off promptly at 10 a.m. Venders were set up in the Ribeyre
Gymnasium and artisan works were on display upstairs at the Granary.
While some were unable or un-willing to attempt to brave the snow and the cold, those who did, like al-ways, enjoyed the weekend, despite a much-less-than-expected turnout.
The performance of ‘The Nut-cracker’ has been postponed until Dec. 21, when they will put on a spe-cial performance for the Town of New Harmony at Thrall’s Opera House. Further details are in the making. The Signature School choir canceled their afternoon performance scheduled for Murphy Auditorium. The annual open house at the Ford Home was also postponed. Even Toyota made the announcement that ‘TMMI Gold (third) Shift production for Friday, December 6, has been canceled due to deteriorating regional weather con-ditions and parts availability.’
In Mount Vernon, the plan for ‘Christmas on Main Street’ was post-poned one week with everything on the same schedule, just planned for one week later.
The Evansville Museum Guild’s ‘Tis the Season Tea has been moved to Friday, December 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This holiday themed event will take place in the historic home of for-mer Mount Vernon resident Kay Cox at 408 Southeast Riverside Drive. Guests will tour the beautiful 1905 neoclassical home designed by archi-
tects Harris & Shopbell. While tour-ing the home, visitors will enjoy light refreshments provided by Blue Plate Catering and view the home’s won-derful holiday décor. Also, guests will have the opportunity to participate in an auction showcasing themed tables-capes and dinner. The tablescapes are designed by Neuville House Interiors, Stephanie Freiwald & Laura Schrad-er, and Sharon Bosler.
Tickets are $40; to learn how to purchase tickets to this year’s event, visit http://emuseum.org/guild. Park-ing is limited, so guests are invited to park in the casino parking garage and take advantage of the shuttle service provided by Tropicana Evansville.
• The National Weather Service at Paducah is calling for the following forecast:
• Monday Night a 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind three to fi ve mph.
• Tuesday Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 34. West wind around six mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
• Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 15. Calm wind.
• Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming north northwest fi ve to seven mph in the
Lois Mittino GrayUpcoming summer plans to im-
prove athletic facilities was the main topic of discussion at the Mount Ver-non School Board meeting on Dec. 2. David Frye, Director of Buildings and Grounds, and Tony Wilson of TEC Consulting Engineers gave the board informative presentations and dis-played charts on two planned projects. The fi rst is to upgrade the Mount Ver-non High School gymnasium bleach-ers and the second is phase two of the
resurfacing and repair of the MVHS track. After hearing the information and asking questions, the board voted to grant permission to proceed with the projects and advertise them on De-cember 11 and 18 in local papers.
In other board action:• The board accepted the resigna-
tion of Debra Serna as an Information Systems Specialist and hired her to replace Angela Woolsey as a Tech-nology Integration Specialist. When asked to explain the difference in the
two positions, Kopatich said her for-mer job was more to correct problems with computer maintenance in a spe-cifi c school. Her new job will be to integrate technology into programs to enhance the curriculum in the district and she will not be assigned to a spe-cifi c building
• Six staff members were given per-mission to attend one of two events: a DOE Data Digs Workshop and a Google in Education Summit Meeting in Evansville in February.
• The board granted permission to Performance Learning Systems in connection with Indiana Wesleyan University to use the junior high li-brary on December 20-22 for instruc-tor training. Permission was required as it involves a Sunday date.
• The next board meeting is Mon-day, December 16, 2013 at 5:45 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Junior High School. It was laughingly referred to as a ‘local holiday’ as it is Kopatich’s birthday.
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Retrospective ....A 4Legals ................ B 5Classifieds ......B7-8Community ......A 5
Deaths ...............A 3Church .............A 6Social ................A 5School ...............A 7
Sports .........B1, 3-4Bus/Ag ..............A 7Opinion .............A 2
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Area Churches to Collaborate in Event
On Saturday, December 14, the parking lot of Zion Lippe United
Church of Christ at 9000 East Copperline Road in Mount Vernon will be transformed into the Old Bethlehem Village. From 2:30-
4:30 p.m. CST, a marketplace will be open for guests to experience the ancient town of Bethlehem in 0 AD. Period games will be played, food of that day will be highlighted, and nativity
animals will be on-site. Shortly after the close of the Village, a Live Nativity will be reenacted beginning at 4:45 p.m. During
this Christmas season, please join local churches as we celebrate ‘the
reason for the season.’ For more information on this event, please contact Zion Lippe at 985-2437.
Live Drive-Thru NativityBlack’s Chapel UMC will be
staging a Live Drive-Thru Nativity on Sunday, December 22, from 5 - 8 p.m. at their location 1800
West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon. Plans are to have live camels, sheep and a donkey, if weather permits. Please drive-thru the
nativity and help us celebrate the birth of Jesus. There is no charge
for this event.
Trooper Brad Miller renders Aid to Choking
Victim at local restaurantMonday afternoon, Trooper
Brad Miller and several other law enforcement officers were
enjoying lunch at Tequilas Mexican Restaurant located at 408 Southwind Plaza, Mount Vernon. At approximately 12:30 p.m., a middle aged woman sitting in a booth next to Miller and the
other police officers stood up and grabbed her throat, which is the universal sign that the person is
choking. Trooper Miller asked the woman if she was choking and she nodded her head yes. Miller
immediately placed his arms around the choking woman and administered several abdominal thrusts. Within a few seconds,
the food was dislodged and she was able to breathe again.
Trooper Miller said that he knew the woman was in trouble when he saw her grabbing her throat. “I administered about
five abdominal thrust before the object was dislodged and she
was able to breathe again,” said Miller. Trooper Miller is a seven-
year veteran and is assigned to the Commercial Motor Vehicle
Enforcement Division and primarily patrols counties within
the Evansville District.
Briefl y Public meetingwas not heldbut addendummay be coming
Despite weather, it’s Christmas in New Harmony
Mount Vernon to upgrade gym seats, track
Tuesday, December 10, 2013Posey County’s locally-owned newspaper Volume 133 Edition 50
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Don, Chris Kellams have found new loveChrisw 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
Right on que, Santa arrived at Christmas in New Harmony on Saturday. Despite nearly a foot of snow and cold temperatures, townspeople banded together to make the event happen. Photo by Dave Pearce
A few years ago I started a new annual tradition in our family. In the fi rst year I invited my sister-in-law, nieces, and my mom to my house to make Christ-mas candy and cookies during the holiday season. We made several kinds of each and when we were done each person took home a nice tray for their family to enjoy or to be shared with friends and co-workers.
Each year our tradition has been getting a little big-ger in people and in vari-ety of cookies and candies I even decided we would make homemade cocoa to make cocoa cones this year. I bought eyes so that we could make them look like reindeer. This year we had it earlier than normal on Sat-urday of Thanksgiving since Eric and his girlfriend came home for Thanksgiving and would not be coming home again until Christmas week. I also invited some extended family as well.
I made a trip to Sam’s Club to buy ingredients in mass quantities. I bought sugar, fl our, powdered sug-ar, brown sugar, chocolate chips, mint morsels, M &
M’s, chocolate bark, vanilla bark, peppermint bark, lots of butter, cream cheese,
oats, sour cream and a few more items I am sure I for-got. I also watched for sales at the
local groceries and Dollar General Stores for trays, sprinkles, cupcake holders etc., to make the presenta-tion very festive. My pantry was bursting at the seams and there was hardly room for the Thanksgiving dinner foods I was to prepare.
On Friday night I made four batches of sugar cook-ie dough so it would have time to chill overnight and be ready for rolling out and cutting the next morn-ing. I got everything out of my pantry and put it on the counter for easy access. I was so excited. I am pretty sure I was more excited than anyone else in the group. I was ready.
The day fi nally arrived but fi rst I had planned on meeting two dear friends for breakfast at Harold’s Restaurant at 7 o’clock a.m. With our busy lives and dis-tance where we live it is dif-fi cult to get together but we try to get together occasion-
ally. Since I had everything ready to go I had two hours to visit before everyone started to arrive. We had a great time catching up be-fore we said our goodbyes until our next visit.
When I arrived home my mom was already there. She was bringing the chili for our lunch. Everyone started arriving but about that time I received a text from my sister-in-law that my niece was ill and she was going to have to take her to the convenient care. Oh no, not in the plans. For any of you that know me, I go by a plan. It is diffi cult to get me strayed from the path that I am on. But she was sick, very sick, so I took a deep breath.
We got started rolling out dough for the sugar cookies, we made monster cookies, no bake cookies, mint chocolate cookies, rice krispies squares, peanut but-ter fudge, rocky road fudge, chocolate covered pretzels, and cocoa cones. My mom and my nine-year-old niece made all of the cocoa cones and had them all deco-rated so nice. As a matter of fact they made a double batch. At one time I heard my niece telling grandma ‘Grandma we have a rou-tine with this job.’ We had
so much fun and everyone went home with at least one tray of goodies.
At work I listen to co-workers discussing all of the gifts they are buying their children and other family members and ponder how much money is being spent on all of that stuff. Stuff that could eventually be sold at garage sales, thrown away or given to Goodwill. I am not saying that I don’t buy any Christmas gifts but in this time period that we live in very few people don’t have more than they need and a lot more.
If you know anyone in nursing homes or can’t re-ally get out of their homes much anymore, instead of trying to fi gure out what to buy them why not think about the gift of time. In-stead of so many presents under the tree for your fam-ily maybe think of how you can spend more time togeth-er playing, reading, or just talking to one another.
I am not sure anyone in attendance had as much fun as I did or was more tired than me at our baking day, but one thing I do know for sure. I received the best gift of the Christmas season from my beautiful family, the gift of spending time to-gether.
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Coach Dick Hanley turned the brass knob on the door to the poker room on the second fl oor of the Duncan Ho-tel in Pawhuska, Oklahoma and stepped into the dim opu-lence that exuded opportunity. Raven held Frank McDonald back by squeez- ing his hand. Just a s Hanley passed from the dazzling lights of the hallway chandelier, Raven stretched up and bussed Frank’s cheek as she whis-pered, “It will be okay”.
Frank was so surprised and excited by Raven’s kiss he didn’t notice there were four men sitting at the poker table until Titanic Thompson asked Raven to leave them. As she closed the door McDonald and Hanley were invited to sit.
“Do you want a drink or a cigar?” asked Hubert Cokes whose lean bald head refl ected the glow from the ornate overhead light. McDonald politely declined but Hanley ac-cepted a tumbler fi lled with Prohibition whiskey and ice.
“Are either of you gentlemen baseball fans?” Thompson now led the conversation as he nodded toward the younger of the other two men at the table.
“Sure we both are and I think I know who this young man is. Aren’t you Pepper Martin, the professional baseball player?”
Martin gracefully rose from his chair, extended his large right hand to McDonald and laconically said, “Hello. Do not let my new team in the Texas League know, but after my Oklahoma City professional baseball team folded this sum-mer I contacted this fellow – indicating the fourth man at the table – and played with his professional football team, the Ouray Indians, until their season ended in New York last week.
“I am a baseball player but I got my nickname, The Wild Horse of the Osage, not from head fi rst slides, but from run-ning the football. You might ask Mr. Thorpe here if that moniker is justifi ed.”
McDonald and Hanley were speechless as the man the King of Sweden had called the greatest athlete in the world slowly unfolded his powerful body and said, “I’m Jim. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Cokes asked me to sit down with you about your football game. Shoeless Joe Jackson stood by me when my Olympic medals were taken away and I do not like Arnold Rothstein. Pepper and I are here to help. You know before moving on to Carlisle Indian Institute in Pennsylva-nia, I attended Haskell. I am still a Fighting Indian at heart. Pepper and I are Indians born and bred and we want Haskell to get that new stadium.”
Titanic Thompson said, “Everybody please sit back and
relax. Let me bring you up to date on the situation and tell you a plan Hubert and I have put together to save the game and the stadium. Chief Fred Lookout was approached last week by a member of the Kansas City Cowboys profession-al football team who told the Chief about Rothstein’s plan to run in several ringers on the white man’s team Haskell was set to play in the exhibition game. The player’s name is Rudy Comstock. He graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1918 and he supports Indian students. He wanted no part of Rothstein’s scam, but he kept his thoughts to himself until he could talk with Lookout.”
Frank McDonald responded, “Ti, that’s all well and good but there’s not going to be a game. We can’t fi nd a fi eld. The schools don’t want to risk losing their accreditation by allowing professionals and amateurs to play together. Plus, there is the gambling problem.”
Hubert Cokes smiled and said, “Coach, gambling is not the problem, losing is. Ti and I want to fl eece Rothstein and you want your stadium. What we need to do is draw Rothstein into a game where he thinks he has fi xed the odds but, in fact, we will have. Your John Levi is the best col-lege football player in America but he has now used up his college eligibility and already signed a professional baseball contract, so he’s not supposed to play with college amateurs. Pepper Martin and Jim are, also, play for pay. What we pro-pose is a game where these things don’t matter, that is, a secret game at a private location. We have found just the spot only a couple of miles from here in Colored Town. Now what we need to do is let Rothstein think this whole thing is his idea aand that we are suckers. Ti, would you tell us what you’ve done so far?”
The poker room door opened as the Colored porter brought in a platter of bar-b-que brisket, onions, dill pickles and fresh baked sourdough bread.
“Right on que, Henry. Gentlemen, please say hello to the Reverend Henry Dangerfi eld, the minister of the Colored Baptist Church, the unoffi cial mayor of Pawhuska’s Colored Town and the proprietor of Henry’s Bar-B-Q Shack just across Bird Creek. Henry got a call to go to Mr. Rothstein’s room last night. I had alerted him to let me know if Rothstein was making a move and to have him suggest that the game be played in Colored Town. Rothstein inquired about a se-cluded fl at fi eld without sandstones where a football game could be played. As Henry and we had agreed he suggested the open area surrounded by homes of Coloreds where the church has its weekly camp meetings. Henry offered the space for free if the church could sell bar-b-que to the spec-tators. Rothstein then had Henry bring Cokes and me an of-fer. Here it is.”
Thompson unfolded a sheet of Duncan Hotel stationary and began to read aloud.
Chapter 16 - Knights of the Poker Table
GAVELGAMUT
BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE
With Christmas fast approaching, sometimes we forget that Indiana’s birthday is right around the corner. This year will mark our state’s 197th birthday, commonly referred to as Statehood Day. Indiana was admitted as the nineteenth state to join the Union on December 11, 1816. Statehood Day celebrations will be taking place all over Indiana with some very special events in Indianapolis at the Statehouse.
In 1815, a petition for statehood was approved by the territorial general as-sembly and sent to the United States Congress. On June 1, 1816, delegates assembled at Corydon to write the state’s constitution, which took 19 days. Presi-dent James Madison approved Indiana’s admission into the union later that year on December 11.
Indiana has changed quite a bit since then. Our new capital was moved to Indianapolis, and a second constitution was adopted. Our state has transformed with a thriving economy and developed
new traditions. Indiana is known to most people as where Lewis and Clark set out on their exploration of the Northwest Territory, where Abraham Lincoln grew up with his parents and of course for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Each year, Hoosiers take an oppor-tunity to refl ect on our rich history and traditions. This year, the 197th birthday celebration will take place on December 11 starting 12 p.m. If you will be in the Indianapolis area on Wednesday, I en-courage you to visit the Statehouse and take part in the celebrations. However, if you are unable to make it you can still view it on the web live at www.webinar.in.gov/Indiana<fi le:///\\iga.local\shares\HSEREP\Republican%20Media\RE-LEASES%20TO%20SEND\www.we-binar.in.gov\Indiana>.
Students were encouraged to take part in Indiana Statehood Day essay contest again this year. Fourth grade students were asked to write about their ‘Hoosier Hero,’ and four essays were chosen to be
read during the Statehood Day celebra-tions. It gives me pride to see students understand what it means to be a Hoo-sier.
We are now only three years away from the state’s bicentennial celebration in 2016, which the state has been busy planning. To learn more about the plan-ning celebrations, or to get involved visit www.indiana2016.org.
I am proud to be a Hoosier and be a part of a history that is remembered and celebrated. Indiana is a place where we look to the future but still celebrate our traditions. Take a moment this Statehood Day and refl ect on our great state and ev-erything Indiana means to you.
Rep. McNamara (R-Mount Vernon) represents portions of Posey and Van-derburgh counties. Rep. McNamara also serves as Vice Chair of Courts and Criminal Code Committee, the Govern-ment and Regulatory Reform Commit-tee, Judiciary Committee and the Select Committee on Government Reduction.
Guest Column State Rep. Wendy McNamaraCelebrating Hoosier History
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Family baking day, a gift of timePAGE A2 • DECEMBER 10, 2013 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM
With the help of the local Posey County United Way, sever-al programs have been developed to assist local residents with needed medical care. All of these programs began when a lo-cal community Posey County Medical Needs Committee was formed to guide the efforts of identifying medical needs and to make medical care more accessible to the uninsured, underin-sured, and homeless of Posey County. The Medical Needs Com-mittee identifi ed dental and eye care services as a need in the local community. An eye care program has been established in a cooperative effort between ECHO Health Care, Family Matters, the Lion’s Club, and a local Optometrist. This cooperative rela-tionship has resulted in the ability to strategically focus United Way funds to assist residents with obtaining eye exams in order to received eye glasses. Along with this work the local Family Matters Case Manager, Beth Russell, has been trained in the New Eyes Program by ECHO social workers which enables her to ob-tain a free pair of eye glasses for those in need after they obtain an eye exam and prescription for glasses.
In addition to these programs a transportation system has been set up in cooperation with the local Posey County Express that provides transportation for local residents, to and from, ECHO Clinics free of charge to those who are patients of ECHO Com-munity Health Care.
United Way funds have allowed the ECHO Community Case Management Team to (CCMT) create an outreach site at Hedg-es Elementary that has been establishing contact with the local residents who need medical services. The CCMT has been able to take initial information of prospective patients and to arrange transportation to ECHO clinics as needed.
Continued work has also resulted in the creation of a dental voucher program to assist local residents with receiving emer-gency dental care. A dental pilot program for Posey County has been established with a Posey County Dentist which has served local residents. This program will allow people who have a den-tal emergency to obtain emergency extractions at a sliding fee scale rate. The patient will pay a small amount based on their income and the remainder will be paid at a greatly discounted rate by additional United Way funds. These funds have been used strategically to serve the most people with the highest need at the smallest cost.
Wyeth Hatfi eld ECHO Community Health Care
ECHO and The United Way of Posey County
Does Israel support liberty and justice for all?While Secretary of State
John Kerry was in Israel to support the peace process, I was in Palestine for the olive harvest to see for myself the conditions of the 46 year oc-cupation. During that time re-ports came in about hundreds of olive trees being destroyed by Israeli settlers with over 7,500 so far this year by UN estimates.
Farmers are being dispos-sessed of their land through a process called ‘silent trans-fer,’ often beginning with the destruction of their orchards. The process is complete when subsidized Israeli settlers oc-cupy their land. The United States has opposed this pro-cess since 1967 and staunchly condemns human rights vio-lations by other nations. Yet while Kerry was there, Israel
announced the destruction of housing for 15,000 Palestin-ians and the building of 1,500 housing units for Israelis on Palestinian lands. They fol-lowed up after Kerry left by announcing 20,000 more units. It is a very clear mes-sage.
Our United States as a con-quering power, did not decide to keep Iraq’s oil fi elds. Yet Indiana sends away almost $50,000,000 of our tax dol-lars each year to support the fourth ranked military super-power (according to www.aidtoisrael.org) while it ig-nores our requests and keeps its conquests. Human beings are suffering greatly through silent transfer. Do we believe in liberty and justice for all, or do we just like to say that?
John Jeffery
We want to thank everyone that came Thursday and helped set up tables, it really made things a lot easier for us. Thanks so much to Jeff Koester for clearing streets around the Gym and Granary and everyone that came with their shovels to clear the walks you were a God’s send. Thanks to Jeff Smotherman and Laura Nicholson for helping Sunday to breakdown tables and clean up. Thank you David Flanders for helping put out yard signs in Evansville. I know this Christmas show was the biggest nightmare since I have been involved. But we made the best of it and I think the major-ity of the dealers we talked to did pretty good. There were two that we talked to Sunday that said they had made over $1,000, and the other had $2,100, they had no complaints. The weather for sure was not in our favor, but thanks to all of you that helped it made the weekend go a lot smoother.
Thanks so much,Chris and Paula
I am so impressed with the commitment and vigor of the Business Associates. Paula & Chris worked constantly to make this happen; David sent out updates of where help was needed and general cheering us along, and I saw him more than once with a snow shovel clearing off other peoples’ sidewalks (including mine: Thank you, David). Jeff and his team were working night & day to clear snow. You are a power team and I hope this proves inspiring to those of us who benefi t directly from their efforts. Let’s hope those shoppers who couldn’t make it over the weekend will visit our wonderful shops in the next two weeks. Happy holidays to all of you.
Laura Nicholson
Christmas in New Harmony Thanks
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OBITUARIESOBITUARIESDECEMBER 10, 2013 • PAGE A3WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS
GIFTS OF MEMORYTRADITION 2013
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Stendeback Family Funeral Home “Gifts of Memory” Tradition. All families have Holiday Traditions. Bill and Lynn Stendeback of Stendeback Family Funeral Home would like to invite your family to join them in their “gift of memory” tradition. This is a unique way for Posey County families to remember their loved ones on a special holiday.
Beginning December 2 through December 13, they will accept wrapped gifts for adults only purchased in memory of one’s deceased loved one. Please mark your gift ‘man’ or ‘woman’ and if clothing, please mark the size. These gifts will be donated to the Mt. Vernon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center for needy residents.
All gifts should be brought to the Funeral Home between 9am and 4pm Monday through Friday, December 2 through December 13. If you have any questions, please call 812-838-3888. The Stendebacks appreciate your participation in this “Posey County Family” tradition.
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Richard Allyn Stallings, 60, of New Harmony, Ind., passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his residence.
He is survived by his son, Matthew, and his brother David. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pamela.
Visitation will be at Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony, Ind., on Saturday, December 14, 2013 from 1 to 5 p.m.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made in Richard’s name to the National MS Society at www.nationalmssociety.org.
Expressions of sympathy may be to the family on-line at www.werryfuneralhomes.com.
Richard StallingsEdward Martin, 84, of New Harmony, died Tues-
day morning, December 3, 2013 at Deaconess Hos-pice in Evansville. He was born on March 26, 1929 in Golden Pond, Ky., the son of Edward and Artelia (Newton) Martin.
He is survived by a brother, Charles Martin of Evansville and a sister, Millie Baker of West Frank-fort, Ill.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Martin and sisters, Mae Brooks, Iva Hickman and El-sie Carmon.
There will be no services. Stendeback Family Fu-neral Home in Mount Vernon is in charge of arrange-ments.
Edward Martin
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Tammie Sue Burgess, 51, of Mount Vernon, passed away Sunday, De-cember 8, 2013. She was born April 18, 1962 in Evansville, Ind., to Paul and Mary (Breeden) Bur-gess.
Tammie was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary at Post 5, ABATE of Indiana Region 8, and Red Knights Mo-torcycle Club.
Tammie was preceded in death by her parents and grandson Tristan Neff.
She is survived by her fi ancé, Donnie Sutton; daughter, Brittany Neff; son, Jordon Burgess; sisters, Brenda Burgess and Carla (Herdis) Cox; brother, Dan-ny (Connie) Burgess and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Fri-day, December 13, 2013 at Point Township Church of the Nazarene in Mount Vernon, Ind., with Rev. Troy DeKemper offi ciating.
Visitation will be from 10 until 11:30 a.m. service time Friday, December 13, 2013 at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.
Condolences may be made online at www.schnei-derfuneralhome.com
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‘weather’ continued from Page A1afternoon.• Wednesday Night Mostly
clear, with a low around 14. North wind seven to nine mph.
• Thursday Sunny, with a high near 30. North wind around six mph becoming calm in the morning.
• Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Calm wind becoming south around fi ve mph after mid-night.
• Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. South wind around six mph.
• Friday Night A chance
of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around six mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming north-east around fi ve mph in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night A slight chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around six mph.
• Sunday A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North northeast wind around seven mph.
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‘Addendum’ continued from Page A1overlooked some pertinent
items that contributed to the fi ling of the complaint by Posey County Democratic Party Chairman Ed Adams. An adendum to the decision could be forthcoming.
Britt indicated a willing-ness to provide his services for a class on the Open Door Law for all elected offi cials of the county. A date and time has not yet been set but the Posey County News has agreed to host the seminar.
The commissioners ap-proved fuel bids submit-ted by Wabash Valley for the highway, Sheriff’s and emergency medical services (EMS) departments. High-way Department Superinten-dent Steve Schenk reviewed the bids received at the No-vember 19, commissioner’s meeting and made the rec-ommendation to purchase fuel from Wabash Valley. The highway department will purchase 5,000 gallons of un-leaded fuel at the fi rm price of $2.58.8 per gallon. In ad-dition, they will purchase 10,000 gallons of off-road diesel at $3.10.2 per gallon and 8,000 gallons of on-road diesel at $3.09.8 per gallon.
EMS Director Chuck Thompson also asked com-missioners to approve a bid from SynEnergy for the de-partment’s diesel needs. The company provides a card that can be used for purchases af-ter regular business hours.
Schenk recommended bids from Reis Tires for tires, Southern Indiana Drainage for plastic pipe, Metal Cul-verts, Inc. and Culverts Plus for metal culverts, Mulzer Crushed Stone and McDon-ald’s Sand and Gravel.
Commissioners also ac-cepted bids for labor and construction equipment from Russell’s Excavating, O’Risky Excavating, DK Parker and Sons and Jerry Chastain.
The commissioners agreed to proceed with E-911 Direc-tor Sabrina Harm’s plans for a new AVL mapping plan. The new plan will provide texts to volunteer fi remen’s cell phones in addition to pager alerts. It was noted that they are several ‘dead zones’ in the county and pager alerts are not always received. The new system will hopefully al-leviate some of those issues. Oeth stated the computer system will be more effective and effi cient and allow for better response times. The county is still working with the company to determine the best way to enhance the mapping systems that will be placed in all county emergen-cy response vehicles.
Commissioners approved a request by Treasurer Justin White to purchase a new Pit-ney Bowes postage machine for the treasurer’s and clerk’s offi ces. The 60-month lease agreement will cost $348 per
month and provide new ma-chines that are internet-based and networked.
The Animal control report for November included 37 complaints, 16 animals were picked up, and $75 was col-lected.
Walden voiced his con-cerns about the acoustics inside the Hovey House meeting room. He stated he had received numerous com-plaints about the diffi culty to hear conversations during meetings. He urged them to make a commitment to move forward on a project to rec-tify the problem.
County Executive Assis-tant Keely Winiger advised them she is currently work-ing to fi nd a solution with Auditor Nick Wildeman and has received a few quotes. The project will prove to be costly. Walden suggested contacted local universities to see if their audio/visual departments would be inter-ested in taking on the project.
The next commissioners meeting will be held Tues-day, Dec. 17, at 9 a.m. in the Hovey House, Mount Vernon. Walden noted they will be discussing the South Road, New Harmony topic as well as the new employee handbook.
explained. It certainly gives credence to the saying, “It’s the thought that counts.”
Since their retirement, life has taken them down many new paths, in both the literal and fi gurative sense. The couple loves to travel and has been all over the world. It was also dur-ing this time that Don faced two major health crises. He was di-agnosed with prostate cancer in 2007 and has been cancer-free for six years. In 2009, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
Chris believes it is her ea-gerness and love of learning to paint that has drawn Don back to the craft. He stopped for several years but has now re-approached his painting in a new way. He has taught himself how to hold the brushes differ-ently so that he can still create detailed artistry.
It wasn’t long before Chris discovered watercolors and the rest is history. She began post-ing a few of her creations on
Facebook to show friends and family. She never expected the response she received and has recently sold two of her paint-ings.
“It was sort of an ego boost when I received such good feed-back to the pictures I posted on-line,” she said.
Both artists were recently featured during the winter re-ception of the Red Lantern Art Gallery located in the Red Wag-on Restaurant in Poseyville. Many local friends commented to her, ‘I didn’t know you could paint’ and her common response was, “I didn’t either.” Their art will remain in the gallery for viewing through the winter.
She and Don both enjoy help-ing each other paint and they will often collaborate on works together. Chris helps draw fi ne lines for Don’s paintings and he will critique her work and offer
suggestions. They enjoy visiting the art store and she joked that now she understands why he’s so happy when he would pur-chase a new paint brush.
“I look at things differently now. I don’t just look at the trees but I see the leaves and the shad-ing and the depth of the color. I see everything in a lot more de-tail,” Chris said.
Chris marvels at her works and wonders where she hid her creativity all these years.
“If I can do this in fi ve months, I just hope I can con-tinue to improve and get better,” she said.
Her creativity has also been expressed in counted cross stitch work that rivals her paintings. She also enjoys hand beading pillows and has many displayed throughout her house.
“I really enjoy painting be-cause it’s fast. I’ve got to do
things quickly or I don’t like it,” she said.
She has begun painting scenes taken from photographs during their travels and even of the detailed cross stitch pic-tures she has made. She recently completed a watercolor of a carousel that was taken during a trip to Italy.
“At fi rst I said I couldn’t draw a horse, but then it took me two minutes to draw.”
Chris loves to sit in their sun-room and paint in the natural light while Don has set up shop in their garage. Their faithful four-legged companion, Boston Cream Pie, a Boston Terrier, lovingly accompanies both in their respective areas.
To see more of their work or commission an art piece, they can be reached at 812-874-2802 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Don Kellams stands near several of his pencil sketch draw-ings in his Poseyville home. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister
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drop and then let the PHS Elves take care of the gift wrap-ping. Gift wrapping will be available on Saturday, Decem-ber14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The gift wrapping will take place in the Gathering Room of the First United Methodist Church at 601 Main Street in Mount Vernon, Ind.
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In years past, it was around this week that folks began to panic if they did not have their C h r i s t m a s cards ready to mail. Granted, many people still send out holiday cards, but it is a much smaller number of folks than it was some decades ago. I am sure that the main reasons for this are fairly obvious. Post-age is considerably higher, and our hectic lifestyles make the weeks before Christmas much more busy. We can’t forget one of the biggest changes that has altered many things: Facebook and other such internet addic-tions have taken the place of past communication mainstays.
Even if someone only uses simple email, that is still a major way of saying ‘Merry Christ-mas’ to family and friends.
I can remember when it was a big decision to pick out a card design to mail out every year. A lot of people kept to the same theme each year, choos-ing either religious, fancy and expensive, nostalgic, or maybe Santas. Some saw their chosen card as a status symbol, and sent out classic high-priced cards with perhaps embossed lettering, along with thick en-velopes. The post offi ce still issues holiday design stamps,
with a choice of either religious or just a Christmas image like evergreen branches, or orna-
ments.S e v e r a l
years back, I saved all of the Christ-mas cards we received that had a Santa, and made a large montage
of them in a frame. Heather has it hanging on her family room wall. At one time, we received a lot of cards each year, and I usually taped them up around doorways, and so on. However, since I now send out only a handful each year, we get very few. Ironically, sometimes we get more cards that are meant for the former owners of our house and address, from their friends that never got their new location.
I think back to the days that cards were sent to almost every-one. They did not just go to out-of-town people; but also went to neighbors, co-workers, and many others that were on the ‘list.’ I am sure that we weren’t the only people who sent cards to names we did not even rec-ognize. Nobody wants to be the one to cease sending a card, so as long as we received one, we sent one back.
I always hand-addressed my cards, choosing a special pen, with colored ink, and took a
couple of evenings to prepare them for mailing, with stickers on the envelope. I always hated getting the ones with the send-er’s name pre-printed on the in-side. This was SO impersonal. In many cases, I also wrote a little note, as well as signing our names.
Of course, there were the people who sent out their an-nual ‘newsletter.’ I will admit that I, also did this for a while. However I tried to make them like a cheery little message about the year, really just catch-ing people up on basic news. The ones that I thought were the most tacky included a descrip-tion of the sender’s European vacation, their new Lexus, and how much their doctor son was making each year. Christmas cards really aren’t supposed to be the vehicle to brag about such things.
Those who perform some service to us, like the insurance agent, send out cards, some-times including a small calen-dar for the new year. However, higher costs have now cut down on the number of these.
I think that the ones I now really look forward to the most are the ones made like a family photo. Madeleine, the ones your mom and dad send out show you children getting older each year, and I treasure them. First, there was just you as an infant, and went on to include Alexan-der and Issabella.
When we were fi rst married, grandpa and I hand made cards for several years. This was when he was the art teacher at North Posey, and we spent an evening in his classroom, silk-
screening a new design each year. A lot of people said they looked forward to receiving these. I still have copies of most of them.
When Heather and I cleaned out Grandma Madeleine’s things, we discovered that she had saved every card that the children and grandchildren ever sent her, and it was heart-warming to see them again. The childhood signatures from my own kids, scrawled on hand colored cards were a bittersweet reminder of how time passes when we aren’t looking. Grand-ma Lucile kept every card she received from everyone, and I found those hard to discard, also. After the holidays, people sometimes donated their cards to nursing homes for the resi-dents to use in crafts. It always seems a shame to just throw them away.
I always day-dreamed of being a card designer for Hall-Mark, and creating beautiful new images that would be re-produced and sold each year. However, that opportunity did not come about.
The cards of today include small bits of technology, such as playing music, or having the ability for one to record personal messages. Madeleine, there is no telling what will be available for you to purchase in coming years. Even though I hope you don’t move far away from home, I promise to always send you a Christmas greet-ing. We will, of course, keep in touch with email, Facebook, or Skype, but maybe a simple hand-written card received in the mail will be special.
RETROSPECTPAGE A4 • DECEMBER 10, 2013 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM
Birthdays
POSEY COUNTY PAGES OF THE PAST
Compilation by Michelle Gibson
DECEMBER 6, 196350 YEARS AGO
Nine room house for sale in Stew-artsville on a must sell sacrifi ce for $2,200.
One hundred and fourteen head of some of Indiana’s fi nest bloodline Hereford cattle were offered in a public sale at Indiana Mound Farm, southwest of New Harmony.
Miss Suzanne Hammelman was elected as president of the Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship at St. Paul’s Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lemar of Poseyville announce the birth of a daughter, Kathi Jo, on November 27.
Christmas gift needs from Renolds Rexall Pharmacy: Wee Bonnie Baby Dolls $1.98, Tiny Tot Holster Set $2, Steak Knives $.99 and 6-foot Alumi-num Christmas Trees $6.66.
Shirel Jewelry and Appliance in Poseyville Hat Box Hair Dryer sold for $11.48.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Christmas were hosts for a family Thanksgiving basket dinner held at the Wadesville Athletic Club. There were seventy-three family members and three guests in attendance.
James Schiff, Indiana State Trooper and president of the Posey County Law Enforcement Agancy, announced that the county will initi-ate a stricter enforcement and super-vision of the riding of bicycles in the county and towns.
DECEMBER 9, 200310 YEARS AGO
Retiring board members of the Poseyville Library are Naomi Foster, Marijon Davis and Susie Crawford.
Dale and Connie Wilzbacher of St. Philips would like to an-nounce the engagment and up-coming marriage of their son, Shawn Wilzbacher to Mindy Tharp. The ceremony will take place on December 27, 2003.
Harry and Francis Sellards of Poseyville plan to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on De-cember 20.
Walter and Elsie Bertram of Wadesville will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on No-vember 30. They were married on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1933.
The Congregation of Harvest-ime Temple in Mount Vernon held a ground breaking celebration for their new 7,500 square foot facil-ity.
Dean “Rusty” Stratton of Poseyville was commissioned into the River City Clowns on No-vember 22 at Faith Church of the Nazarene.
Braxton Williams and Kayla Brenton are the winners of Dick Lugar Youth Essay Contest.
MVHS offensive lineman Rob-ert Boarman has been named to the Associated Press’ Class 4A All-State football team.
DECEMBER 6, 198825 YEARS AGO
Papa’s Pizza, a new Mount Ver-non restaurant, opened on Main Street. The owners are Illinois na-tives Linda Sandusky and Ronnie Hankins.
New Harmony based group The Act, are performing on weekends at DC’s Lounge. The band con-sists of David Tanner on the gui-tar, Renee Block on the fl ute and saxophone and Heday playing the keyboards and guitar.
Jan Cheshire is the Activities Director at the Meadowbrook Manor in New Harmony.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Happe of New harmony announce the en-gagement and approaching mar-riage of their daughter, Cindy of Frankfourt, Germany, to AFC William Anthony O’Brien 435 S.P.S. of Rhein-Main Air Base West Germany.
Howard Blaylock were united in marriage December 9, 1948 and will celebrate their 40th wed-ding anniversary with their chil-dren.
Conrad Heisner was installed as the new minister at Zion Lippe United Church of Christ.
Mount Vernon freshman heavy-weight wrestler Chris Coburn will likely never forget his fi rst varsity match. He pinned North Posey’s David Terhune in the fi rst period to lift Mount Vernon to a 37 - 28 win over the arch-rival Vikings.
Featured Animalsof The Posey County Pound Puppies
Call (812)-305-4737 for more information
Drake is a very hand-some two-year-old point-er. He is very friendly and gets along with most other dogs, but he does not do well with cats. He is neutered, up to date on shots, heartworm nega-tive, and microchipped, Drake weighs about 40 lbs. Can you give him a good home?
Featured Animalsof The Posey
Humane Soci-ety Call (812)-
838-3211for more
informationBubbles is an approximately two year old female who is very sweet once she gets to know you. She is very shy, but still loves to play with her cat friends.
December 17 - Silver Nelson, Winter Nelson, Deborah Parker, Keith Lockwood, Adam Bousquet, Frank Peterlin, Vick Roby, Diane Shackelford
December 18 - Ginny Andry, Laura Benet, An-drew Guido, Martha Hon-aker, Camilla Herring, Di-ana Mathews, Kayle Orpurt, Abigail Austin
December 19 - Kyle J. Davis, Virginia Huff, Judy Maurer, Rebecca Reyn-olds, Zach Rutledge, Mike Benet, Logan Clowers, Car-olyn Roby
December 20 - Zachary DeLong, Bruce Heriges, Tim Hoehn, V. Alizah John-son, Nick Jones, Sara Jane Kirkpatrick, Randall Little, Julie Offerman, Mark Ro-driguez, John Spradley, Erica Thomas, John “Red” Welker, Colin Wasson, Kenny Williams, Edna Mae
SchneiderDecember 21 - Kathy
Brady, Jameson A. Cox, Kim Gates, Jon D. Hidbrad-er, Kim Rodriguez, Becky Trela, Sarah Ellen Whit-more, Josey Wilson, Brenda Titzer
December 22 - Lisa Ma-rie Benton, Charlene Crum-bacher, Nicholas Cullum, Mike McFall, John Rice, Margaret Shaffer, Amy Stallings, Bobby Davis, An-drew Laughbaum
December 23 - Don Barton, Herman Deckard, Don Powers, Amber N. Sailer, Jeff Wolf, Rosemary York, Debby Effi nger, Kaya Renshaw, Evan Simkins
If you have a name to be included in the birthday calendar, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631 or email: [email protected].
DEAREST MADELEINE
BYCATHYPOWERS
Christmas Cards bring cheer, leave lasting memories
Santa makes his offi cial arrival during the Christmas in New Harmony Parade held Saturday despite the inclement weather the tri-state received Friday. Photo by Dave Pearce
After the heavy snow this weekend, MVJHS student Nicole Tucker has some backyard snowboarding fun. Photo by Zach Straw
American Legion Calendar of Events- The Auxiliary party will
be held at Post 5 on Decem-ber 11 starting at 6 p.m. If you plan to attend, please bring an exchange gift and donations for the food pan-try. Please call Naomi Bell at 838-3808 to reserve.
- The American Legion 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 reservations.
- Post 5 will host its an-nual Adult Christmas Party on Sunday December 22 from noon until 5 p.m. All (paid up) Post 5 Legion Family members (Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion) are in-vited to attend. No children please. Please bring dona-tions for the area food pan-try if you can.
- Post 5 American Le-gion will hold its Legion Family Christmas Party
on Saturday December 21 at the post home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children 12 and under of Post 5 Le-gion Family members (Le-gion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion) are invited to attend. Please bring donations for the area food bank if you can.
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APL News By Stanley Campbell
Busy Hands/Basic Knit-ting
December 11 at 10 a.m. ‘Busy Hands’ is a local gath-ering of crafters and knitters. Cheryl Carroll will be on hand to demonstrate how to stitch during our Basic Knit-ting Program. She will be teaching techniques. Yarn is provided and a limited num-ber of size eight needles are available to use.
Lego ClubDecember 11 at 3:30 p.m.
This is a monthly club for anyone age six and older who loves working with Legos. Registration is re-quired.
Early ClosingDecember 11 at 5 p.m.
The library will close early for a staff holiday party.
Manga OtakuDecember 16 at 3:30 p.m.
Manga Otaku is a group of anime and manga fan meet-ing to watch anime, swap manga, discuss new mangas and anime, which new series to order, have snacks, play games, do crafts, drawing
classes, and more. The club is always looking for new members.Christmas/Holiday Snacks
with Johnna DenningDecember 16 at 6 p.m. and
December 17 at 10 a.m. Johnna Denning will dem-onstrate how you can make easy, quick and delicious snacks for entertaining or as a gift. Everyone who
attends will get their own supply of snacks to enjoy. You must register to take
part.Special Needs
Christmas ProgramDecember 19 at 6 p.m.
This event focuses on the needs of children on the au-tism spectrum, and children with other special needs. Take a trip on the Polar Ex-press, have your picture tak-en with Santa, enjoy refresh-ments, and make a craft. A parent or caregiver must accompany the participant. Registration is required.
Winter StorytimesDecember 23 is the fi rst
day you can register your
child for Winter Storytimes. Treasures Gift Shop
Not sure what to get that special person in your life for Christmas? Are you looking for a unique holi-day gift for your friends and family? Be sure to drop by the Treasures Gift Shop at the Alexandrian Public Li-brary. We are delighted to offer you a new selection of quality local arts and crafts as well as other merchandise that would make perfect gifts.
Want to register?The library offers mul-
tiple ways you can register, including: on the web, by phone, and in person. You can register well in advance by going to our website at www.apl.lib.in.us. Can’t register on-line? Call the Adult Information Desk at (812) 838-3286 or visit the Adult Information Desk in person. Our library staff rep-resentative will be ready to assist you and answer your questions. Check out our Facebook page and Like us.
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Part of the Obstacle Course Racing team ‘Cornfed Spartans’ celebrate Jeff Barnes’ (center) Birthday by taking a snowy-covered seven mile hike on Saturday morning through Mount Vernon. Joining Jeff are (l-r) his wife Jennifer and friends, David Rose, Lacey Bertram and Sean Jastillano. Photo by Zach Straw. Find out more about them and their team at www.cornfedspartans.com
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Ed Mellor, Sheriff Greg Oeth, Coroner Jay Price, Liz Miller and Kelcey Rick-etts stayed late on Tuesday evening at the Black Township Fire Station to give out free 2013 Hadi Shrine Circus Tickets to local elementary school students. Photo by Zach Straw
Tickets to New Har-mony’s Holiday Ball are still available. The ball will be held at Thrall’s Opera House, Saturday, December 14 from 8-11 p.m. The Tri-State’s own ‘The Temple Airs’ big band will perform Christmas music and tunes of the 30s and 40s. Guests can enjoy champagne punch and holiday refreshments, and there will be an open
dance fl oor. All proceeds from this
charity event will benefi t lo-cal community projects. Past recipients include the Ribey-re Gymnasium Restoration Group and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, both of New Harmony.
Sponsors include the Kap-pa Kappa Kappa Beta Chap-ter and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites.
Advance tickets are $15 per person; $20 per person at the door. For tickets or more in-formation, call Donna Creek 812.682.3089 or Amanda Bryden 812.682.3085. Ad-vance tickets are also avail-able at the Antique Show-rooms in the Mews, New Harmony. Thrall’s Opera House is located at 612 Church Street, New Har-mony.
Tickets still available for Holiday Ball
Save the Date for the Twelfth annual St. Philip School Benefi t Dance to be held Saturday, January 25. Tickets will be $25 per person and $40 per couple, which includes an appe-tizer buffet, beer, wine, soft drinks, and live entertain-ment by the band Kraft-works. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Must be 21 or older to enter, ID required. Ad-ditional information when ticket sales commence, as numbers will be limited.
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With Thanksgiving being later this year, there is less time to prepare for Christmas. This can add stress to what should be a hap-py time of year. Let Posey Humane Society make your season brighter. Drop your pack-ages off at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, December 14 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. First United Methodist Church is located at 601 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind.
The PHS elves will be set up in the Gath-ering Room ready to wrap your gifts with
bright paper and bows. Please include with each package a note on how you want the tag to read. For example: To Jenny, From: Aunt Kate.
There is no limit on packages and there is no set fee per package. But the animals at the shelter will be glad to accept any dona-tions made, either monetary or in the form of supplies. Visit our website, www.posey-humane.org, for a wishlist of items needed at the shelter.
Gift Wrapping Service available at FUMCThe Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus
will perform two Christmas concerts for the public. The orchestra was organized by Dennis Noon in the summer of 2006 as the Woodwind Classical Wind Ensemble with 17 youth and adult players. They are now in their eighth year, presenting three concert series per year and have grown to a group of 75 musicians- both instrumental and vocal.
Noon is the orchestra conductor and Nancy Noon directs the chorus. They enjoy presenting classical, popular, and holiday music for the enjoyment and enrichment of the community. They invite everyone to at-tend their upcoming Christmas concerts on Friday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. at For-est Hills Wesleyan Church, 2801 Claremont Avenue in Evansville and Sunday, Decem-ber 15, at 4 p.m. at the First United Method-
ist Church, 601 Main Street, Mount Vernon.Both performances will feature Arthur
Frackenpohl’s ‘Concertino for Tuba and Or-chestra’ with tuba soloist Thomas Hemen-way; Camille Saint-Saens, ‘The Swan’ from ‘Carnival of the Animals’ with Donna Shaw, cello soloist; ‘Dance of the Melitons’ from ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ by P.I. Tchaikovsky; ‘We Need a Little Christmas’ by Jerry Her-man with orchestra and chorus; ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ arranged by Keith Christopher and performed by the chorus.
Both concerts are free admission; how-ever free will donations will be accepted.
Visit their website at www.wolfgang-or-chestra.org or fi nd them on Facebook.
They are a not-for-profi t organization and are funded through dues, donations, and grants.
Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus to perform Christmas concerts
Recipe of the Week
First Presbyterian Church120 E. 6th St., Mount Vernon 838-2473
from the cookbook of: Linda Kuykendall
3/4 c. shortening1 c. granulated sugar1 egg1 tsp. vanilla2 sq. (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
1 1/2 c. sifted all purpose fl our1/2 tsp. salt1 1/2 tsp. instant coffee powder3/4 c. milk1 c. quick cooking rolled oats1/2 c. chopped nuts
DIRECTIONSCream shortening and sugar until fl uffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in chocolate. Sift to-
gether fl our, salt and instant coffee powder. Add to chocolate mixture alternately with milk. Stir in rolled oats and nuts. Drop mixture from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in moderate over (350 degrees) 12 to 15 minutes or until done. Dust with confectioner’s sugar. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
FUDGE NUGGETSINGREDIENTS
The Mount Vernon and New Harmony Ministe-rial Salem United Church of Christ is hosting a Black-wood Brothers Christmas Concert on Saturday, De-cember 14, 2013.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. The church bell choir under the direction of Mrs. Delores Hedeman and Mrs. Jeanie Smith will play followed by Gina Moore’s delightful singing.
Blackwood Brothers will then perform. Ticket price is $10. Proceeds will go to sup-port the monthly food bank held at Salem which is locat-
ed just south of the Fishtail Restaurant and gas station (formerly Busler’s) on High-way 62 at the St. Philip-West Franklin crossroad light. The address of Salem Church is
11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road, Evansville 47712.
For more information contact 812-760-4540 rather than the church as we do not have a fulltime secretary.
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Community Table for DecemberEvery Thursday, serving
from 5 - 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome, sin-gles, couples and families. No preaching, just good eating.
Thursday, December 12 – Chicken Dumpling Soup,
German Bologna with Crack-ers, Applesauce, Dessert
Thursday, December 19 - Ham Slice, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread Slice, Dessert
No meal served on Dec. 26.
Seeds of the Sower by Michael Guido
Agape Family Ministries5529 Industrial RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2232
Apostolic Bible Church9808 New Harmony RoadPoseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5456
Bethesda General Baptist Church1600 Savah RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620
Black’s Chapel United Methodist1800 West Fourth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-0318
Calvary Baptist Church618 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-4777
Church of Christ700 Mill StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2635
Church of God Mission627 W. 5th StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2236
Church of the Nazarene531 E. Steammill StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3288
Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC)4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon
Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Phone: 812-568-8409
First Baptist Church1205 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2187
First Baptist Church E. Tavern StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631
First Christian Church 7226 Hwy 66Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4278
First Christian Church 1403 Country Club RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2855
First Church of the Nazarene424 Vine StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2743
First Presbyterian Church120 E. Sixth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2473
First United Church of ChristCorner of North & WalnutCynthiana, Ind. 47612
First United Methodist Church601 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2640
Griffi n Christian Church 319 N. Main Street Griffi n, Ind. 47616 Phone: 812-851-3291
Harvestime Temple101 Roosevelt DriveMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-5447
Holy Angels Catholic Church 423 South StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-838-2535
Immanuel United Church of Christ5812 N. Ford RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-3115
Independent Pentecostal Assembly 312 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620
Johnson United Methodist Church 403 RaintreeNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4648
Lighthouse Assembly of GodPastor Jason Farrar1005 E. Tavern St.New Harmony, Ind. 47631
Messiah Lutheran Church7700 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-2278
Mount Pleasant Church3801 Blackford Road
Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3930
Mount Vernon General Baptist Church 1717 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4555
Mount Zion General Baptist Church1425 Oliver RoadWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-783-2337
New Beginnings Christian Fellow-ship Church11420 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5288
New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3626
North Posey Community Church Poseyville, Ind. 47633 812-874-2028
Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165Poseyville, IN 47633Phone: 812-874-3186
Point Church of the Nazarene, 12611 Bonebank RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5182
Poseyville Christian Church 6 E. Main St. ,Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-3411
Saint John’s Episcopal Church 602 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620
Phone: 812-838-5445
St. Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2535
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cales Street, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-2251
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66,Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-985-3416
St. Peter’s United Methodist 2800 S. Saint Philips RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-3751
Saint Philip Catholic Church3500 St. Philip Road SouthMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-2275
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church318 Main StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4604
Saint Wendel Catholic Church 10542 W Boonville New Harmony RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3733
Salem Heusler United Church of Christ11325 Lower Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2542
South Gibson Apostolic Chapel6144 S. 1075 W.Owensville, Ind. 47665Phone: 812-729-7231
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church10 N. St. Francis Avenue,Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2220
Stewartsville United Methodist RR 2 Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5561
The House of Prayer 8012 Bald Knob Rd.Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-550-4653
The Turning Point9800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-9800
Trinity United Church of Christ 505 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3805
United Church of Christ of Cynthiana
University Heights Baptist Church8800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5158
Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton StreetWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4660
Zion Lippe United Church of Christ9000 Copperline Road EastMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2437
Zoar United Church of Christ4600 Church RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3749
Worship with us
The Harmony Chapel Church of the Nazarene Church in New Harmony is inviting anyone who is look-ing for children’s clothing to
call the church for help. We have clothes for any sizes and ages and even have a few jackets. If you have a need please call 812-682-3288.
Harmony Chapel clothing ministry is open
Sermon of the Week: Remember, Christ is the Real Reason for the Season
St. Peter's United Meth-odist Church United Meth-odist Women are collect-ing blankets for the needy until December 10. Blan-kets can be new or slightly used. To arrange a drop off of blankets, please call 812-985-3751.
St. Peter’s UMC collecting blankets
Trinity Lutheran Church, Darmstadt, will have nativity scene on displays for viewing December 9 through Decem-ber 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Saturday, December 14, a pancake breakfast will be served from 7-10 a.m.
with a free-will offering. The breakfast will include all you can eat pancakes, sausage, fruit, coffee, milk, and juice. There will also be live Christmas music during the breakfast for your enjoy-ment.
The nativity scene display will be open during the break-fast, so stop by and view the display after the breakfast.
Trinity is located at 1401 West Boonville-New Har-mony Road. All are welcome to attend.
Bridges of Hope, a Fair Trade Mission of First United Methodist Church, 601 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Indi-ana has new store hours. We are open every Tuesday and every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can enter the store from the parking lot at the northwest corner of Wes-ley Hall.
We carry handcrafted items from around the world and new items are arriv-ing weekly. We have lots of Christmas ornaments, unique nativities, metal art, pottery, baskets, handbags and totes, knitted hats, jewelry, scarves, greeting cards, and stocking stuffers. We also carry 'Fair Trade Equal Exchange’ cof-
fee, tea, baking cocoa, and chocolate.
By purchasing these items, you will provide income and dignity to hardworking and talented artisans of develop-ing regions around the world.
Please fi nd us on Facebook at Bridges of Hope Fair Trade and on the web at www.fi rstumcmv/mission/boh.
Nativity Scene and Breakfast planned
Salem UCC to host Christmas Concert
Bridges of Hope sets new store hours
Josiah Wedgewood was the founder of one of the world’s fi nest pottery busi-nesses. It was his practice to walk through his plant carrying a little hammer. Whenever he detected the slightest defect in any of his earthenware, he would break it and shout, “Only the best is worthy of the name of Wedgewood.” That is why his china has maintained the reputation of being among the world’s
fi nest.Have you ever consid-
ered what it means to be called ‘Christian?’ It means that we are being called by the name ‘Christ.’ What a privilege. But are we wor-thy?
Often individuals fi nd fault with the way some who are called ‘Christian’ behave. It is not that those in question ‘believe’ wrong, it is simply that they do not ‘behave’ right. It is an ob-
servation about how they live and what they do. The world fi nds no fault with Christ, but has diffi culty understanding why those who represent Him do not live as they are expected to.
Perhaps this is why many do not receive Him.
Too many of those who claim His name fi nd it easi-er to ‘talk’ as He did than to ‘walk’ as He walked.
Visit us at: SowerMinis-tries.org
By Sean Esterline, Messiah Lutheran ChurchShe will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will
save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:2)Imagine God walking up to the door of your house on Christmas day and seeing the
following: Outside the strings of lights are falling off of the eaves of the house, exten-sion cords are trailing everywhere. Inside he hears the shouts of kids fi ghting over video games because you brought the wrong ones and they haven’t learned to share. There’s wrapping paper—everywhere. The Christmas tree is lying on its side right where the cat climbed up and rode it to the ground. The dog is at the vet’s after he got electrocuted chewing a strand of lights. Smoke pours out from the kitchen where the ham is burning in the oven. Your wife is crying because last year’s Christmas dress won’t fi t anymore and the stores are all closed. And you’re crying because you’re holding the most recent Visa and Master Card bills in your lap. But there, over in a quiet corner of the house, on a small table, sits the manger display. In all of this chaos the baby is still there. So is the potential for the perfect Christmas. God is still smiling. You would be smiling too, if you took some time and thought about what that manger really means.
We’ve allowed Christmas to become a burden instead of the joy it really should be. Why does this happen? It happens because we get carried away by the traditions and forget the meaning behind them.
There’s a great deal of pressure during these few days for women especially. You expect to provide the family with the “perfect Christmas.” You do the shopping, prepare the meals, invite the guest, and provide the cozy comforts. Meanwhile, you worry. Will everyone get along? Will the kids stop fi ghting long enough to notice what you’ve done? Will everything be perfect?
Women, give yourself a break and stop thinking that somehow by overworking your-self you can bring peace to your family. Only God can do that. Go ahead and be a blessing to others, but don’t take on yourself the burden of making sure everyone has the perfect Christmas. A Christian Christmas isn’t about meals, toys, entertainment and everyone getting along. Christmas is about Jesus. God came down to earth to take our sins and save us from evil. If your family has an appreciation for this, then Christmas will come in the best way possible.
Fathers, also, can be burdened by their own expectation that they must provide all the fancy gifts and expensive trimmings for Christmas, especially by supporting the bal-looning credit card bill when it comes. For this year I’d guess that the damage is already
done, but we still have that uneasiness that if someone doesn’t get everything they want, then we let them down—and we Fathers don’t want our children or our wives to be disappointed in us. The truth is though, Christ didn’t come down to earth to burden us with a load like this. He came to set us free. Christ came to release the captives, to set the prisoners free. It’s wrong for us to allow ourselves to be burdened again. The bills will be paid. God will provide for his people. We men have to remember that Christ-mas is not about us meeting everyone’s needs. It’s about God the Father doing that by sending his Son into the world. If we could have done it, he wouldn’t have sent Jesus. Fathers should work to turn the family’s attention away from dependence on goods and entertainment and on to the joy and contentment of Jesus Christ coming into our lives and remaining with us through everything. So, have you made the family Christmas complete by telling your family, especially your children, how much they are loved, not only by you, but also by our Father in heaven?
Children also have to learn that Christmas isn’t about getting entertained, but about getting saved. Kids, if you wake up on Tuesday and there’s no X-Box or Game Cube under the tree for you, don’t be disappointed. Honestly, can that video game bless you with peace in your life? Can it forgive you for the many black sins that stain your heart? Does it watch over you night and day for the rest of your life? When you die, can that game raise you up from the dead and make you live forever? Don’t allow yourself to be burdened with the love of things and lose the love of God.
Instead, when you wake up on Christmas morning, be thankful to God loves you. He has blessed you with people who love you. He brought you to be born in the rich-est country the world has ever known. Remember the kids in Afghanistan who never have enough to eat and have no games only blood and violence every day of their lives. Thank the Lord that he has given you Christian parents who teach you it is foolish to worship toys, clothes, entertainment and money. They taught you to know that Jesus is the person who loves you and blesses you with what you need to live forever.
As we gather with our families on Christmas Eve, remember those who can’t be home because God is using them to protect us from evil. I’m talking about soldiers and their families, about doctors and nurses caring for the sick, and the police and fi remen who protect us. Give thanks that we have one another, especially here and now. And remem-ber the people who have no family to spend the holidays with, especially those who’s loved ones have died over the past year. Take time to thank God for blessing you with the people, the family and friends, that you have around you.
Christmas is an opportunity for us to remember once again how precious every single person is to God our Father. But even when we get it wrong—even when we turn the blessings into burdens, he does not cast us away and start over. He comes among us in a humble way, teaching, loving, forgiving, and leading us to see how much he loves us. He takes away the guilt we are not strong enough to carry. He takes it on himself and bears it all. We are his people once again. He is our God forever.
The best present a person can receive this Christmas is the power to believe that what the angel of the Lord said to Joseph has come true. Mary will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sin. Through the life and work of the newborn Babe of Bethlehem, you’ve been saved—all your sins have been forgiven, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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Ken Turner and Valor III, a gospel musical group consisting of four men from Statesville, NC, will be at a Special Service held at the Zion Lippe UCC during their 10 a.m. service on December 15. Everyone is welcome.
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Black's Chapel UMC will be staging a Live Drive-Thru Nativity on Sunday, December 22, from 5 - 8 p.m. at their location, 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon. Plans are to have live camels, sheep and a donkey, if weather permits.
Please drive-thru the nativity and help us celebrate the birth of Jesus. There is no charge for this event.
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Hoosier students in grades six through 12 who are having trouble with math or science
school work can get help by contacting Rose-Hul-man Institute of Technol-ogy’s Homework Hot-line.
Tutoring is provided over the phone by col-lege students who were recommended by their professors. These tutors are trained on how to best answer questions and ex-plain diffi cult concepts to younger students.
The Homework Ho-tline can be accessed: September through May, Sunday to Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Toll free at 1-877-ASK-ROSE (275-7673)
Rose-Hulman also pro-vides ISTEP+, GQE and SAT resources, such as study tips and practice tests, to prepare students for these standardized tests.
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Derrick Wells, a local Edward Jones fi nancial ad-visor, is supporting the Ma-rine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program by using his offi ce as a drop-off location for this year’s toy drive.
Local residents may help needy children in the area by bringing in a new, un-wrapped toy to the offi ce, at 431 E Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620, during regular business hours beginning November 5, 2013 through December 19, 2013.
“With the holiday season around the corner, we are all getting ready for the fes-tivities,” Wells said. “And as this is the season of giv-ing, now is a great time to remember the less fortunate in our community.”
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Sabic’s Innovative Plas-tics Business Makes Major Investments To Drive Com-petitiveness And Sustain-ability At Its Largest U.S. Facility
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today an-nounced two major invest-ments at its largest U.S. facility aimed at further increasing the business’ global competitiveness and sustainability by enhancing the reliability and effi ciency of production. These invest-ments at the Mount Vernon, Indiana site will benefi t the business’ customers through effi cient and reliable pro-duction, and the local com-munity with the anticipated creation of between 150 and 200 temporary construction jobs over two and a half years.
The fi rst investment in-volves the production of a state-of-the-art cogeneration (CoGen) plant that will use natural gas to create a major-ity of the steam for the site. Currently, coal boilers pow-er 40 percent of the site’s steam. The EPA recently is-
sued new Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Tech-nology (MACT) Standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers. In-novative Plastics is building a CoGen plant that addresses the EPA standards and offers an economical and sustain-able solution by leverag-ing the long-term supply of natural gas.
The CoGen plant is ex-pected to reduce the Mount Vernon facility’s greenhouse gas intensity, which includes GHG from the site and from electricity used from the re-gional grid, by 35 - 40 per-cent compared to a 2010 baseline. The GHG intensity savings are equivalent to re-moving more than 110,000 passenger vehicles from the road annually. In addition, the CoGen planat is expected to enhance the plant’s energy effi ciency, helping reduce costs over the long-term.
The second investment, which is designed to stream-line the effi ciency of the chemical production pro-cess, will reduce energy in-tensity, and promotes safety
and sustainability. The new technology is expected to operate 20-30 percent more effi ciently than the current technology, using less steam and electricity, further in-creasing the Mount Vernon site’s competitive position. Additionally, this signifi cant investment will enable the site to reduce its GHG in-tensity. The new technology is expected to be completed in 2015 and, compared to a 2010 baseline, is expected to reduce GHG intensity equivalent to removing near-ly 3,000 passenger vehicles from the road annually.
“In a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive global market, our business strives to be innovative, ef-fi cient, and sustainable in everything that we do. We place a substantial amount of time and resources into creating world-class manu-facturing operations that use state-of-the-art technology to deliver on our customer commitments. SABIC’s In-novative Plastics business continuously adapts and im-proves our business process-es, and makes appropriate investments to ensure com-petitiveness over the long-term,” said Mike Walsh vice president of manufacturing for SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business. “These
investments demonstrate the business’ commitment to be-ing the preferred supplier of engineering thermoplastics, while continuing to pursue its ambitious sustainability objectives.”
The Mount Vernon site is SABIC’s largest U.S. manu-facturing facility employing approximately 1,200 em-ployees. The site began op-erations in 1960 producing one product – LEXAN™ resin. Continued invest-ments in the Mount Vernon site over the years have turned the site into a best-in-class SABIC facility with expanded manufacturing capabilities to produce core and speciality products.
“The Innovative Plastics business is committed to investing in its operations at the Mount Vernon site which benefi ts customers
and the local community. The investments we’re an-nouncing today are the larg-est in the Mount Vernon facility in 30 years, and are in-line with our commitment as a business to serving our customers, and supporting the communities where we operate. Signifi cant invest-ments like these position the site for continued growth and competitiveness,” said
Joe Castrale, Mount Vernon plant manager for SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business.
Next Steps Detailed de-sign, construction, and envi-ronmental plans for both in-vestments are being created. The business will then work with local, state and federal offi cials to obtain the appro-priate regulatory approvals in order to begin construc-tion.
The offi ce of Edward Jones fi nancial advisor Steve Harding is proud to be an offi cial drop-off point for the 2013 Toys for Tots cam-paign. You can drop off your contributions at 430 South-wind Plaza Road, Mount Vernon, Ind.
Should you have any questions, please let contact the offi ce at 812-838-4668.
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Sabic’s Mount Vernon location. Photo submitted
Farm families can learn about succession planning for the future of their busi-ness operations by attend-ing the ‘Business Struc-ture, Taxes and Valuation’ workshop of Purdue Ex-tension’s Farming Together series, January 16 and 17.
The two day workshop, to be held locally at the Southwest Purdue Agricul-tural Center on highway 41 north of Vincennes, will fo-cus on legal and tax issues with farm transfer, long-range business planning, operating and buy-sell agreements, and business valuation.
Each workshop will fea-ture a local attorney and accountant as well as pre-sentations from members of the Purdue Succession Planning Team. A panel of family farmers will share their experiences from the succession planning pro-cess.
“Families participating in the program will also have the opportunity to meet with members from the Succession Planning Team to discuss and ask questions specifi c to their
operation,” said Tamara Ogle, Cass County Exten-sion educator and event coordinator.
Day One programming begins at 9 a.m. (Eastern time) and will end at 4 p.m. Lunch is included. Day Two is a complimen-tary one-hour farm fam-ily meeting with the Farm Succession Planning Team.
Registration is due by January 2. A program packet will be mailed to each family participating. Cost is $150 for the fi rst four family members; each additional member costs $15.
To register, download the registration form at the Purdue Center for Com-mercial Agriculture’s web-site at: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/commercialag/resources/succession/in-dex.html.
For more information, contact Ogle at 574-753-7750 or at: [email protected].
Program partners in-clude the Purdue Women in Agriculture team and the Purdue Farm Succession Planning Team.
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Pictured at right: Joseph Julian, right, is congratu-lated by principal Kyle Jones, after his fi rst place win at the MVJHS 2013 Spelling Bee. Joseph was also the 2011 and 2012 fi rst place winner. Photo submitted.
St. Wendel Geography Bee winners: Top Row L-R seventh-grade teacher Andrew Rokosz, Caleb Dyson, Alex Gries, Blaise Kelley, Tanner Schickel and Sam Muenster-man. Bottom Row L-R Dawson Wunderlich, Kathryn Muensterman, Avery Martin, Emma Lamble and Lindsey Koester. Photo submitted
St. Wendel fi fth-grader Blaise Kelley was the winner of the St. Wendel Geography Bee. Photo submitted
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Oh holy night!The stars are brightly shiningIt is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!Long lay the world in sin and error piningTill he appear’d and the soul felt its worth.A thrill of hope the weary world rejoicesFor yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your kneesOh hear the angel voicesOh night divineOh night when Christ was bornOh night divineOh night divine
Led by the light of Faith serenely beamingWith glowing hearts by His cradle we standSo led by light of a star sweetly gleamingHere come the wise men from Orient landThe King of Kings lay thus in lowly mangerIn all our trials born to be our friend
Truly He taught us to love one anotherHis law is love and His gospel is peaceChains shall He break for the slave is our brotherAnd in His name all oppression shall ceaseSweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,Let all within us praise His holy name
OH HOLY NIGHT
Hark! the herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”Peace on earth, and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciledJoyful, all ye nations, rise,Join the triumph of the skies;With th’ angelic host proclaim,“Christ is born in Bethlehem.” Hark! the herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”
Christ, by highest heav’n adored:Christ, the everlasting Lord;Late in time behold him come,Offspring of the favored one.Veil’d in fl esh, the Godhead see;Hail, th’incarnate Deity:Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,Jesus, our Emmanuel!Hark! the herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”
Hail! the heav’n born Prince of peace!Hail! the Son of Righteousness!Light and life to all he brings,Risen with healing in his wingsMild he lays his glory by,Born that man no more may die:Born to raise the sons of earth,Born to give them second birth.Hark! the herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
We wish you a Merry Christmas,We wish you a Merry Christmas,We wish you a Merry Christmas,And a Happy New Year.
Good tidings to you,And all of your kin,Good tidings for Christmas,And a Happy New Year.
We all know that Santa’s coming,We all know that Santa’s coming,We all know that Santa’s coming,And soon will be here.
Good tidings to you,And all of your kin,Good tidings for Christmas,And a Happy New Year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas,We wish you a Merry Christmas,We wish you a Merry Christmas,And a Happy New Year
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.Come and behold Him,Born the King of Angels!
O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.Sing, alleluia,
All ye choirs of angels;O sing, all ye blissful ones of heav’n above.Glory to God In the highest glory!
O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;Jesus, to Thee be the glory giv’n;Word of the Father,Now in the fl esh appearing,
O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Have a holly, jolly Christmas;It’s the best time of the yearI don’t know if there’ll be snowbut have a cup of cheerHave a holly, jolly Christmas;And when you walk down the streetSay Hello to friends you knowand everyone you meet
Oh hothe mistletoehung where you can see;Somebody waits for you;Kiss her once for meHave a holly jolly Christmasand in case you didn’t hearOh by golly have a holly jolly Christmas this year
A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
You know Dasher, and Dancer, andPrancer, and Vixen,Comet, and Cupid, andDonder and BlitzenBut do you recallThe most famous reindeer of all
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeerhad a very shiny noseand if you ever saw ityou would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeerused to laugh and call him namesThey never let poor Rudolphplay in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say: “Rudolph with your nose so bright,won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
Then all the reindeer loved himas they shouted out with glee,Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,you’ll go down in history!
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
Away in a manger,No crib for His bedThe little Lord JesusLaid down His sweet head
The stars in the bright skyLooked down where He layThe little Lord JesusAsleep on the hay
The cattle are lowingThe poor Baby wakesBut little Lord JesusNo crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord JesusLook down from the skyAnd stay by my side,‘Til morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus,I ask Thee to stayClose by me foreverAnd love me I pray
Bless all the dear childrenIn Thy tender careAnd take us to heavenTo live with Thee there
AWAY IN A MANGER
I’ll be home for ChristmasYou can plan on mePlease have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will fi nd meWhere the love light gleamsI’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams
I’ll be home for ChristmasYou can plan on mePlease have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will fi nd meWhere the love light gleamsI’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreamsIf only in my dreams
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Oh the weather outside is frightfulBut the fi re is so delightfulAnd since we’ve no place to goLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn’t show signs of stoppingAnd I’ve bought some corn for poppingThe lights are turned way down lowLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we fi nally kiss good nightHow I’ll hate going out in the storm!But if you’ll really hold me tightAll the way home I’ll be warm
The fi re is slowly dyingAnd, my dear, we’re still good-byingBut as long as you love me soLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
LET IT SNOW
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la!
‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la!Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la!Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la!
See the blazing yule before us, Fa la la la la la la la!Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa la la la la la la la!
Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la la la la la la!While I tell of Yuletide treasure, Fa la la la la la la la!
Fast away the old year passes, Fa la la la la la la la!Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la la la la!Sing we joyous all together! Fa la la la la la la la!Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la la la la la la la!
DECK THE HALLSSilent night, holy night!All is calm, all is bright.Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.Holy infant so tender and mild,Sleep in heavenly peace,Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!Shepherds quake at the sight.Glories stream from heaven afarHeavenly hosts sing Alleluia,Christ the Savior is born!Christ the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night!Son of God love’s pure light.Radiant beams from Thy holy faceWith dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus Lord, at Thy birthJesus Lord, at Thy birth
SILENT NIGHT
I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUSI saw Mommy kissing Santa ClausUnderneath the mistletoe last night.She didn’t see me creepdown the stairs to have a peep;She thought that I was tuckedup in my bedroom fast asleep.
Then, I saw Mommy tickle Santa ClausUnderneath his beard so snowy white;Oh, what a laugh it would have beenIf Daddy had only seenMommy kissing Santa Claus last night
I’m dreaming of a White ChristmasJust like the ones I used to knowWhere the treetops glistenand children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I’m dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be white.
I’m dreaming of a white ChristmasWith every Christmas card I writeMay your days be merry and brightAnd may all your Christmases be white.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Feliz NavidadFeliz NavidadFeliz NavidadProspero Ano y Felicidad.
Feliz NavidadFeliz NavidadFeliz NavidadProspero Ano y Felicidad.
I wanna wish you a Merry ChristmasI wanna wish you a Merry ChristmasI wanna wish you a Merry ChristmasFrom the bottom of my heart.
FELIZ NAVIDAD
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By Dave PearceThe Wood Memorial Lady Trojans’ bas-
ketball style was tough to emulate outside of a hockey rink or a football fi eld. But Viking Coach Tracy Stroud had seen the Lady Trojans pummel a pretty good Te-cumseh team last week and knew his team would have to be ready when the Lady Trojans came to Poseyville this week. And they were.
The Lady Trojans must have thought they were looking in the mirror when an aggressive Viking team (on both sides of the ball) took them out of their game and totally outplayed and dismantled the Lady Trojans right out of the gate. The end result was a 40-16 fi rst-half lead for the Lady Vi-kings. They would never look back.
Kelsey Owen opened the score with a rebound basket and when Wood answered with a free throw, Hayley Harness scored to make it 4-1.
Following a Viking miss, the Lady Tro-jans beat the Viking defense back up the fl oor to pull to within 4-3 and that, by far, was as close as the Trojans would get.
Hayley Harness hit another fi eld goal and Owen scored again inside at the 4:11 mark and it was 8-3. Owen was the recipi-ent of a pass off a turnover and the Vikings were off to a 10-3 lead.
The Lady Trojans got their second bas-ket of the fi rst quarter at the 3:35 mark but another run included a Hayley Harness rebound bucket and free throw, an Emma Werry drive to the basket, and a Rachel Ungethiem steal and bucket and the Vi-kings were ahead 17-5.
The Lady Trojans would get on the board again at the 2:17 mark but Ungeth-iem would hit a pair of free throws and Hannah Harness would score on a drive and the Vikings were ahead 23-11 at the end of the fi rst period.
After Wood Memorial got on the board fi rst in the second period to pull to within 23-13, the Vikings went on another tear.
Madison Worman stole the ball and scored on a lay-up, Ungethiem scored four, two on a fi eld goal and a pair of free throws, Owens got another bucket in-side and Werry was fouled on her way to the bucket and she canned a pair of free throws. With 3:27 remaining in the fi rst half, the Lady Trojans called a time out but the Vikings had blown out to a 20-point lead and they were not fi nished.
After giving up a pair of free throws,
Hayley Harness scored on a putback while Worman connected from downtown and Hayley scored at the buzzer and Wood was staring at a 40-16 half-time defi cit.
“They were 2-0 coming into the game and we had to match how physical they were,” Coach Tracy Stroud said after the game. “We did drills all week and worked on catching the ball and ripping the ball through with people banging on your arms. You can’t count on getting those fouls called all the time so you have to make sure you don’t lose the ball, even if you get fouled. We just worked on being strong with the ball and all but about one or two of our players did a good job of catching the fall, ripping it through and facing our own basket. If you don’t face your own basket, you don’t back them off. We also wanted to stay away from the sidelines and get to the middle of the fl oor and we just stressed that stuff all week over and over.”
Stroud credited his team’s toughness with their ability to build a big lead and put the Lady Trojans down early.
But the Lady Trojans made a run in the third period, scoring the fi rst four points before Owen could answer inside. The Lady Vikes missed a pair of free throws and allowed Wood Memorial to score the next six points and all of a sudden the 22-point lead had been cut to 16.
Kayla Sanford’s 3-pointer helped the Lady Vikes stem the tide but the Lady Tro-jans managed to remain within 16 at 45-29 heading into the fi nal period.
“There in the third quarter, we got back to not ripping the ball and not facing and dribbling the ball into the corners and we had eight turnovers in the third quarter alone,” Stroud said. “We only had four turnovers the whole fi rst half. When you combine that with missed free throws, we let them get back in the game a little bit.”
When the Lady Trojans scored the fi rst basket of the fi nal period, the Lady Vikings got back into their gameplan. Owen scored inside and Werry scored on a drive. Before Wood scored four in a row.
Wood Memorial called time out with 3:03 and the Viking play for the night was summed up on the ensuing play.
Facing a chance for the Lady Trojans to cut the lead to a dozen, Ungethiem knocked a pass loose and while teammate Madison Worman ran it down, Ungethiem Hayley Harness shows the concentration that has led to her scoring as of late. She
has also been on the receiving end of several teammates’ assists once the team breaks the press. Photo by Dave Pearce
Lady Vikings give Trojans a taste of own medicine
By Steven KocherspergerComing into this week’s game
at Princeton the Mount Vernon Wildcats were hoping the few days of rest would help them get back to full strength and put them back on a winning track. The team knew they had a tough task in taming Princeton’s Jackie Young with a limited roster. In the end that task proved much more diffi cult than it might have looked on paper as the Princeton Tigers walked all over the Wildcats beating them 56-24 to open the Big Eight Conference schedule.
Mount Vernon jumped up on the Tigers in the opening minute of the contest as senior Ellen Foster made a layup and was fouled on the Wildcats fi rst trip down court. After she sank her free throw from the foul the Wildcats took an early 3-0 lead on the Tigers. That would prove to be the only time Mount Vernon would lead in the game and the only points the Cats would
have after the fi rst period of play. The Tigers took a commanding 15-3 lead into the second period of play and never looked back. The Lady Cats scored just nine more points in the second period of play and the Tigers took a fi fteen point lead into the locker room at half-time 27-12.
Coming out of the halftime the Wildcats hoped things would go a bit differently after making several adjustments at the break. The Cats scored four of the fi rst six points of the half behind baskets by Chey-enne Strobel and Erin Wolfe. But Princeton would not allow Mount Vernon to make any kind of run to get back in the game and eventually stretched the lead to twenty at 40-20 with just over two minutes left in the third period of play. That’s when highly recruited sophomore Jackie Young went down with an apparent injury. Young would be fi ne though and her Tigers ended the third period leading 44-20.
Ellen Foster had one free throw go in and Abby Randall had a three point play in the fi nal period to ac-count for the rest of the Wildcat points. In the end it was all Princ-eton as the Tigers walked away victorious 56-24 to continue their great opening to their season.
The Wildcats were led in points by Ellen Foster who ended her night with eight points. Abby Ran-dall added fi ve points for the Cats and Cheyenne Strobel helped with just four, all in the third period of play.
The loss drops the Lady Cats to 1-4 on the season as the start to the year continues to look tough in many ways. This is not the way the Cats believed they would start and hope to get healthy soon as the Big Eight Conference schedule looks to be tough as usual.
The Wildcats had a Saturday matchup at home with Vincennes Rivet postponed due to the snow and ice that interrupted plans for
everyone in Posey County.The Wildcats now turn their at-
tention to Mater Dei and Gibson Southern this week in hopes of turning the season around. That looks to be a tough task as both those teams are not push overs and
should give Mount Vernon all they can handle.
Mount Vernon will travel to Ma-ter Dei on Tuesday and be home Thursday to take on Gibson South-ern. Both tip times for the Varsity matchups will be 7:30 pm.
Princeton’s Tigers live up to billing, hand Wildcats loss
Special Olympics Bowling
Continued on Page B3
Viking, Wildcat game rescheduled for Jan. Since the North Posey High School and Mount Vernon High School can-celed school on Friday, the boys basketball game scheduled for Friday night with Mount Vernon at North Posey has been cancelled. The make-up date for that game is Jan 28, 2014.
Sophomore Savannah Bush sets up a play with teammate Madison Simpson posting down low in this week’s game at Princeton. Photo by Steven Kochersperger
Posey County’s Justin Hoehn and Seth Harris prepared to compete in the Indiana State Finals in Special Olympic Bowling Competition. See an upcom-ing edition of the news for more information. Photo by Zach Straw
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Clara Hawley takes time to enjoy sledding on Satur-day afternoon. Photo by Zach Straw
North Elementary Stars fi fth grade basketball team members are, front row l to r: Jax-son Bender, Braden Schipp, Ian Heinlin, Jaydyn Wehmer, Jaxon Wiggins, and Zach Seibert. Back row l to r: Lucas Marvel, Thomas Turner, Kedrick Wahl, Marcus Orpurt, Kollyn Lut-trell, Draike Farrar. Photo by Dave Pearce
North Elementary Stars sixth grade basketball team members are, front row l to r: Preston Lockwood, Tristan Martin, Cypress Hatcher, Scott Lance, Camden Bender, and Isaac Peari-son. Back row l to r: Tanner Tichenor, Logan Hoehn, Kyle Perry, Tristen Fisher, Jacob Wiley, and Cameron Tepool. Photo by Dave Pearce
South Terrace Panthers fi fth grade basketball team members are, front row l to r: JDalton Hill, Isaac Rose, Kyle LaVanchy and Jesse Murphy. Back row l to r: Wade Turpen, Austin Danhauer, Owen Spears and Tyler Thompso. Photo by Dave Pearce
South Terrace Panthers sixth grade basketball team members are, front row l to r: Zach Lowe, Austin Todd, Cole Koester and Logan Braun. Back row l to r: Zakk Miller, Reid Smith, Tyler Holman and Jacob Craig. Photo by Dave Pearce
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TUESDAY DECEMBER 10Boys’ basketball: Mater Dei at Mount Vernon 6pm;Girls’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Mater Dei 7:30 p.m.; Southridge at North Posey 7 p.m.; Wrestling: Mount Vernon at Memorial 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11Boys’ Freshman basketball: Mount Vernon at North Posey 6 p.m.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 12Boys’/Girls’ swimming and diving: Castle at Mount Vernon 5:30 p.m.;Girls’ basketball: Gibson Southern at Mount Vernon 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Boonville 6 p.m.; North Posey at Heritage Hills 7:30 p.m.;Wrestling: North Posey at PAC duels 6 p.m.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14Boys’/Girls’ swimming and diving: Mount Vernon at
Noblesville Invitational 9 a.m.;Wrestling: Mount Vernon at 5 team duel 9 a.m.;
North Posey at PAC duels 8:30am;Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon at South Spencer
6 p.m.
MONDAY DECEMBER 16Girls’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Carmi 6:15 p.m.; Reitz at North Posey 7:30 p.m.;Mater Dei at Mount Vernon 7:30 p.m.
Sports Schedule
ran ahead and just like clock-work, Worman’s pass was right on the mon-ey and instead of leading by 12, the lead was back to 16 at 51-35.
That was the last fi eld goal of the game as each time would score four free throws down the stretch, North Posey’s by Madison Worman, and the Vikings got their second win of the season but more important-ly, showed the grit and de-termination they will have to continue if they are go-
ing to be successful.“We did a good job in the
fourth quarter but I think we still needed to attack the basket more,” Stroud said. “They were overplay-ing so we should have been attacking the basket more drawing some fouls. But when you put both ends together (offensive and de-fensive) it was a very nice fi rst half because we took the wind out of their sails but they kept battling even at the end.”
Stroud said he was im-
pressed with whoever he put on the fl oor in the contest as it didn’t seem to matter who was on the fl oor, the Vikings were get-ting the job done. As the team completes the pre-conference schedule and plays in the tough Mule In-vitational in Fairfi eld later this month, team play is going to be more important than ever.
“Rachel defl ected a lot of passes out there and even when we didn’t get the turnover, we disrupted
their rhythm,” Stroud said. “Kelsey faced the basket a lot better tonight. But in the fi rst half, especially, ev-ery rotation we sent in, you saw no drop-off in play re-gardless of who we had in there. We played as a team. It’s tough to beat us when we do that.”
The game scheduled for Saturday at Vincennes Lin-coln was cancelled because Vincennes got over a foot of snow on Friday.
The reserves also claimed a victory, their third in fi ve outings.
WOOD MEMORIAL 11 5 13 10 39 NORTH POSEY 23 17 5 10 55WOOD MEMORIAL FG FT TOTALRobinson, Carsen 2 2-2 6Heldt, Sydney 1 3-4 5Bartley, Chloe 3 0-0 6Maikranz, Brenna 2 1-3 5Wilkins, Rachel 6 0-2 12Loveless, Morgan 0 1-2 1Beach, Michaela 1 0-0 2Perkins, Bailey 1 0-0 2 TOTALS 16 7-13 39TOTAL FOULS: 24NORTH POSEY FG FT TOTALWerry, Emma 2 2-4 6
Owen, Kelsey 6 0-1 12Harness, Hannah 2 0-2 4Worman, Madison 1 6-6 9Hamman, Brooklynn 0 0-0 0Sanford, Kayla 1 0-0 3Harness, Hayley 5 1-1 11Ungetheim, Rachel 3 4-4 10 TOTAL 20 13-17 55TOTAL FOULS: 163pt FG (Worman 1, Sanford 1)TEAM RECORDS: North Posey 2-3, Wood Me-morial 2-1OFFICIALS: Brian Sallee, Chris Rehn, Rod O’NeilJV SCORE: NP 38 – WM 20
Girls basketball, from Page B1
Isaac Rose drives to the basket for South Terrace. Pho-to by Dave Pearce
Jaden Wehmer looks to the basket during the clash of North and South this week. Photo by Dave Pearce
South Terrace Elementary School sixth grade cheerleaders are left to right: Caitlin Williams, Raygen Mitchell, Kimberly Korff, Makenzie Helfert, Savannah Baird, Zar-eya Hildebrandt, and Carmin Stinchfi eld. Photo by Dave Pearce
South Terrace Elementary School fi fth and sixth grade cheerleaders are front row left to right: Casey Cotton, Mila Alderson and Libby Fifer. Back row: Kennedy Devine, Emily Barthlow and Macee Long. Photo by Dave Pearce
University of Southern In-diana senior forward Aaron Nelson (Chicago Heights, Illinois) scored a game-high 31 points and grabbed a sin-gle-game record 27 rebounds in leading the Screaming Ea-gles to a 92-69 victory over Kentucky State University Saturday afternoon in the Physical Activities Center. USI rises to 5-0 overall, while KSU goes to 1-4 in 2013-14.
Nelson dominated the game from start to fi nish, posting 11 points and 15 re-bounds in the fi rst half and 20 points and 12 rebounds in the fi nal 20 minutes. The senior’s 27 rebounds broke at the nearly 40-year old USI mark that was set by Ralph Schickel on February 2, 1974, against Purdue Uni-versity North Central.
For the game, Nelson was 13-of-21 (.619) from the fi eld and fi ve-of-sev-en (.714) from the char-ity stripe. He also blocked a shot, dished out an assist, and made two steals.
In addition to Nelson’s record-setting night, USI Head Coach Rodney Watson picked up win number 100 at USI. Watson ranks fourth all-time at USI in victories and is the fourth USI head coach to reach 100 wins.
The game was tight through the fi rst fi ve minutes before USI took command with a 17-6 run. The Eagles fi nished the fi rst stanza with a 17-point lead and took the 41-24 lead into the locker room at the intermission.
In the second half, USI extended the lead to as many as 25 points in the fi nal min-ute, 92-67, before settling for the 92-69 fi nal.
Along with Nelson, the Eagles had three players score in double-fi gures. Ju-nior guard/forward Alex Marzette (Racine, Wis-consin) followed Nelson with season-high 18 points, while senior guard Law-rence Thomas (Springfi eld, Illinois) rounded out the double-digit scorers with a season-best 17 points.
The Eagles fl y away from the friendly surroundings of the Physical Activities Cen-ter next week when they play in the Fern Valley Hotel Classic, hosted by Bellarm-ine University in Louisville, Kentucky. USI is slated to play Ohio Valley University December 13 and Virginia Union University, Decem-ber 14. Game times each day are 4 p.m. (CST).
The next home game for USI is December 21 when the Eagles host Kentucky Wesleyan College for their fi nal non-conference game of the season. SOUTHERN INDIANA 92, KENTUCKY STATE 69KENTUCKY STATE (1-4)
Ulysses Thomas III 6-14 5-6 19; Darrien Wilkins 6-9 2-3 14; Darquell Pulliam
3-11 0-0 8; Brandon Dar-rett 3-7 1-2 7; Markus Mon-tague 3-6 0-0 6; Tryston Ford 2-6 0-0 4; Quentin Henderson 2-6 0-0 4; John-tae Alexander 2-2 0-0 4; Earl Ruffi n Jr. 1-3 0-0 2; Muhammed Cross 0-3 1-2 1; John Gaston 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-67 9-13 69.
SOUTHERN INDIANA
(5-0) Nelson, Aaron 13-21 5-7 31; Marzette, Alex 8-10 1-1 18; Thomas, Lawrence 6-6
3-4 17; Schumann, Gavin 2-8 3-4 7; Jones, Chuck 1-1 2-2 4; Jones, Ben 0-6 4-4 4; Wischmeier, Taylor 2-7 0-0 4; Hutcheson, Nick 1-3 0-1 2; Ogunfolu, Manny 1-6 0-0 2; Watson, Zach 1-1 0-0 2; McCamey, DeAndre 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 35-70 19-25 92.
Kentucky State................ 24 45 - 69
Southern Indiana.............. 41 51 - 92
3-point goals--Kentucky State 4-13 (Ulysses Thomas III 2-5; Darquell Pulliam
2-3; Tryston Ford 0-2; Earl Ruffi n Jr. 0-2; Mu-hammed Cross 0-1), South-ern Indiana 3-5 (Thomas, Lawrence 2-2; Marzette, Alex 1-1; Jones, Ben 0-1;
Ogunfolu, Manny 0-1). Fouled out--Kentucky State-None, Southern Indiana-None. Rebounds--Kentucky State 28 (Darrien Wilkins 7), Southern
Indiana 51 (Nelson, Aar-on 27). Assists--Kentucky State 3 (John Gaston 1; Darquell Pulliam 1; Ulysses Thomas III 1), Southern In-diana 19 (Schumann, Gavin 5). Total fouls--Kentucky State 22, Southern Indiana 14. Technical fouls--Ken-tucky State-None, Southern Indiana-None. A-1107
USI is ranked 11th in the NABC/Division II Top 25 poll.
USI Head Coach Rodney Watson gets win number 100.
Aaron Nelson set a USI record with 27 rebounds in the game.
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2013-14 College Football Bowl Schedule
BOWL LOCATION/TICKETS DATE/TIME NETWORK
Gildan New MexicoWashington State vs. Colorado State
Albuquerque, N.M.University Stadium
Dec. 212 p.m.
ESPN
Royal Purple Las VegasFresno State vs. USC
Las VegasSam Boyd Stadium
Dec. 213:30 p.m.
ABC
Famous Idaho PotatoBuffalo vs. San Diego State
Boise, IdahoBronco Stadium
Dec. 215:30 p.m.
ESPN
R+L Carriers New OrleansTulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
New OrleansMercedes-Benz Superdome
Dec. 219 p.m.
ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. PetersburgEast Carolina vs. Ohio
St. Petersburg, Fla.Tropicana Field
Dec. 232 p.m.
ESPN
Sheraton HawaiiBoise State vs. Oregon State
HonoluluAloha Stadium
Dec. 248 p.m.
ESPN
Little Caesars PizzaPittsburgh vs. Bowling Green
DetroitFord Field
Dec. 266 p.m.
ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union PoinsettiaUtah State vs. Northern Illinois
San DiegoQualcomm Stadium
Dec. 269:30 p.m.
ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop GrummanMarshall vs. Maryland
Annapolis, Md.Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Dec. 272:30 p.m.
ESPN
TexasSyracuse vs. Minnesota
HoustonReliant Stadium
Dec. 276 p.m.
ESPN
Fight HungerBYU vs. Washington
San FranciscoAT&T Park
Dec. 279:30 p.m.
ESPN
New Era PinstripeRutgers vs. Notre Dame
Bronx, N.Y.Yankee Stadium
Dec. 28Noon
ESPN
BOWL LOCATION/TICKETS DATE/TIME NETWORK
BelkCincinnati vs. North Carolina
Charlotte, N.C.Bank of America Stadium
Dec. 283:20 p.m.
ESPN
Russell AthleticMiami vs. Louisville
Orlando, Fla.Florida Citrus Bowl
Dec. 286:45 p.m.
ESPN
Buffalo Wild WingsMichigan vs. Kansas State
Tempe, Ariz.Sun Devil Stadium
Dec. 2810:15 p.m.
ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed ForcesMiddle Tennessee vs. Navy
Fort Worth, TexasAmon G. Carter Stadium
Dec. 3011:45 a.m.
ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music CityOle Miss vs. Georgia Tech
Nashville, Tenn.LP Field
Dec. 303:15 p.m.
ESPN
Valero AlamoOregon vs. Texas
San AntonioAlamodome
Dec. 306:45 p.m.
ESPN
National University HolidayArizona State vs. Texas Tech
San DiegoQualcomm Stadium
Dec. 3010:15 p.m.
ESPN
AdvoCare V100Arizona vs. Boston College
Shreveport, La.Independence Stadium
Dec. 3112:30 p.m.
ESPN
Hyundai SunVirginia Tech vs. UCLA
El Paso, TexasSun Bowl
Dec. 312 p.m.
CBS
AutoZone LibertyRice vs. Mississippi State
Memphis, Tenn.Liberty Bowl
Dec. 314 p.m.
ESPN
Chick-fil-ADuke vs. Texas A&M
AtlantaGeorgia Dome
Dec. 318 p.m.
ESPN
TaxSlayer.com GatorNebraska vs. Georgia
Jacksonville, Fla.Everbank Field
Jan. 1Noon
ESPN2
Heart of DallasUNLV vs. North Texas
DallasCotton Bowl
Jan. 1Noon
ESPNU
BOWL LOCATION/TICKETS DATE/TIME NETWORK
Capital OneWisconsin vs. South Carolina
Orlando, Fla.Florida Citrus Bowl
Jan. 11 p.m.
ABC
OutbackIowa vs. LSU
Tampa, Fla.Raymond James Stadium
Jan. 11 p.m.
ESPN
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIOStanford vs. Michigan State
Pasadena, Calif.Rose Bowl
Jan. 15 p.m.
ESPN
Tostitos FiestaUCF vs. Baylor
Glendale, Ariz.U. of Phoenix Stadium
Jan. 18:30 p.m.
ESPN
Allstate SugarOklahoma vs. Alabama
New OrleansLouisiana Superdome
Jan. 28:30 p.m.
ESPN
Discover OrangeClemson vs. Ohio State
MiamiSun Life Stadium
Jan. 3TBD
ESPN
AT&T CottonOklahoma State vs. Missouri
Arlington, TexasAT&T Stadium
Jan. 37:30 p.m.
FOX
BBVA CompassVanderbilt vs. Houston
Birmingham, Ala.Legion Field
Jan. 41 p.m.
ESPN
GoDaddyArkansas State vs. Ball State
Mobile, Ala.Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Jan. 59 p.m.
ESPN
VIZIO BCS National ChampionshipFlorida State vs. Auburn
Pasadena, Calif.Rose Bowl
Jan. 68:30 p.m.
ESPN
Nelson snags record 27 boars in USI win
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Pat Beckgerd, chairman of the 2013 United Way of Posey County campaign, announced today that the campaign drive has raised 87 percent of the $670,000 goal. She asked all the people of Posey County to get involved. “With 87 percent of the goal raised, the United Way campaign is making great progress, but we need everyone’s help to have a successful fi nish. Contributions help to make sure that important services are available for the people of Posey County when we need them. The campaign is wrap-ping up all over the County now in work-places and homes, so if you haven’t been contacted, please send in your contribution; and if you are contacted, please participate in helping to make these services available to all of our community. We need to have these services and programs available to have a strong community, and we need your help because our contributions affect the quality of life for all of us and our families.”
Beckgerd added, “This year there is an-other important reason to participate – the grant that is available for only this cam-paign.” Matching funds of $63,927 are re-quired to be raised in the United Way cam-paign of this fall. New or non-participating businesses and individuals will have their contributions of $100 or more matched in full. Businesses and individuals already participating will have any increase of $100 to $499 matched at 50 percent and any contribution of $500 or more matched in full. First-time Leadership Givers ($300 or more) will have the entire contribution matched. New contributions or increases in company matching programs of at least 50 percent will be matched in full, for gifts of $100 or more.
Matching funds raised in the Posey County United Way campaign will be
used to claim the grant funds. Grant funds will be received early next year and used to help the Children’s Learning Center of Posey County attain Paths to Quality Lev-els 3 and 4, for the MSD of Mount Vernon to have the services of a social worker to help experience a decrease in alcohol and drug use among students and a reduction in suspension and expulsion, for the Medi-cal Needs Committee working with ECHO Community Health Care to provide af-fordable dental care for the Posey County Community, and for the MSD of North Posey to continue the services of a school resource offi cer to maintain a safer school environment.
United Way of Posey County agen-cies receiving funds this year are: Albion Fellows Bacon Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts of America Buffalo Trace Council, Catholic Charities, Chil-dren’s Learning Center, Christian Church Day Care Center, Community Emergency Assistance, ECHO Community Health Care, Family Matters, Homeless Shelter of Mount Vernon, Indiana Legal Services,
Lampion Center, New Harmony Minis-try Association, Posey County Council on Aging, Posey County Red Cross, Posey County Rehabilitation Services, Reha-bilitation Center, Salvation Army, Visit-ing Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, WNIN Radio Reading Program, and Willow Tree of Posey County. Con-tributions also help to fund United Way programs such as Gifts In Kind and Infor-mation and Referral Assistance. Additional services in Posey County now are 2-1-1, the easily-remembered number to call for access to information about resources for help in Posey County, and the prescription drug discount program.
Those helping the United Way toward its goal include: Springleaf Financial Ser-vices, Stendeback Family Funeral Home, Dr. Gordon Vogel, Jim and Pat Wiley, Mike and Dawn Ashworth, DRC Transportation Inc., Jane Jett, Donna Julian, Marguerite Bostick, Juncker Brothers Sales & Service, Black’s Towing, Best One Tire, KB Auto Works, Auto Car Trader, Emily Morrison, Rev. Allen Rutherford, Randy Owens, Cindy Owens, Ryan Rokicki, The Golden Rose, Antique Emporium, Antique Show-rooms In The Mews, Charles and Carol Martin, Jennifer Wilson, Sam Whipple, Judy and David Whitten, Don and Lany Snyder, Linda Willis, Cargill Employ-ees, Marilyn McMurtry, Diversifi ed Re-sources Corp., Wilson Auction-Realty Inc., The Old Mill Mart, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Allison Holt, Barb Elpers, Mi-chelle Wheaton, Maureen Barton, Marilyn Brenton, Lucent Polymers Inc., Bernard Fehribach, Dr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mitchell, Sandra Torze-wski, John and Jean Webb, Martha M. All-dredge, Marjorie Harper, Marvin and Ruth Redman, Michelle’s Icing on the Cake, Ms. Lynn Kyle, Becky and Bruce Wells, Den-nis Moore, Julia Hoehn Vantlin, Delene L. Schmitz, Candie Grabert, Joyce Babillis, Laird and Christy Davis, Schneider Fu-neral Home, Sherri Gambrel, Michelle C. Harmes, Karen Harper, Carolyn Scheller, Louise Noelle, Ronald and Joan Siers, Dr. K. Gayle Stubbs Vogel, Jack Wender-oth, Jamie Peck, Laura Phelps, Robert E. Thomas, Anthony and Doretha Spahn, Pizza Hut, Keith Wamsley, Andrew White, ConAgra, Marilyn Marshall, Silverwood, 3 Chicks Fudgery, Mary Beth Williams and Bob Gentil, Jim Davis, Maggie Rapp, Phyl-lis Werry, Gary Gerard, Mary Ellen Gerard,
Elizabeth Koester, Martha Sauve, Julia Schisler, Glenda Schisler, Carol Simmons, William Rohlman, Marcia Schneider, Myrl and Cheryl Potter, Dr. R. Scott Norris and Jane Norris, Jeff and Jane Saltzman, Denny Hargett, Karl Dorff, Juli Collins, Posey County Rehabilitation Services Employ-ees, Ron and Virginia Greenfi eld, Jack and Audree Riddell, Nathan and Jeanne Maud-lin, Malcolm and Nancy Manchette, Holy Angels Catholic Church, Patricia Gosh, Dale Martin, Jo Hamman, Genise and Scott Huey, Kim Morrow, Monteen Elliott, John P. Broadhead, Karla Atkins, Rebecca Har-vey, Judith Early, Yvonne Lawrence, Chil-dren’s Learning Center, Sara’s Harmonie Way, New Harmony Golf Car Co. LLC, McKim’s IGA, McKim’s IGA Employees, and Bruce and Beth Dingman.
You can contact the United Way of Posey County at 838-3637 or [email protected] for more information or to get in-volved. Contributions can be sent to P.O. Box 562, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620.
United Way at work in Posey County, hits 87 percent mark
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Board of Commissioners of Posey County, IN will receive sealed bids at the Posey County Auditor’s Offi ce in the Coliseum Mt. Vernon, IN up to the hour of 4:00 p.m. local time, on December 16, 2013 or up to 9:00 a.m. on December 17, 2013 at the Hovey House.
Letting date December 17, 2013 for the following item:
Stove out of the Old Jail/Boys Home
Any questions should be directed to the Building Commission Offi ce by call-ing (812) 838-1324. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Posey County CommissionersCarl A. SchmitzJerry R. WaldenJames L. Alsop
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPOSEY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PETITION TO VACATE SOUTH ROAD
PUBLIC NOTICE is given to all persons that a public hearing will be held by the Posey County Board of Commissioners on December 17, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 to act upon the petition to vacate South Road near New Harmony, Indiana.
All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and be heard.
Dated this 25th day of November, 2013.
Posey County Board of CommissionersCarl A. SchmitzJerry R. WaldenJames L. Alsop
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2013-169
The following County Operating Claims have been fi led with the Auditor's Of-fi ce and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, POSEY COUNTY, IN at the regular session on December 3, 2013
$ 785.92$ 704.59
$98.50$744.25
$1,307.97$1,406.00$1,068.75
$125.00$ 25.00$470.00$627.00$218.50
$7,581.48
WEST GROUPFARRIS REPORTINGPRINTCRAFTERSBAIER & BAIERMCFADIN HIGGINS & FOLZWILLIAM GOODENJEAN HADLEYREDWOOD TOXICOLOGYPOPAIPOSEY CLERKJACKLYN BUENTEVANHAAFTEN FARRAR Grand Total:
Nicholas J. WildemanPosey County Auditor
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ArrestsNovember 27
Brandon Westerfi eld—Evansville—Battery on a Pregnant Woman, Domestic Battery, Interference with the Reporting of a Crime, Habit-ual Offender—PCS
Brandon Westerfi eld—Evansville—Domestic Bat-tery, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated with a Pas-senger Under the Age of 18 years old x 2 (Petition to Re-voke)—PCS
Scott Cones—Evans-ville—Battery, Criminal Mis-chief—PCS
November 28
Tony Brown—Mayfi eld, KY—Battery x 3—PCS
Bruce Turpen—Wades-ville—Battery—PCS
November 30
Emily Pfi ster—Evans-ville—Possession of Mari-juana—MVPD
Hayden Knapp—Evans-ville—Possession of Mari-juana—MVPD
December 1Max Little—Evansville—
Warrant, Criminal Mischief—ISP
Brad Reynolds—Plano, TX—Operating While Intoxi-cated—ISP
December 2
Michael Smith—Mount Vernon—Warrant, Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury—PCS
December 3
Krishawn Harvey—Evans-ville—Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffi c Violator—MVPD
Russell Summers—Evans-ville—Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffi c Violator—MVPD
December 4
Jacob Collier—Mount Vernon—Warrant, Theft—MVPD
December 5
Jamie Lueder—Mount Ver-non—Battery--MVPD
ComplaintsNovember 23
7:23 a.m. —Alarm—Side door burglar alarm—E 4th Street, Mount Vernon
9:28 a.m. —Restraining Violation—Have been receiv-ing texts and phone calls from male subject. Subject is only supposed to contact the caller about their children. Would like to talk to a deputy. Call-er called back and said male subject just left her mother’s residence on the Westside of Evansville. He told her mother that he was enroute to caller’s address—Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon
9:58 a.m. —Standby—Go-ing to job, subject needing ve-hicle towed or tire fi xed. First towing company had trouble and left. Customer has threat-ened caller when he called to get the address. Made threats
to kill the caller when he ar-rives. Would like to meet a deputy—Northlake Drive, Wadesville
10:29 a.m. —VIN Inspec-tion—Razor side by side—Crab Orchard Road, Mount Vernon
November 24
6:18 a.m. —Alarm—Dog-house—Old SR 69, Mount Vernon
8:04 a.m. —Alarm—Din-ing room motion—Country Club Road, Mount Vernon
10:25 p.m. —Suspicious—Advised someone keeps knocking on door. Request house to be checked. Does not want to speak to an offi cer—Springfi eld Road, Wadesville
10:43 p.m. —Suspicious—Caller advised he’s a secu-rity guard and was doing his rounds. While he was out there he noticed some lights. He saw 2 atv’s and they took off, going west on Lower Mt. Vernon that isn’t his prop-erty but there is a gate there and the gate is standing wide open—Lower Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon
11:32 p.m. —Motorist As-sist—Out with a semi on the side of the road—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon
November 25
2:12 a.m. —Vandalism—Front and back windshield and the passenger side win-dows were busted out. Heard a big crash around midnight but didn’t realize it until now. Believes she knows who did it—Mill Street, Cynthiana
5:47 a.m. —Car-Deer—Red Dodge Ram with ex-tensive damage—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon
1:08 p.m. —VIN Inspec-tion—Trailer—Wilderman Road, Mount Vernon
4:54 p.m. —Alarm—Ga-rage motion—Rexing Road,
Wadesville9:29 p.m. —Reckless—
Reckless driver in the area—Hwy 66, New harmony
November 26
10:21 p.m. —Alarm—General burglar alarm—Hwy 66, Wadesville
November 27
3:38 p.m. —Miscella-neous—Advised she talked to deputy earlier in reference domestic that occurred last night. He advised her to call back when she got home from a funeral and an offi cer would come out and take pictures for him—Denzer Road, Evans-ville
5:03 p.m. —Motorist As-sist—Grayish or gray/green 4-door sedan pulled over in the fast lane shoulder, fl asher were on. Unsure if there is someone around it—I 64, Cynthiana
10:14 p.m. —Custodial—Caller advised that her child’s father has guardianship of their child and they were sup-posed to come to an agree-ment about Thanksgiving and they were unable to come to an agreement. She wants to know what she can do—Al-bert Drive, Wadesville
November 28
10:18 a.m. —Alarm—Showing back door—Hwy 66, Wadesville
2:11 p.m. —Vandalism—Advised mail box door was vandalized. Advised this is not the fi rst time. Request a call. Caller advised she did witness a female in a blue or gray suv at the mailbox. Believes this may be subject involved—Downen Road, Wadesville
7:23 p.m. —Family Fight—Son and daughter-in-law were fi ghting and her
husband got involved, are fi ghting. Have bats and are hitting each other. She called the neighbors over for help and they started fi ghting the family too. They’ve left now. 3 children there. They have been drinking. He was threat-ening the caller and scaring the children. No one needed an a.m. bulance—West Street, Griffi n
7:34 p.m. —Medical—Tile Factory Road, Mount Vernon
November 29
1:37 a.m. —Threatening—Would like to talk to a deputy about 17 year-old grandson being threatened by subject on Facebook. Has some mes-sages would like a deputy to read or hear—Greathouse Road, Mount Vernon
9:36 a.m. —Traffi c Haz-ard—Metal bucket in the eastbound lane in the middle of the lane—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon
9:59 a.m. —Hit and Run—Another truck hit caller’s tanker and shattered the mir-rors. Other vehicle continued on—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon
1:23 p.m. —VIN Inspec-tion—69 a.m. X—Boberg Road, Wadesville
8:16 p.m. —Extra Pa-trol—Had someone outside of the house the last couple of nights—Locust Street, Poseyville
5:01 a.m. —Accident—Fell asleep and hit a telephone pole. 2005 Impala. Doesn’t believe she is inured. Boy-friend is on his way to the scene—Rexing Road, Wades-ville
November 30
2:55 p.m. —Information—Male subject is having a clay pigeon shooting at his resi-dence on Seibert Road if we get any calls—Seibert Road, Poseyville
6:47 p.m. —Restraining Violation—Has a no contact order with wife’s parents. They have been contacting each other. Just doesn’t want to be in violation of this or-der—Clinton/Poseyville
7:28 p.m. —Distur-bance—15 year-old son is out of control Would like an offi -cer to come to the residence—
5th Street, Mount Vernon8:03 a.m. —Reckless—
Dark green Dodge truck driv-ing recklessly, sliding around corners, fi sh-tailing—Metz Road, Wadesville
8:30 p.m. —Be-on-the-Look-Out—White Pontiac Grand a.m. , driven by male subject. Subject wanted for battery in front of children—Hwy 62, Vanderburgh/Posey County
Court NewsMarriage Applications
Anthony W. Stallings, 42, Mount Vernon and Sara E. Weber, 34, Mount Vernon
Luis Antonio Garcia, 40, Keenes, Ill. and Courtney Ann Wathen, 25, Cynthiana
Paul Robert Wheeler, 24, Evansville and Brandi Kay Word, 31, Evansville
Dale S. Martin, 80, Wades-ville and Dorothy M. Isham, 80, Mount Vernon
Matthew Glenn McCurdy, 33, Albion, Ill. and Hillari Dawn Mason, 23, Albion, Ill.
Clint Owen Beste, 23, Mount Vernon and Kara Kuhn, 25, Mount Vernon
Zachary Alan Carr, 25, New Harmony and Sabrina Diane Kennebeck, 29, New Harmony
Darrell Wayne Pettyjohn, 47, Mount Vernon and Leisa Pettyjohn, 48, Mount Vernon
Robert E. Taylor, 31, Wadesville and Betsy Jo Wichser, 34, Wadesville
Josiah Robert Wilker-son, 32, Mount Vernon and Stephanie Marie Seabeck, 25, Mount Vernon
Randy Lee Seipert, 56, Evansville and Deborah Kaye Briody, 57, Chandler
Dustin Ray Seitz, 26, Mount Vernon and Janelle Thayer Uhde, 25, Mount Ver-non
Ryan Felipe Gomez, 33, Mount Vernon and Tyler-Ni-cole Tracy Wolf, 19, Carmi, Ill.
Jason Royce Scruggs, 37, Bowling Green, Ky. and Gina Lee Neal, 34, Bowling Green, Ky.
Zach Schucker Smith, 32, Evansville and Rachel Marie Wood, 33, Mount Vernon
Jason Robert Givens, 27, Olney, Ill. and Kearsten Bri-anna Craig, 21, Olney, Ill.
2013-170
LEGAL NOTICE
The Harmony Township advisory board will hold a public meeting on De-cember 7 at 7:00 P.M. at the New Harmony Fire Department. The purpose of the meeting is to review fi re protection equipment and discuss future needs.
David Butler Harmony Township Trustee
Published in the Posey County News on December 10, 2013 - hspaxlp
2013-171
On November 25, 2013, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company d/b/a Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc., fi led a petition with the Indiana Util-ity Regulatory Commission, in Cause No. 44429 and pursuant to Ind. Code Ch. 8-1-8.4 and Ch. 8-1-39, seeking the following: (1) approval of and a cer-tifi cate of public convenience and necessity for federally mandated natural gas transmission and distribution projects, and the costs of such projects; (2) approval of certain transmission, distribution and storage system projects, and the costs of such projects; (3) approval of Petitioner’s 7-year plan for transmis-sion, distribution and storage system, including a process for annual updates to the plan; (4) approval of a rate adjustment mechanism and related authority to utilize accounting deferrals, for the timely recovery and deferral of costs related to such federally mandated and transmission, distribution and storage projects (including fi nancing costs incurred during construction); and (5) ap-proval of other related relief.
Brad EllsworthPresident
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company d/b/aVectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc.
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Somewhere in the Wabash River there swims a fi sh named after Robert Colombo, an associate biological sciences professor at Eastern Illinois University.
‘Little Rob’ is one of 44 fl athead catfi sh who have been stunned with electricity, collected and surgically tagged before being released back into the 500-mile-long river that fl ows from northwest Ohio, across northern Indiana and along the south-ern Illinois border.
Anyone searching for these particular fi sh, however, would be advised to stay focused near the Illinois waters where EIU graduate student Sarah Huck concentrates her research. “It’s been our experience that the fi sh usually continue to navigate in the same area where we found them,” she said. “Three miles has been about the furthest we’ve tracked one of my fi sh.”
While it’s unlikely that the underwater crea-tures enjoy the treatment of being captured and tagged, Huck fi nds it necessary for her research. And her studies are critical for determining the sustainability of the fl athead catfi sh – one of the most sought-after fi sh in the Wabash.
“It’s a good-tasting fi sh, popular with both sport and commercial fi shermen,” she said. “And it’s a real aggressive fi sh. It’ll give you a good fi ght.”
In addition to researching the large- and small-scale movements of the fi sh, she also studies their general behavior, along with their environment. The proper habitat is critical for the fi shes’ suc-cess.
“Our job is to determine their critical habitats, which means, in part, studying them for 24-hour periods throughout the year,” Colombo said.
And to do this, the fi sh must be traceable. That’s where Huck’s job began.
In order to collect her fi sh, Huck visited several sites along the Wabash, south of Terre Haute, Ind. Using an electric current, she stunned the fi sh – “it doesn’t kill them,” she quickly adds – and col-lected them, placing them in aerated, water-fi lled tanks. The ‘chosen ones’ must fi t certain size and weight requirements (at least 24 inches and four pounds) to properly withstand the tagging process.
(Her largest tagged fi sh, Huck said, weighed in excess of 50 pounds and was more than three feet long.)
Within a couple of minutes, each fi sh is weighed and measured, then has a small ‘coded ultrasonic transmitter,’ similar in appearance to a battery, surgically implanted into its body cavity (near the fi sh’s shoulder) via a one-and-a-half-inch incision. In addition, a separate identifi cation tag is attached to the dorsal fi n.
The fi sh is then put back in the holding tank and given time – fi ve to 10 minutes – for ‘post-op’ recovery before being placed back in the river.
“That transmitter puts out ultrasonic signals in the water that we can hear through what we call a hydrophone,” Huck said. “The tracking equip-ment we use is transported via boat to various spots on the river.”
For thorough research, tracking sessions must take place at varying times during the day and night and through all four of the seasons.
Huck and a research partner – “One never goes out alone,” she said – might spend a complete night out on the Wabash. They could be dressed in shorts and tank tops or, instead, bundled up in winter gear.
Huck can tell the story about building a snow-man as they fl oated along the river one cold, win-ter day. She’s less inclined to reveal the details
leading to her rescue by the Posey County River Rescue Team after running aground during the drought of 2012.
“That one’s embarrassing,” she admits, grin-ning.
Les Frankland ’75, ‘77, fi sheries biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, ad-mires both Huck’s dedication and her spunk. “She goes places where I wouldn’t even think about going,” he said. “Just moving along, following the catfi sh.”
He also appreciates the professionalism with which the research is done, and is appreciative of the data that Huck shares with the IDNR. “The fl athead catfi sh is one of the most sought-after species in the river,” he said, “and it’s important that it not be over-harvested.
“We want to protect the species, but we also want to be able to utilize it,” Frankland continued. “I’m pleased to say that Sarah’s research indicates that the fl athead catfi sh population in the Wabash River is a quite healthy one.”
Huck – a self-proclaimed tom boy and ‘river rat,’ having grown up along the Fox River near Barrington in Lake County -- never really gave much thought to fi sh. Her plan upon coming to Eastern was to become a veterinarian.
That all changed with one class.“I had to take a regular ecology class that Dr.
Colombo taught,” she said. “One day we took a trip to Polecat Creek (east of Charleston), and something in me snapped.
“I kept thinking about how beautiful the fi sh are, and it amazed me to think about that entirely different world beneath the water.”
Still an undergraduate at the time, she immedi-ately began helping graduate students with their
research projects. She reciprocates now by enlist-ing current undergraduates to help her with her own research as she strives to fi nish her master’s thesis. She expects to graduate in May 2014.
Have you caught one of Sarah’s tagged fi sh? Please let her know… When someone catches one of her fi sh, Sarah Huck wants to know about it. Please.
It’s not hard -- contact information for the uni-versity is listed on the identifi cation tag adhered to the fi sh’s dorsal fi n. Folks can call EIU’s Bio-logical Sciences Department and let them know a tagged fi sh has been caught. In return, EIU will send the caller a self-addressed envelope with which to return the tag and, if at all possible, the transmitter inside the fi sh.
Returning the transmitter helps in two ways: First, each fi sh’s capture is carefully logged, be-coming yet another piece of information to be used in Huck’s research.
“I basically write a story about each of the fi sh – its health, where it has been, etc.,” Huck said.
Secondly, many of the transmitters can be re-used. Since each one costs about $300, that can means a huge savings for the department – and for the taxpayer.
Much of the money spent to support fi sher-ies research at Eastern Illinois University comes from funding made possible through the federal Sport Fish Restoration Act. This act, originally passed in 1950, places a 10 percent excise tax on fi shing rods, reels, lures, fi shing line and related fi shing equipment. EIU receives roughly $60,000 annually; its use, however, is controlled by the IDNR.
To date, transmitters from six of Huck’s 44 tagged fi sh have been returned by anglers.
Just moving along, following the Catfi sh in the Wabash
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• All dressed up with brand new vinyl siding• 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 2,176 sqft. home • Situated on 1.11 acres • Large family room• Freshly painted deck and a new roof over the garage
• Kitchen has an abundance of prep and cooking/baking space with double oven, lots of cabinets and countertops, planning desk and corner window over the kitchen sink• Attached 2.5 car garage and much more!
4224 AJ Dr. $159,900
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Qualifies for 100% USDA Financing!
1.11 Acres!Basement!
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MATTRESS SET - Brand New Queen Pillow-Top Mattress and Box. Still in bags. Never Opened $190 OBO. 812-463-2840 12/10
HELP WANTED - School Bus Driver and Substitute Drivers with CDL, Class B with Passenger and Air Brake Endorsement, and Indiana Bus Driver Certifi cation, $14.86/hour. Apply on-line at www.mvschool.org. Direct ques-tions to the Personnel Offi ce at MSD of Mt. Vernon, 1000 W. Fourth St., Mt. Vernon, IN 47620, 812-833-5114. 12/10
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• Motorcycle cover $20
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The family of James Potter would like to ex-press their heartfelt gratitude for the outpouring of kindness, love, support, cards, food, thoughts and prayers they received during Jim’s illness and passing. They would also like to thank the Posey County EMS, Southern Care Hospice, Dr. Karl Sash and his staff and the OHA Oncology for the special care they provided for Jim during his ill-ness. He is sadly missed by Yvonne, Tracy, Tony, Kelly and all his wonderful grandchildren.
SINCERELY,THE FAMILY OF JAMES POTTER
THANK YOU
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The St. Wendel Catholic School fi nished third place in division III. Eighth grader Lindsey Koester was the St. Wendel Speaker of the Year. Speech team: Top Row (L-R) Michael Goedde, Tanner Schickel, Sam Muensterman, Johnson Koester, Noah Blankenberger, Issac Scheller and Coach Andrew Rokosz. Bottom Row (L-R) Jenna Fehrenbacher, Alania Spahn, Claire Muensterman, Kathryn Muensterman, Lindsey Koester, Laura Cumbee and Isabel Glaser. Photo submitted
Members of the New Harmony Girl Scout Troop 151 braved the cold weather to make an appearance on their fl oat in the New Harmony Christmas Parade on Saturday, De-cember 7. Photo by Dave Pearce
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At left: Hundreds of do-nated Teddy Bears were thrown in the rink after the Evansville Icemen’s fi rst goal on Saturday Night. The stuffed toys were do-nated from the audience and given to the charity group ‘911 Gives Hope.’ Photo by Zach Straw. Find out more about 911 Gives Hope by visiting their web-site at 911giveshope.com
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Members of the North Posey Varsity Winter Cheer team are, front row, A. Compton, A. Vaupel and M. Butler. Seen in back row are J. Gries, H. Williams, J. Neuffer, M. Hildebrandt and E. Jennings. Photo by Dewig Photography
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