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  • Mission will feed kids


    This summer, Posey County’s children will have the opportunity to have a free meal five days a week, thanks to a new program offered by At the Cross Mission in Mount Vernon.
    The Rev. Myers Hyman, the mission’s director, said recently that the mission had been approved by the USDA to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. This means that the USDA will help fund the meals for the kids. The program still needs sponsors and volunteer servers, Hyman said.

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    Gardens in Bloom

    Photos/Judy Saum

    Guests gather for Mount Vernon’s first ever Garden Walk, sponsored by the Posey County Community Foundation Women’s Fund. The walk was Saturday, May 5, 1-4 p.m.
    St. John Episcopal Church’s Prayer Garden was part of the tour.

  • Posey bakers take the cake at...


    The idea of a wedding cake has evolved over the years into tall, mostly white, smooth, sugary, tiered towers of sweetness.
    Stemming from the Roman Empire, the early version of the wedding cake was actually bread, which was broken over the bride's head by the groom. There are also tales of bakers piling cakes to form a mound in which the bride and groom would have to kiss over without knocking the tower down.
    But today's modern-day wedding cake has formed its own traditions and expectations.

  • Music & Entertainment, Jan. 11

    Battle of the Bands
    The Junior League of Evansville and the Evansville Morning Rotary will hold a Battle of the Bands. The Battle of the Bands will be held on Saturday, April 21.
    The winner of the Battle of the Bands will receive a $10,000 recording studio package, a photo shoot for a new album cover, a music video shoot, and a feature in News 4U magazine. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Junior League of Evansville’s mission.

  • Wrinkle in Time: Construction of I-...

    50 Years Ago
    December 26, 1961
    • The home of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin L. Daws on Canal Street, and the First Christian Church on East Fifth Street were the top winners of the Mount Vernon Christmas Exterior Decorations contest.
    • Construction of a proposed Interstate 64 bridge across the Wabash River is being planned by the Indiana Commission and the Illinois State Division of Highways. Advertisement for the project will appear in papers this week.

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    County’s newest centenarian honored

    Bertha (Bottomly) Tuley, a lifelong resident of Mount Vernon, turned 100 on Friday, Dec. 2.

    Tuley, a resident of Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehab, was surrounded by friends and family during her birthday celebration.
    Her two children, Marion and Doris traveled to Mount Vernon to celebrate the day with their mother and family members. Marion and his wife, Pat both live in England. Doris and her husband live in Phoenix, Ariz.

  • Cynthiana writer pens Underground...

    community@mvdemocrat.com

    When Sandy Morris Andrews was working the late shift in the gift shop at the casino nearby 10 years ago, not a soul was in the shop as the hours grew later and later.
    To pass time, she picked up a pen and began jotting notes onto a sheet of paper.
    Those notes taken a decade ago, twisted with a love of history and a fruitful imagination, turned into a manuscript, and finally, a book.
    It took the Cynthiana author 10 years to write as she worked and continued to be involved with her 20 grandchildren.

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    Challenging Mind and Body


    Doug Hamm, physical education teacher at West Elementary, is not only challenging students in gym class, but is also putting their minds to work.
    During two after school programs, Hamm is challenging students with a game that dates back to 600 A.D. — chess.
    The chess program is a pilot that he believes may expand next year.
    The two groups — 30-50 students in the Lights On after School, and those students, about 10-12, who scored in the highest category on the AimsWeb test.

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    Boo!

    These Halloween scenes were among those that Posey County residents posted on Facebook throughout the holiday weekend. Check out our Facebook page to see these and more.

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    Harmonie Craft Fair

    Artisans and musicians gathered earlier this month for the annual craft fair at Harmonie State Park. Vendors attend their booths while visitors browse items. Items for sale included handmade craft and clothing items and homemade foods.
    Local musicians perform at the festival.

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    Cookin' in New Harmony

    New Harmony residents taste chilis at the town’s annual Chili Cookoff recently. Team New Harmonie Healthcare, aka Hot Chili Pepper Chicks are, from left, Angela Davis, Kim Hoehn, Flo Barlett and Misty Cristy. The team took first place in the Second Annual Arbor Day Chili Cookoff at Murphy Park in New Harmony.

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    Local actor hits big screen


    Tyler Roos, 7, has been cast in more films, commercials and ad campaigns than he has lost of his baby teeth.
    His early venture into stardom all began with a win at the Little Miss & Mr. River Days contest in 2010.
    "We just did it for fun," Tyler said about his run in the pageant. He ended up receiving the Little Mr. crown.
    Since then, Tyler has said that he wants to be a movie star — or a firefighter, veterinarian or a police officer.

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    Youth with Posey family ties to...

  • Up close with Randy Pease

    For a man who just had a number-one hit, Randy Pease remains approachable and humble.  I recently sat down with him in New Harmony, Indiana to talk about his latest album and his philosophy of life. Randy, dressed comfortably in jeans and a light blue Ropewalk t-shirt, greeted me with a warm smile and a handshake.  He sipped from his hot mug of coffee and patiently responded as I grilled him about his music.  

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    Posey Humane Society, Aug. 10


    • Delilah is a 1-year-old loving female cat. She enjoys hugs and cuddles. She is a black and gray classic tabby.

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    Griffin alumni talk about old times


    A group of former students of Griffin School was undeterred by high temperatures and heat indexes topping 100 late last month as they met to catch up and reminisce.
    Ron Nesler of New Harmony spearheaded the group's formation, a group he calls the Griffin Old Timers. July's meeting was the second and was a little smaller than the June meeting. Those who did make it out speculated that the heat kept many others from attending the July get-together.

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    Boy Scouts learn to fly

    The air over Southeastern Posey County was thick with model airplanes Saturday, July 30. Besides the regular fliers, members of the Posey Flyers Model Airplane Club, Scouts from troop #384 came out to get instruction on how to fly a model airplane.

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    Survivor tells story of 1925 Tri-...


    Waking up after being knocked out by flying debris, Ellen Van Way (Sears) Nottingham didn't know where she was.
    Nottingham is one out of a handful survivors who lived through the nation's most devastating tornado, the 1925 Tri-State Tornado, and she told her story to more than 40 people who attended a presentation hosted by the Posey County Historical Society on Saturday.
    Nottingham, who's 98, gave a crystal-clear recount of what happened March 18, 1925 — a day that devastated a thriving Posey County town.

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    Knight night at APL

    Society for Creative Anachronism demonstrates aspects of medieval life, including fighting and dance, as part of the Alexandrian Public Library’s Summer Reading program.

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    Project aims to make better writers

    By LANCE FERRELL
    AND MARY KECK
    Specials to the Democrat
     
    New Harmony recently hosted the National Writing Project’s River Bend Summer Institute.  In this community-service oriented professional development seminar, fellows of the Summer Institute meet daily for five weeks to work on individual writing projects and share best teaching practices from K through college.