Afternoon News: Wednesday September 14th 2022

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News:

Coming up this weekend in New Harmony is one of Indiana’s biggest art festivals, Kunstfest.  It takes place this Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can expect plenty of shopping options including hand crafted and unique vendor booths, German food booths, local food trucks, live music, beer garden, and a mimosa bar on Sunday. Kunstfest is made possible by the New Harmony Business Association and the title sponsor of the festival this year is Heritage Federal Credit Union.

Family Matters of Posey County Indiana is seeking a new Executive Director. Requirements for the position includes a bachelor’s degree with a preference given to degrees in human services, administration, or social work. Other requirements include 3-5 years of previous non-profit experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree, program development and management experience, ability to work with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds, fundraising and grant writing experience, self-starter, multitasker, highly organized, and motivated to support the community. The cover letter, resume, and three professional references are due by Friday, September 23^rd. You can email your application packet to familymatt2006@aol.com.

The YMCA in Evansville is looking for workers to fill open positions. Today they will be hosting a hiring event for those interested. Today’s event will take place at the Dunigan Family YMCA. Hiring officials will be available for open interviews from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. All departments are hiring including member services, childcare, aquatics, and community outreach. 

Tickets for the West Side Nut Club Cure F-A exhibition baseball game are officially on sale. F-A or Friedreich's Ataxia is a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder that affects one in 50,000 people in the United States. USI Baseball Head Coach, Tracy Archuleta began this fundraiser to honor his son Sam, who suffers from the disorder. The last two games have raised over $86,000 and the team hopes to break the $100,000 threshold this year. The game will take place on October 22nd at Bosse Field at 2:00 PM with USI hosting Kent State. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. You can purchase tickets at USI Athletics and all Banterra Bank locations in Evansville and Newburgh. Fans can also purchase tickets at curefa.org/USIBaseball. 

We are already at Week 5 of the High School Football season across the tri-state this coming Friday. Yesterday, the new AP High School Football rankings were released and there were quite a few tri-state teams in the rankings. Starting with Class 5A, Castle is 8^th. In Class 4A Reitz is 9^th, Memorial 11^th, and Jasper is 13^th. Class 3A features Gibson Southern ranked 2^nd, Southridge 9^th, Vincennes 11^th, and Heritage Hills 12^th. Moving on to Class 2A, Mater Dei is slotted 8^th, Perry Central 13^th, and North Posey is 14^th. In Class 1A, Tecumseh is 10^th.  

This Friday, Mt. Vernon Football who is 3-1 on the season will travel to Forest Park. North Posey who is also 3-1 will be at home against Heritage Hills.

Local Sports Tonight:

- North Posey Boys Tennis travels to Mater Dei at 4:30 PM.

- North Posey Girls Golf plays a match at 4:15 PM at Cambridge Golf Course. Princeton is also participating in the match.