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inspiration T he ‘90s was the best decade for music. I’ll die on this mountain. Kurt Cobain was the Bob Dylan of my generation - and yeah, I know, he was in your generation, but at least Kurt could sing; argue that one. You think his lyrics don’t make sense until you really read them. Alanis Morrisette has the best revenge song of all time. We gave you Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Backstreet Boys, N’Sync. We killed New Kids on the Block (which I regret) and buried Tupac and Biggie. Our music tastes ran the gamut. I can listen to Dr. Dre and Tim McGraw in the same playlist and not think it’s weird at all. We were mad and we didn’t care who knew it. We weren’t super vulgar (not by today’s standards, at least). We were full of angst and teenage hormones. Our songs are usually dark, even when they don’t soud like it. My favorite song, Far Behind by Candlebox, is about a friend’s addiction to heroin. The grunge scene and heroin weren’t our finest moments. The music that came out of those were. My daughter is exactly the same. She should have been a child of the ‘90s. She jams out to the same music I did in high school. She wasn’t necessarily raised on it, either. We listened to the Taylor Swift and the Hannah Montana stuff they liked. She developed a love for the ‘90s all on her own. She’s even thrown in the older stuff, just like I did. She’s added in new stuff - Billie Eilish, Panic at the Disco, etc. - but she’s always got a couple ‘90s songs in her rotation. Side note, we may listen to the same music, but we would not have been friends. She’s kind of weird and I wouldn’t have appreciated it back then. My other daughter, bless her heart, has no taste in music (she’s also going to be angry at me for saying that if she reads this). I am a super open parent. We all cuss like sailors and joke inappropriately. Those songs she listens to make me blush. It’s bad. She also likes country rap. I’m not even sure what that is. She demands that she gets control of the bluetooth in the car and I regularly turn it off from my steering wheel. It’s the one thing we still fight about. The funny part is, her favorite music when she was little was System of a Down. If she was upset, it would immediately calm her down. I recently sat down to make a tea towel for my kitchen and wanted to make some ‘90s lyrics look inspriational but funny. Actually reading through some of my favorite songs made me realize how dark and twisted I was back then. But, I don’t back down from my statement. The ‘90s was the best decade for music. Hand down. Don’t come at me with the ‘80s. Hair bands are trash. I’ll concede that the ‘60s and ‘70s had redeeming qualities, but it all came together in the ‘90s. So, if you’ll excuse me, I am now going to jam out to some STP, Pearl Jam and Green Day. My dogs love it when I sing to them.

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to pastor,” he said. “First Baptist (was) the third; they called me in December. The church I was at in Elberfeld had been declining for several years and they’d had the property for sale, but nothing had happened. I agreed to preach the first two Sundays in January in 2020 here for trial sermons. I kind of felt like the Lord was trying to tell me something, because at this time, the third church had called in three months. I needed to see what God was doing. Before I got to the the first Sunday in January to preach here, the church in Elberfeld got an offer on their property. They voted to accept the offer and they had to be out of the property. Our last service was the last Sunday in January, and that was the closing of the church. That same Sunday, I was voted in as pastor here at First Baptist. So, the first Sunday in Febuary, I was here. I never missed a weekend.” Marilyn Welch, a longtime member of the congregation, said the new pastor is the perfect fit for Boonville General Baptist. “The first Sunday he came in to preach, I just felt something come over me,” she said. “I’ve never had that feeling before. We had some good people that came to preach, but that Sunday, there was just something there.” But, with the closing of churches, he had to get creative. He recorded sermons and posted them to the church’s Facebook page. Then he did livestreams from the sanctuary until they were able to get back to in-person church services. “It is so much harder to preach to a camera and try to make eye contact with a camera than it is preaching to a congregation,” he laughed. With everything finally getting back to normal, Pastor Kiegel said they’re trying to expand their current ministries and expand their offerings. They

currently offer a Creative Ladies Ministry, Men’s Bible Study and children’s ministry. He said he’d like to add additional children’s ministries. His wife, Mindi, has taken on the kids side of the church. In addition to being the pastor’s wife and a mother of six, she’s also a speech pathologist at Loge Elementary. “We’re wanting to get started, as soon as we can, a place where teens can come - we’ll separate middle and high school - but they can come, have coffee if they want, snacks,” she said. “We’ve got a game room - ping pong, air hockey, those kinds of things. And also a time where we have an open gym. We just want it open where kids can come in, have safe fun. To start with, on weekends, but we’d like to see it build where we would have that available a couple nights a week just to come, do some homework, hang out.” Pastor Kiegel said he really hopes to do more community outreach projects, as well. He isn’t quite sure what those will look like quite yet, but he said he’d like to reach more people this summer. They do have two gospel sings planned - Warrior’s Song June 12 at 6 p.m. and Eternal Vision Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. - and a vacation Bible school tentatively set for June. The most up-to-date events are found on the church’s Facebook page and website, fbcboonville.com. They even have an app! One of Pastor Kiegel’s goals is to, of course, bring more people into the church, but also to cater to a younger demographic. That’s not a slight to his amazing congregation, though. “We have a group of people who are loving, who really are committed to serving the Lord, are excited to see what God has been doing and what he’s going to be doing at church,” he said.

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t all happened really fast for Ashley Heck and Brice Bennett. They had talked about eventually opening a CBD store, but a visit to one in Evansville put everything on the fast track. Within a week or so of finding out about the legality of a hemp derivative, they were looking for space to open their store. “Whenever me and my fiancé got together, we talked about opening a CBD store for awhile, just because as things progressed and new doors do open up for our state, we want to be prepared for that,” she said. “It is such a positive thing, as well as good money. Whenever we found out that Delta 8 was a thing from the guy in Evansville.” Basically, the 2018 Hemp Farming Act removed hemp from schedule 1 controlled substances federally. With less than .3 percent THC - the psychoactive chemical most commonly found in marijuana - it’s pretty much legal pot. The compound found in marijuana is scientifi-

cally called Delta-9 THC and it remains illegal in Indiana. Delta-8 contains slightly lower levels of THC and is considered a derivative of hemp, which is legal under the 2018 Farm Bill. It’s not just a legal high, though. Delta-8 offers many of the same health benefits as medical marijuana. According to the Harvard Medical blog, marijuana is most often used to relieve chronic pain, lessen the tremors in Parkinson’s, glaucoma and other diseases that cause chronic pain. It’s known to treat certain types of epilepsy and help with depression and anxiety. Many of those same benefits can be found in CBD, Ashley said. “We’ve had people that have gone off their blood pressure medicine,” she said. “It helps with that. We have people who have gone to the pain clinic and been prescribed like narcotic pain pills that have completely switched to us. CBD has no side effects. When you’re taking medication like that, there could be addiction, there could be so many adverse side effects

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that CBD doesn’t have. CBD is non-psychoactive, so it’s not going to make you feel any type of way, but the benefits show and the effects show after a period of time.” Consistency is key with any kind of medication, she said. “You have to take it consistently,” she said. “That’s one thing that I always tell people when they come in and want to try CBD for the first time. It’s not something you’re going to take one day and be like, ‘Oh wow, I feel great.’ You have to consistently take it to see the benefits. We have so many people tell us their story about how it’s helped. Even people who were using CBD before we opened that came to us and said, ‘This is awesome, I love it.’” It’s not just humans that enjoy the benefits of CBD, Ashley said. “We have the CBD dog treats and cat treats… Those are really popular for people’s pets,” she said. “They have a lot of health benefits, as well

BoonvilleView.com 19 as just calming them down if you have a really anxious dog or high-strung dog. It helps with taking them to the vet or getting their nails clipped or whatever. Those are really popular.” Ashley said that she regularly uses CBD products, but has yet to try Delta-8. She and Brice are expecting their first child. With more states legalizing marijuana for both legal and recreational use, Ashley said a stigma has been lifted. Regardless of the legality, though, she said she was a little concerned about what kind of reception they’d get in a small town. Both Ashley and Brice are Boonville natives. They both graduated from Boonville High School. “I was so nervous,” she said. “I was like, this is either going to go one way or the other. We’ve been super surprised about how positive everyone has been. Everyone on the square has come in and introduced themselves. That’s been shocking for me. We’ve had a few people come in and just kind of stand and wait and they’ll be like, ‘I just own the store down the street.’ I’m kind of like, ‘Oh god,’ but they’ve all been super nice. No backlash at all or negative comments or people coming in here saying anything negative.”

Bringing their business to Boonville was kind of a homecoming for them, but it was more important to establish roots that will help them if or when the state legalizes marijuana. “We wanted to bring it to Boonville because Boonville doesn’t even have any kind of smoke shop - which, we’re not really a smoke shop, but we have accessories and stuff like that,” she said. “We just liked the location for people who are out this way that have to travel all the way to Evansville if they want any Delta 8 or CBD - quality CBD besides what like the gas stations and stuff have. We’ve had a lot of people say they drove from Jasper and stuff like that. It’s definitely worked out for a location. Whenever we saw that there was a building on the square, we definitely went for it. It’s perfect. It’s all kind of fallen into place.” Some of their customers aren’t really the ones you’d expect, either. “We’ve been like really, really surprised with how many people we’ve had go after the Delta 8, the older people or people who are like, ‘I haven’t had anything like this since back in the ‘70s, so if I can buy it, whatever,’” she said.

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he Monarchs Rod & Custom Fourth Annual Rockin’ Around the Clock Cruise-In will be held May 15 at the Harold Gunn Pavilion. As in the past, Law Chevrolet and Peoples Trust and Savings Bank will supply food and Derr’s sodas. The Warrick County Klowns will be on hand, blowing up balloons and doing face painting, as well. This year, there will be space to accommodate more than 200 entries to the cruise-in! While the 2020 show wasn’t pos possible, the 2021 show is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever before! Take a look back on past shows and get ready to visit this year’s!

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he Warrick County Museum is open again for visits and for special events. The first event of the post-pandemic is a presentation by Elvis Presley impersonator Kenny Pressley on July 10 on the museum stage. An Elvis look-a-like complete with all the glitz and glamour of his costumes, Kenny has a very lively performance and engages the audience in his shows. Only 75 tickets are available for $20 each at the museum or at Millers 5 & 10. The evening includes light appetizers and a cash bar. Other events include the long-awaited Browne Sisters and band at the 4-H Center on September 25. Next on the calendar is the Style Show on October 26 at Rolling Hills, which includes dinner and a show by Chico’s of Evansville. Tickets for these events are $30 each and will be available at Miller’s and the Museum. Our display theme this year is the 1950s, with

a large display at the museum that will be up until November. In June, July and August, the Museum will feature a picnic and swimsuit display at the Neff building on Second Street on the square. Early swimsuits from the 1920s to the 1950s will be on view, along with picnic items from the 1950s. Much effort goes into a display as the Museum volunteers must carefully evaluate each piece to be used. Getting the items out of storage and assessing their condition first is the most important. Everything is stored in acid free conditions, especially important with textiles. The museum is open on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. and on the first and third Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. Visit Yesterday Today and follow us on Facebook or visit us on our website.

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t is that time of year again. Spring has sprung, as they say! Hundreds of cats and kittens will enter the Warrick County Animal Control doors this year, like every year before. We continued to make improvements by expanding our relationships with other rescue organizations, increased fundraising to pay for more medical treatments and worked with Warrick Animal Guardians to have an offsite adoption location partnership with Tri State Vet and Pet in Evansville. All of these efforts resulted in more cats and kittens saved

than ever before. We also offer barn cats fully vetted for only $10! This year marks another new opportunity with the Vanderburgh Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic. We have a once-a-month transport to help get even more cats/kittens spayed and neutered, including those in our community. The continued partnership with Warrick Animal Guardians helps the community with half-off vouchers at VHS Low Cost Spay/ Neuter clinic, as well as funding for medical procedures when they can and finding foster

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schedule your appointment now to ensure this is done. If a cat, dog or ferret is impounded at Warrick County Animal Control and not up to date, the owners will be required to have this done prior to it leaving our facility and will incur fines/fees. Microchipping is a great way to help your animals find their way home. It is most important to keep the microchip information up dated at all times. If you don’t know who your pets’ microchip is registered with, we are happy to scan your pet and get you more information! Plus, we can enter your pet’s information into our database to help ensure you are contacted quickly should your pet ever make its way to our facility. As an owner, you are required to know the county ordinances and/or city laws for the area you live in, including planning and zoning. This is most important when someone wants to bring home potbellied pigs or livestock such as chickens and ducks. While

the county doesn’t have laws against owning these animals, several of the cities and towns in Warrick County do have rules against having these animals in certain areas. Please make sure you are aware of these before bringing home one of these animals. Pre-Covid, Warrick County Animal Control got a grant for a new vehicle for Dog Bite Prevention Education, Rescue Transports and Training. This vehicle is a welcome addition and we look forward to being able to do presentations on the important subject of Dog Bite Prevention for children either at schools, groups or clubs once we are able. Rescue transports save lives and while Animal Control welcomes adoptions, many animals are actually rescued by local and notso-local shelters, humane societies and rescues. WCAC staff and volunteers have traveled to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Louisville, St. Louis and Cincinnati, to name a few. Training is very important to continue our

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knowledge in our industry. This vehicle ensures we have one that is economic and ready for travel to trainings throughout the year. Having continuing education helps the staff stay current on new laws, changes in our field and only helps to make our staff better. Warrick County Animal Control also offers a Pet Food Bank to help our community in need. We also often have collars and leashes for free to assist when someone needs them. Upcoming ways to support animal control is to participate in events like Scratch and Sniff Scavenger Hunt put on by Warrick Animal Guardians and Warrick Humane Society May 8. Check out this fun family event on WAG or WHS Facebook page. Also, watch for the online auction this fall. The money raised from these events help pay medical expenses for the animals entering our facilities.

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PIONEER oonville senior Jim Nelson flipped in a quick lay-up just as time ran out Saturday night to give the Pioneers a 58-57 win over Chrisney in the fifth straight sectional title for the host school. The Pioneers advanced to the finals with a seething 75-69 win over South Spencers Rebels in the afternoon round. The co-favorite Wildcats breezed by Tecumseh 74-51 in the afternoon game. The Pioneers opened the championship game with a hot shooting eye and ran up a 14-5 lead

and posted a 21-16 first quarter advantage. The steady Wildcats, however, took a 31-29 advantage to the dressing room at half-time, when Boonville scored only 8 points in the second period. The Wildcats still held a slim 44-43 lead at the end of the third period, and appeared to have the situation well in hand until the final buffer. After running up a 37-31 lead, the Wildcat offense sputtered and the Pioneers knotted the score at 37 all. Neither time could pile up an advantage, but the Wildcats led 57-54 with

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1:15 remaining. The Wildcats missed a 1-and-1 situation and Boonville’s Randy Silke covered a 1-and-1 to narrow the gap to 57-56. Silke grabbed the rebound with :20 left after the Wildcats missed a jumper. The Pioneers called time with :18 and brought the ball in on the side. Ken Kirkland tried for a steal, but knocked the ball to of bounds and the Pioneers tried again with 7 seconds left. Kirkland then tied up Steve Hill with :02 showing. Hill got the tip over to Richard Morris, who tipped underneath to Nelson for his game-winning shot. For the Pioneers, Silke scored 13 and Nelson 12. Bruce Cissna came on strong in the sec-

ond half for the Wildcats to score 17 points. Kirkland and Steve Meyer each scored 11. Boonville and South Spencer won semifinal berths on Saturday afternoon by virtue of first round sectional wins Thursday. Boonville whipped Castle, 69-65, while South Spencer surprised Haubstadt, 67-59. Boonville held on late in the fourth quarter of the first game to notch their sixth win of the season. The Pioneers trailed 16-14 at the end of the first period, but quickly tied the game at 16-16 and then went ahead to stay at 18-16 with 7:02 remaining. They were able to stretch their lead to 24-16,

but the Knights edged back to only a 38-25 deficit with 2:48 left. Steve Hill tossed in five straight points to put the Pioneers out 36-27 at the half. Boonville hit a cold streak to open the third quarter, and after scoring the first basket to go out 38-27, they were unable to hit until Jim Nelson hit a lay in with 2:31 remaining to break a 38-38 deadlock. The Knights again tied the game at 40-40, but hit a cold streak themselves, while the Pioneers dumped in 10 points in the last 1:57. Nelson and Silke each scored 4 points. Boonville rolled up a solid 56-43 edge early

in the fourth period, but Harvey Mockobee received a head injury and had to be taken out, while Mike Craig and Nelson fouled out. The Knights then came roaring back to trail only 68-63 with 1:58 remaining. However, they were unable to overtake the defending champs. If either team had connected on its free throws, they could have won easily. The Knights hit only 29-44, while the Pioneers hit 27-41. Dave Espenlaub topped the Castle scoring with 22 points, while Tom Lant flipped in 12 for the Pioneer, Randy Silke had 25 on 7 field goals and 11 of 13 free throws, while Jim Nelson and Mike Craig each scored 12.

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sports, meaning all schools were lumped togethcouple years later, Jim Nelson remembers er in one tournament. that play exactly. Looking back on that game for Jim, it said it It was a set play, one that they ran every was fun, but it was just a moment in time. practice. It hadn’t been used successfully in a “It was just high school,” he said. “Looking game yet, though. back, it was fun. That’s what we did. It was “We had a jump ball and the way the play was sports. Boonville was a great place to grow up. designed, the guy that was jumping would hit it I had a lot of friends. Looking back, it’s just one to the guy in the foul lane and it would whack of those things. If I would have missed, I probit over to either person on each side of the foul lane. It just so happened, I caught the ball, I shot ably would have always been remembered as the guy who missed the shot. It was fun. I have a lot it, it went in. of good memories at Boonville High School. It’s “Steve Hill was the guy that was jumping. something I really appreciate.” He hit it to Richard Morris and Richard Morris tapped it over to me and I hit it. That’s what happened. That was At Yesterdaze, we take a play we practiced every day in pride in the quality of practice. I think that was the only our food, service, and At Our Gathering Place time. We’d probably run it a coucustomer satisfaction. or Your Place! ple of times before, but that was, I think, the only time that it was successful.” Boonville went on to play in the regional finals, falling to eventual state champion North High Mon. - Thurs. 6-9 ¥ Fri. 6-10 ¥ Sat. 7-9 School. This was before class 101 S 2nd St ¥ Boonville ¥ (812) 897-0858

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The nitty gritty

City of Boonville Meetings are being held virtually now. Joint Board of Works and City Council meetings are broadcast each Tuesday at 4 p.m. on WBNL 99.9 FM. County Business Warrick County Commissioners meetings are now broadcast live on YouTube (search for the Warrick County Government Meetings channel). Commissioners meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4 p.m. The Warrick County Council has been hosting its meetings via Zoom. For the most up-to-date information on dates and times, follow the Warrick County Council on Facebook. The judicial center remains closed to anything other than essential services and appointments.

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1901 Emporium.............................................24 & 25

Greer’s Flooring.......................................................2

Ascension St. Vincent Warrick..............................43

Monarchs...............................................................15

3rd Street Saloon...................................................48 Aigner Construction...............................................44 Boonville Federal...................................................23 Boonville View.......................................................46

Camp’s Automotive...............................................13

Kyle Krantz.............................................................27 Parker’s Ironworks.................................................45 Pet Parlor...............................................................45 Peoples Trust and Savings Bank..........................35

Posey’s Market........................................................8

Commander’s Grill...................................................9 Remedy Center......................................................23 Cron’s Body Shop.................................................27

Town Square............................................................2

Double D’s.............................................................47

TRU Event Rental...................................................19

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Transcendent ........................................................29 Warrick Animal Guardians.....................................44

Dr. Hyndman..........................................................11 Woodmont Health Campus...................................17 Farm Bureau..........................................................21

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