Great Scott! (Posey County, Indiana wants to lure new Scott Paper Co. mill to the area) (Briefs)

Posey County has a paper castle and would like to have a second edifice bearing the name of Scott Paper Co. The company, headquartered in Pennsylvania, is currently in the process of deciding where to locate its new $200 million Midwest mill.

A Posey County site, downriver from Evansville, is one of two options for the proposed plant. The other site is in Daviess County, Ky., near Owensboro. The paper mill would generate 300 to 500 new jobs in the area as well as others during its construction, which is expected to take two years.

Jerry Kunze, vice president of sales and promotion at the Evansville-based advertising agency, Keller-Crescent Co., designed the paper castle to gather community support and to welcome Scott Paper Co. to Indiana. Alvey Signs of Evansville built the 10-foot by 1 2-foot castle from Scott Paper Co. products contributed by area merchants. It's made of 440 boxes of facial tissue, 700 rolls of toilet tissue and 650 rolls of paper towels.

According to Phillip E. Lippincott, Scott's chairman and CEO, the final site selection will...