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SHIRKIEVILLE PUMPED UP: Speculation that Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh could be Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s pick as his vice presidential running mate has people talking in Bayh’s hometown of Shirkieville in rural northwest Vigo County (Terre Haute Tribune-Star)."It’s huge around here," said Larry Davison, owner of Davison Service and Equipment, one of very few businesses .jpg)
in the tiny town. Davison believes Bayh’s presence on the ticket would help Obama and would be a great thing "not just for Shirkieville, but the whole state of Indiana," he said. Shirkieville has a population of 50 or less these days, Davison said, adding that the town on Indiana 150 about 10 miles north of West Terre Haute was once larger. Davison has lived in the area most of his life and has met Bayh, his wife Susan and his father, former Sen. Birch Bayh, he said. "Everybody’s pretty sure that he’s going to get it," said Carolyn Powers, co-owner of the Midway Bar and Grill in the heart of Shirkieville. "It would put the Midway on the map, wouldn’t it?" she said with a laugh. Although Evan Bayh is a native of Shirkieville, he only lived in the small town for a couple of years, local residents say. His father moved away to pursue a law degree when Evan was very young, said Sue Secondino, 70, who lives in the former Bayh family home and knew several generations of the Bayh family, she said. "His [family] background to us is just impeccable," Secondino said of Bayh. "We are wholeheartedly for Evan and any endeavors that he might pursue," she said. The Bayh family bought the home where Secondino lives in 1952, she said. She and her husband, Pete, bought the home along with farmland from Birch and Marvella Bayh in 1957, she added. "We keep in touch," Secondino said of her relations with the Bayh family. However, she and her husband like to keep the relationship quiet. "We’re not limelighters," she said.
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