We have been journalists at a community newspaper in Evanston, Illinois for more than 20 years. In our semi-retirement, we plan to write a series of articles about various issues in Vermillion County, and are starting out with an article about the carbon sequestration project proposed by Wabash Valley Resources. We own farmland in the county (which is not impacted by the WVR’s project).

We plan to publish our articles periodically on this site, Vermillion Reports, https://vermillionreports.org.  If you would like to receive an email notice of articles when we post them, please send your email address to us at vermillionreports@gmail.com. We also welcome any comments.

Mary Helt Gavin and Larry Gavin

Mary grew up in Dana and graduated from Clinton High School, then attended DePauw University and Indiana University. She is the founder and former president, as well as manager, publisher of the Evanston RoundTable newspaper (now Evanston RoundTable Media NFP).  

Larry Gavin holds a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He practiced law in Chicago for 36 years, with a focus on business litigation. He co-founded the Evanston RoundTable, where he served as a journalist/editor for more than 20 years.

Many of our articles are available at https://evanstonroundtable.com