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C-12 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 From left: Marcia Lambert, executive director and founder, Sarah Padilla, ER nurse manager, Ka- ra Moyer, director of Emergency and Quality Services. Gibson General partners with Isaiah 1:17 Project Gibson General Hospi- tal is excited to announce its community partner- ship with The Isaiah 1:17 Project, a Gibson County based non-profit organi- zation. The Isaiah 1:17 Project supplies Bags of Hope to children entering foster care. The bags include essentials, such as paja- mas, snacks, formula and books for any child or fos- ter family. "Gibson General Hos- pital's Emergency Servic- es Department is thrilled to provide 24-hour, sev- en-day-a-week access to the emergency kits for any foster family in need," stated Marcia Lambert, executive di- rector for The Isaiah 1:17 Project. "We see our part- nership as an opportuni- ty to help reach our goal to make sure every child receives a bag, and for them to know they are seen, loved and not for- gotten. We hope our bags will ease the transition for the children and fam- ilies, and help bridge the gap with caseworkers." Kara Moyer, Gibson General's director of emergency and quality services, and Sarah Pa- dilla, the hospital's ER nurse manager, have worked on developing this process with Lam- bert and say they are excited about this part- nership and opportuni- ty to offer the first hospi- tal-based point of access for all local foster chil- dren in need. County Commissioners accept Community Crossings low bidder By Janice Barniak County Commissioners met May 21 to open bids for the Community Cross- ings grant. Low bidder on the project was JH Ru- dolph; however, the county engineer took two options that brought down the cost even further, making the to- tal cost $1,349,337.91. In other road-related news, the county surveyor presented certification for 341 miles of ditch and regu- lated drain the office looked into this year. Also, the commissioners (except Mary Key, who was unable to attend), approved the Gibson County Highway Department to replace a re- tiring employee, though the decision has to also be ap- proved by the council to be final. Finally, the commission- ers accepted reimbursement for road work from INDOT for road repairs related to an unofficial detour along lo- cal roads while INDOT re- paired a road. Women's Fund of Gibson County awards grants totalling $4,700 to six organizations The evening of Thursday, May 16, donors to the Wom- en's Fund of Gibson County, and their guests, gathered at the Broadway House Bis- tro in Princeton. The gath- ering provided an oppor- tunity for attendees to en- joy fellowship and a meal, while donors did the impor- tant work of selecting this year's grant recipients. Potential recipients com- pleted grant applications beginning in March. Appli- cations for charitable pro- jects or activities of up to $2,000, aimed at improving the quality of life for Gibson County families, were ac- cepted through April 4. This year, donors select- ed organizations to receive six grants, together total- ing $4,700, from the Wom- en's Fund of Gibson Coun- ty, as well as the Susan K. Partenheimer Fund, both held by the Gibson Coun- ty Community Foundation. A grant of $1,300 was awarded to Deaconess Foundation for the installa- tion of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Gibson County Sheriff De- partment vehicles. Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry received a $1,300 grant for the "Meat" the Need project, which en- courages the donation of large game and livestock, and gives meat to food re- lief agencies in Indiana. An amount of $1,300 was awarded to Bread of Life Ministry, Inc. for the Cloth- ing for the Low Income Fam- ilies program. The program allows low income fami- lies to purchase brand new clothing obtained through an agreement between the organization and various clothing manufacturers. Broadway Players was awarded an $ 800 grant for "Here We Come a Caroling: Taking Charles Dickens to Students." The grant will help the organization pres- ent a scaled down version of their 2019 holiday pro- duction, Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol," to lo- cal schools. For additional informa- tion about contributing to the Women's Fund of Gib- son County or establishing a fund to make a difference in the community, contact the Gibson County Com- munity Foundation at 812- 386 -8082 or visit Communi- tyFoundationAlliance.org/ Gibson. Ivy Tech announces Dean's List students Ivy Tech Community Col- lege Southwest proudly rec- ognizes the following Gib- son County students for making the Dean's List for the 2019 spring semester. To be on the Dean's List, Ivy Tech students must achieve a minimum 3.50 grade point average in specific courses with no D's or F's, must have earned six or more credits during the semester, and at least 12 degree eligible credits during their course of study: Daulton Armstrong, Fort Branch; Melani Catt, Princeton; Mia Cham- berlain, Owensville; Gen- nifer Clay, Patoka; Arica Cole, Princeton; Marc Cur- ry, Haubstadt; Hanna Da- vis, Patoka; Adam Downs, Fort Branch; Magenta Fish- er, Princeton; Adam Hart, Fort Branch; Natalie Hen- son, Fort Branch; Leslie Holland, Princeton; Jarrin Huey, Princeton; Sheena Hunter, Princeton; Christo- pher Jackson, Fort Branch; Shelby Karges, Princeton; Ronda Koch, Oakland City; Jennifer Lamb, Fort Branch; Kathryn Mason, Prince- ton; Riley McConnell, Ha- zleton; Theodore Palmer, Haubstadt; Amanda Per- ry, Princeton; Nathan Pfef- fer, Haubstadt; Brogan Re- neer, Princeton; Hunter Ri- ley, Princeton; Allyssa Rol- ley, Patoka; Sean Schaefer, Haubstadt; Linda Sorrell, Oakland City; Gabriel Spin- dler, Oakland City; Britton Starr, Fort Branch; Michae- la Stevens, Haubstadt; Jere- miah Thompson, Princeton; Brock Wilzbacher, Haub- stadt; Deidre Wright, Fort Branch; and Morgan Young, Oakland City. 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The probable cause affidavit sworn to by Capt. Mike Hurt, of the Princeton Police Dept., al- leges Morrow had a confron- tation at Sam's Food Mart in Princeton with Andrew El- lis, who told police that af- ter a verbal confrontation, Morrow took out his gun and poked Ellis in the neck with the weapon. A witness, Charles Robin- son, told police he saw Mor- row pull and point the weap- on, then charge while hold- ing it, an incident that was allegedly backed up by a vid- eo recording taken by Kay- li Young, who Hurt said had two children in the backseat of her car during the con- frontation. She said Ellis was facing her video and could see her children as the gun was in his back. Hurt described the vid- eo as showing a verbal ar- gument. "Morrow and Ellis are ar- guing and Morrow walks away. Morrow came back toward Ellis, charging with his pistol pointed at Ellis. El- lis tells Morrow to stop sev- eral times and put his (Ellis) hands up. Morrow then appears to put the gun in the back of Ellis. The video clearly shows Mor- row as the aggres- sor," wrote Hurt in the affidavit. He add- ed Ellis and Robin- son said Morrow smelled of alcohol. A fter the incident, the affidavit alleges Morrow called the Gibson County Jail and re- ported the event in a taped phone call that Hurt ob- tained, in which Morrow admitted to pulling the gun, but said Ellis was the aggressor. Hurt said in the affida- vit, Morrow's version of the events did not match the vid- eo and he declined to be in- terviewed. Morrow's bond was set at $1,000. Judges Jeff Meade and Robert Krieg recused them- selves from the case, and Special Judge Jill Marcum was assigned, with the hear- ing set for 10 a.m. June 5 in Vanderburgh County's Su- perior Court Building. The arrest is on the heels of an April 22 guilty plea by Morrow's Deputy Clerk Alan Stackhouse, convicted of a misdemeanor count of making an unlawful propo- sition of prostitution. Stack- house was sentenced to 360 days probation. Jim Morrow