South Gibson Star-Times

NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local ����������A1-12 Obituaries ������ A3 Arrests ������������ A6 Home Life �����A8-9 Opinion �������� A10 History �����������A11 Sports ���������B1-12 Classifieds ������� B6 Legals �������������� B6 School �������� B7-9 Church �����B10-11 Two Sections • One Insert Fort Branch, IN 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) See WALK on page 2 See BAKERY on page 2 See SCAVENGER on page 2 $1.00  24 PAGES   TuESDay, OcTObEr 5, 2021  VOLUME 67, NUMBER 16 South Gibson LOCAL A3 SPORTS B1 See TEACH on page 2 TITANS POUND WILDCATS Local opens home bakery business By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Owensville-native Lauren Keehn, currently of Haubstadt, had been making cakes for friends and family when a friend and fellow home baker, Sheridan Stokes, of The Whimsy Whisk, told her she'd had requests for her to add cakes to her elaborately-decorated cookie business. Keehn, who is an occupational therapist in her day job, said she sometimes had the opportunity to help people re-learn to cook or bake as part of rehabilitation. She began A Pinch of Perfection out of her own kitchen in her spare time. Her chocolate chip cookie dough-stuffed cupcakes quickly became her best seller. Now, three to four months into her new business, she said Spooky scavenger hunt hits Haubstadt By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Interior designer Rachelle Dewig Wade, of Haubstadt, said her family likes to dec- orate their home inside and outside—usu- ally with her doing the inside and her hus- band taking care of the outdoor decorations on their modern farmhouse. As they started putting out Halloween de- cor last week, friend Andrea Maurer Spinks drove by and reminded her of the town-wide teddy bear hunt during early COVID last year, and mused that it would be fun if they could do something similar with Halloween decorations. The same night, Wade put the word out to friends in her social network, saying she'd like to do a scavenger hunt, and write clues for different homes' decorations. She woke up to 20 people saying they'd like to partic- SUICIDE AWARENESS WALK DEDICATED TO THOSE STRUGGLING AND THOSE LOST By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Suicide Awareness walk organizer Linda Settle would like to say to those who strug- gled with or considered suicide but did not ex- ecute the experience, that she hopes the per- son knows how glad she is they're still here. "Give life another day," she said in Bicen- tennial Park Sunday, where the semi-colon statue her family had built in memory of grandson Casey Settle is a place people go to remember him. She told the crowd, in liter- ature, an author chooses a semi-colon when they choose not to end a sentence and choose instead to go on, and she hopes those present would all choose to continue living. Carol Blaine attended and helped orga- nize the remembrance walk in memory of her Childhood friends take on teaching together By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern grads Shelby Schaefer and Annabelle Silva are life- long best friends who grew up playing "teacher" together. Now instead of play- ing, their dreams are real, as both have full teaching scholarships with the help from their employer, Little Miracles, through Indiana's TEACH program. Little Miracles Director Kara Hoke called the TEACH program a hidden gem of education in Indiana for anyone already working full-time in childcare. "Basically the gist is, if you work in any childcare setting 30 or more hours a week, you can get your teaching ed- ucation for free. So our college girls straight out of high school can still work their 30 hours here and take their class- Shelby Schaefer and Annabelle Silva have spent a lifetime as friends and have both been accepted to the same scholarship program for working teachers this year. Lauren Keehn started Pinch of Perfection bakery in her Haubstadt kitchen. A suicide prevention walk in Bicentennial Park Saturday remembered those who have died by suicide. Families remem- bered those they have lost. Rachelle Dewig Wade, of Haub- stadt, has a photo booth area at her stop on the Haubstadt Scavenger Hunt, which she poses in here. Shelby Schaefer and Annabelle Silva pose with their toddler class. The lifelong friends, who played school together as children, are both pursuing college with a full scholarship for early childhood teachers.

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