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Strength Coach Jeff Sellers remembered Coach Nick Hart as having, at his hiring, what Sellers called the guts and courage to an- nounce he believed Gibson Southern—a team that had never won a post-season game—could win a state championship. The first time they took students to Knox- ville to play, he remembers people were sur- prised by the expense that included thousands in hotels, laughing as they said the team could stay home and play a local team to "get their brains beat out." "There's nobody laughing now," Sellers said. The road was paved from the moment Supt. Stacy Humbaugh and the South Gibson School Board hired Coach Hart, Humbaugh remem- bered Sunday. The board sat down with Hart and offered him the job, but said they had no teaching posi- tion for him and the coaching stipend was low. "I can promise you two things that will hap- pen no matter what. First one is, if you come down here and take this position, our kids will work harder for you than you will ever imag- Assistant Coach Cary Maurer hugs quarterback Brady Allen after sharing the admiration he has for the young men on the team Sunday at a community celebration of Titans winning state. Caleb Malone and Lucas Lowry wait for a chance to meet their favorite players Sunday at Jewell field. After 24 months, Vaudeville returns, celebrating GS theater By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com The magic of Vaudeville, explains drama teacher Adam Bledsoe, doesn't always happen onstage with lights and sound effects. Often his favorite part of the show is emerging into the hallway after- wards, where traditionally parents are piling the praise on their stu- dent actors. "Sometimes someone has a parent where theater is not their thing. They maybe don't get it. A fter the show in the hallway, the parent comes up to me, and they had no expectation walking in. Walking out they're go- ing, 'Wow, I had no idea what was happening here. I'm coming back tomorrow.' I think we're doing some awesome stuff, and we pull in new people," said Bledsoe. Vaudeville will return this week at 7 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 4, and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 5 after a 24-month, public-show hiatus and a new show called "Vaudevillians," written by students and bringing back villain- ous characters from the last decade of GSHS shows. The idea was a student's pitch three years ago, and while the de- partment didn't use the idea that year, it kept resurfacing. Finally, six student officers wrote and edited the six narration seg- ments with one another. They worked on the premise that the old villains had enjoyed a year without theater and wanted to shut down the upcoming production. Between the narration segments, students will do the skits and musical numbers that define the vaudeville genre. "Everyone gravitated towards it and liked the villains teaming up. I liked that they were villains from Dayspring serves more than 200 during 10th annual meal By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com According to Pastor Scott Burr, of Day- spring Church, the church's 10th annual Thanksgiving dinner was as big as it's ev- er been, serving more than 200 meals, and likely closer to 250. The decade-old tradition starts at 7 a.m. when the church begins to smoke the tur- keys (donated annually by Hoehn Plastics of Poseyville). Meanwhile, around 60 volunteers do all the things that they do for their own families — making sides, cutting desserts and doing dishes, among other things — for the com- munity event, which started at 4:30 p.m. and served until after 7 p.m. this year. The church delivers the meals to the dis- abled and shut-ins and this year provided ap- proximately 20 drive-up meals for those con- Family giving thanks for support as preemie improves in NICU By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Last Wednesday, as families across the area prepped for the next day's Thanksgiv- ing, the Fougnies family got a call no parent wants to receive. Hannah and Cory Fougnies' son, Westin, was getting worse and worse, and the med- ical team had a question. "They said his heart rate bottomed out...it dropped below 60. Anything below 60, they would normally start chest compressions. They said there was nothing more they can Hannah Fougnies holds her son, Westin, this weekend after an amaz- ing recovery had him looking like a brand new child. From left: Ava Tolley, Max Walker, Brooklyn Casburn, Malorie Scheller, Halle Pohl, Brielle Arm- strong and Maura Kluesner perform a big musical number.