The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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LADY TITANS ON A ROLL THIS WEEK NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local ����������A1-10 Home Life �����A8-9 Sports ���������� B1-3 History ������������ B4 School �������� B5-7 Opinion �������B6-7 Legals �������������� B7 Church ��������B8-9 Classifieds ����� B10 Two Sections • No Inserts Fort Branch, IN 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) See PERRY on page 2 See PROJECT on page 2 $1.00 20 PAGES TuESDay, aPrIl 26, 2022 VOLUME 67, NUMBER 45 South Gibson COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (R) COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (R) COUNTY RECORDER (R) COFFEE WITH THE CANDIDATES INCREASE BEAT the New Subscription Rates Start May 1, 2022 SEE DETAILS ON A-9 SPORTS B1 South Gibson appoints Bryan Perry as superintendent By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com South Gibson School Board unanimously appointed Dr. Bryan Perry to take over when longtime superintendent Stacy Humbaugh re- tires this summer. Perry, a US Air Force vet who served in Des- ert Storm, has been a classroom teacher, as- sistant principal in high school, principal at Thompkins Elementary, director of school support, and then most recently assistant su- perintendent of human resources at Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. "Developing leadership is my passion," he said. "I want to see every student growing." He grew up in southern Indiana, graduat- ing from Tecumseh High School, has an un- dergraduate degree from University of South- ern Indiana, and a masters and PhD from In- diana State University. He said he was inspired to teach during his Fort Branch eyes $7.1M wastewater project By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Fort Branch Town Council will apply for USDA rural development grants and the state revolving loan fund in an attempt to address an early warning sewer ban issued by Indiana Dept. of Environmental Man- agement. The project will address inflow around Holy Cross church for $129,000.The project also includes a wastewater treatment plan expansion for a total cost of $7.1 million. Engineer Eric Smith, of HWC, said the company has submitted a preliminary en- gineering report to get the town in line for funding. Between now and July 1 the orga- nizations will review and offer some com- munity funding. "They have more money than they have ever had in a year," Smith said. Fort Branch historically has had a leaky collection system, which allows storm and groundwater into the sanitary sewer sys- Pflug to advocate for agriculture By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Incumbent Councilman Craig Pflug said he wants to continue to bring an active farmer's perspec- tive to the county council for the next four years. Pflug, who started at the post in 2003, said a lot of his reasons to serve, for example to bring agri- culture and business experience, hasn't changed. He's an east Gib- son grain farmer, Wood Memorial grad, Vincennes University alumnus, and Purdue alumnus. He was a commercial/ag loan officer, which gave him a background in finance he said has been invaluable to Schleter to preserve personal freedom By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Republican candidate Robert "Bob" Schleter is running on a platform of personal freedom and preserving the rural character of Gibson County as he heads into the primary, and a large part of that, he said, is continuing to fight zoning, along with reducing cor- porate abatements and giving rais- es to county employees. Schleter remembers, as a child in 1968, he handed out no-zoning leaflets to people door- to-door, he said, on behalf of his father's business. He said zoning has come up a few times since his childhood, and Overton offers voice of fiscal conservatism By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Incumbent Republican Coun- cilman Jeremy Overton, who has served the council since 2006, wants to see through the cost-cut- ting measures he's helped imple- ment on the jail project and con- tinue a legacy of fiscal conserva- tivism in the tradition of former councilmen Tony Wolfe, George Ankenbrand and Bill McConnell. "I think it's important to have that voice on the council," he said. Overton is a North Posey graduate and Wabash Col- lege graduate who has worked for Ameriprise for the last Morrow sets sights on recorder post By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Republican Jim Morrow said he's enjoyed being Gibson Coun- ty Clerk for 7.5 years, and since he can't run again for clerk due to term limits, he hopes people will support him in his candida- cy for recorder since it's a simi- lar job that would let him contin- ue working in the courthouse with the public. He said his favorite thing about being clerk was when someone doing their genealogy would find the document they needed—a marriage license for example—and that record would hold a lot of personal Schurmeier knows land title records By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Born and raised in Prince- ton, Republican Tim Schurmeier makes his first foray into politics in a bid for recorder this primary after 43 years as a business own- er running a title business. Being in the land title busi- ness, he's been up close with the records at the courthouse and worked closely with Recorder To- nya Thompson and recorders in other counties. "Tonya, the present recorder, has done a great job do- ing everything I would have done," he said. He'd like to Jerry Moore runs against zoning in county By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Owensville native Jerry Moore said he's running for county coun- cil on a platform of no zoning, few- er corporate abatements and no added taxes. "I'd been paying attention to the commissioners and council more during zoning," he said. "I wanted to get involved to make some com- mon sense decisions." While some may think zoning has gone away, Moore said he hears concerns from peo- ple in the district about the possibility it could come back. His job trucking fertilizer brings him into contact with Craig Pflug Tim Schurmeier Jim Morrow Jeremy Overton See PFLUG on page 6 See SCHLETER on page 6 See MOORE on page 6 See OVERTON on page 6 See MORROW on page 6 See SCHURMEIER on page 6 Robert Schleter A flight for heroes Korean Army vet Joseph Goedde, of Haubstadt, reaches for his wife, who waited in the parade crowd, and presents her with a flower veterans were given when disembarking at the Evansville Regional Airport Saturday night. See more photos on A-5. Jerry Moore