The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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He and his wife were in the Navy, how- ever, and 14 years ago, when he started, he was on a regular backyard Char-grill- er. His wife is Mollie (McClure) Ayres, raised in Princeton and a Princeton Com- munity High School 1993 graduate. She joined the Navy right after high school, which is where the two met, in White Sands, on active duty. As they married in July of 2009, Chris Ayres left the military to ensure they could stay together, and Mollie contin- ued to have 20 years active duty while Chris joined the civil service. Throughout the marriage, Ayres kept up with barbecue. He moved up to using barrels for grilling and dabbling in dif- ferent profiles of meat. "All my flavors are from Louisiana, Texas, and southern New Mexico," he said, adding that his wife warned it could take time for the flavors to catch on in southern Indiana. In New Mexico, the "state question" Collectors Carnival draws 3300 to fairgrounds By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Collectors Carnival in Princeton hosted 300 vendors across eight buildings and outside with 3300 shoppers Saturday at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Will Peterson and daughter Jer- sey were running their first ever vending booth dealing antiques. By 11:30 a.m. he'd sold a World War II Post Of- fice, which is a four foot by three foot box with slots for mail, each slot desig- nated for a different soldier, and an antique wood-burning stove among many other smaller items. "I don't specialize in anything. I love going out and looking for stuff," Peterson said. "I've never done any- thing like this before," he said. "I can't believe the amount of people coming through here." Shopper James Sears toured the grounds with service dog, Oreo, Saturday. He said his 12 year old dog went service eight years ago to learn to detect heart attacks, sei- zures and strokes, and he enjoys having him along. The veteran collects antique tools. He has a cart designed to make it easier to get the heavy tools home. "I'm an old buzzard and I love old tools. I get out here, and the weak- ness kicks in, and my wife, she'll say, 'Why do you need that? You've got two barns full.' And I say, 'Well, why did I come over here then? Just to look? ' She's a jewel." They came from Illinois and it was their first time at Collectors Carnival in Gibson County. They told their Kentucky friends about it, and they all met there. Outdoor primitives dealers, How- ard and Lorraine Baker, of Long Point Creek Antiques came two hours from Central Illinois, Satur- day with spinners, outdoor furni- ture and more. They started as farmers, and Howard would occasionally go to auctions when he had time. They've been dealing for 20 years now and they have a building full at their house. She said Collectors Carnival is al- ways a good show for them. "This beats a real job," Howard said. COMMUNITY UNVEILS FISHER MARKER By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Leading seven men who had never been in bat- tle against 50 German stormtroopers in World War I France while wounded would win Lieu- tenant Aaron Richard Fisher the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart and Croix de Guerre, but it was 104 years before the state of Indiana would award a historic marker to commemorate Fisher, a marker that was unveiled Saturday, at Lyles Station Historic School and Museum. Fisher was the highest decorated World War I black soldier, but his heroism was practically un- known until recently. University of Louisville scholar Leon Bates of Indianapolis applied for the marker, after the man's story caught his eye, due to his wife being from Lyles Station. "Fisher's story is one we could and should all be proud of. If any of us could do half of what he did, we'd be achieving something." Historian Randy Mills lauded Fisher saying he was surprised the high awards Fisher received with very little in the way of local recognition. For example Fisher's local paper, The Princeton Clar- ion, ran the story about his receiving the Croix de Guerre from the French, but never acknowl- Hazardous Waste Day sets records Saturday By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson County Solid Waste hosted 457 vehicles dropping off hazardous trash during their bi-annual Household Haz- ardous Waste Day hosted, at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana Saturday. GCSW Director Lee Binhack called the event a success. "We took a tremendous amount of stuff," he said, adding it wasn't just thousands of gallons of paint and hazardous Monument represents second legacy By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com University of Louisville scholar Leon Bates, of Indianapolis, submitted the Aaron Fisher monument application for the historical marker. His wife is originally from Lyles Station, and he worked with his daughter, Elicia Bates, as his assistant on the project. He remembered the fun of her helping him look through microfiche and doing internet re- search from her Brooklyn apartment to find de- tails like Fisher's parents' names. A fter the project was submitted, she died June 2020 from a pulmonary embolism. "I asked Indiana Historical Bureau and American Legion here in Princeton if they thought it would be appropriate to add her to the credit line, since she had been my research assistant...I thought we could at least share a piece of Elicia in her ancestral home. She had only begun to understand what Lyles Station meant to the people here in Indiana and her family." Elicia, left, and father Leon Bates worked together on the Aaron Fisher historical marker application. Elicia's mother is from Lyles Station. Veteran Chris Ayres, of Zia's BBQ, worked with wife Mollie, and his sons to bring New Mexican barbe- cue to Fort Branch, Sunday. Left: Barbecue quesadillas and sandwiches at Zia's are infused with green chile. See photos on A-4. Members of the Princeton American Legion unveiled the new Aaron Fisher monument in a dedication ceremony, at Lyles Station Historic School and Museum Saturday. A fork-truck driver loads waste for removal during a record-setting Hazardous Waste day, in which more paint, drugs and TVs were brought in for re- moval than in previous years.