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NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local �����������A4-5 Home Life ����� A6-7 Sports ���������� B1-2 History ������������ B3 Church ��������B4-5 Opinion �������B6-7 Classifieds ������� B8 Two Sections • One Insert Fort Branch, IN 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) $1.00 16 PAGES TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022 VOLUME 68, NUMBER 3 South Gibson SPORTS B1 MOVIN' ON UP Brady Allen preparing for coming football season with Purdue MOVIN' ON UP Redevelopment eyes $2M ambulance base By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Redevelopment Attorney Jim McDonald introduced to Gibson County Council last Tuesday that redevelopment was looking to fund a new home for the Gibson County Ambulance Ser vice, which would come in somewhere under $2 million, though num- bers are not yet firm. Commissioners have oversight on the proj- ect, he added, and a hearing is set for Aug. 9. The County Council asked, with the TIF expiring in 2025, there would be enough money to fund all the projects in the works, especially as much of the money committed is in future tax dollars? McDonald said the redevelopment com- mission consulted their experts, Baker Tilly, who told them as long as the commis- sion keeps their pass through to schools at 40 percent they will be able to cover what they're committing to. In the past, the commission discussed a larger percentage of dollars going to schools. "Today it's fine but we just don't know," said Councilman Craig Pflug, warning about committing money that had not come in yet. "Just — some caution. From an outsider's standpoint — that's in the future, and it's big dollars being allocated." McDonald agreed with him. "I would say the projects are going to have to stop because there's not going to be enough money. The door's going to have to shut," McDonald said. COVID cases on the rise By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson County Health Dept. Director Diane Hornby told Gibson County Commissioners and County Councilmen coronavirus cases in Gibson County have been on the rise, and while the testing site at the health department was originally set to close at the end of June, they've received a grant to extend testing until the end of the year. They'll run testing five days a week, she add- ed, as well as giving out free home tests. From July 1 through July 11 when she talk- ed to the county council, the department had logged 148 cases of people testing positive. That doesn't, she added, count people who tested at home and aren't reporting to the health department. "We're getting lots and lots of calls again about how to quarantine and close contacts," she said. Data run Monday, July 18 to capture the number of positive cases reported to the Indi- ana Dept. of Health in Gibson County showed 372 cases over the prior month. She said the department sees a large per- cent of positives because people are using the health department as a free way to confirm the results of their home tests so they can show results, for example, to employers. Principal starts mini- donut business St. Joseph Principal L ynde Anquillare started her new mini-donut business by ac- cident. Her daughter is a big donut fan and want- ed a donut-themed birthday party, but no one locally had the mini-donuts Anquillare was interested in ser ving and she didn't want to ser ve the powdered Hostess variety. After she made them for the party, friends asked for the 1 1/2 inch donuts for baby and wedding showers. "I kept hearing people really liked them," she said. "I was having fun." She's continued building the donut busi- ness under the name Little A's Mini Cake Donuts on weekends and this summer out of her kitchen. She calls her daughter Aria "Little A" so the business is named for her. Beyond the vanilla with vanilla icing in customizable colors, she's offering bourbon french toast, s'mores, lemon cake, cookies and cream and Funfetti. "I kept taking the basics and playing with it," she said. She's developing a maple bacon and blueberr y donut recipe. She was commissioned to make wedding favor donuts that looked like diamond rings. "One thing I always say is pictures don't do the tininess justice," she said. "They're so adorable; they're so cute." Just Sunday she'd sold 55 dozen tasting boxes for deliver y July 29. She has pickup spots in Newburgh and Patoka. "My family have been excited because they're all taste testers," she said. "I wouldn't have started it, but no one around here does that and it's affordable." 4-H debuts first goat costume contest As Emma Greenlee walked into the ring the last of the 4-H goat costume contest com- petitors, the emcee asked her what her theme was. The last entry in the Clover division — in a fuzzy robe and house slippers — sipped from her large coffee cup and pet her goat 'kid' which was wearing a baby bib and had a pacifier. "I'm a tired mom," she said. She won first place, followed by a boy named Russell, decked in a pool float with a Hawaiian goat. The Gibson County fair's first-ever goat cos- tume contest was a hit if success is judged by the sheer number of 'kids' in the ring. Competitor Mar y Andis won first among sixth through eighth graders— she opted for a beach theme for her and her goat after the dinosaur costumes she was working on didn't come together in time. Other themes included "Christmas" and "Frozen," the top competitors in the mini-4-H categor y. Among the senior class, beekeeper and bee was a winning costume. The South Gibson Star-Times prints full re- sults of all the 4-H categories and classes, as well as the 10 year members. Look for those in upcom- ing editions. See COVID on page 2 Gibson County 4-H goat judging Gibson Southern student Clay Scherzer, left, took a top honor in the goat arena during the Gibson County 4-H Fair last week. See additional photos on page 2. Despite being styled as a Disney princess, this competitor was smart enough not to "Let It Go" when it came to her goat. Madison Hamilton and goat Henr y won in the first 4-H goat costume contest with a beekeeper and bee outfit. See additional photos on page 3.