The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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Local Tuesday, October 5, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times A-5 WE WILL BUY • Iron & Sheet Iron • All Types of Metals • Copper & Brass • Copper Radiators • Insulated Copper • Die Cast • Carbide • Lead • All Types of Aluminum • Aluminum Cans • Aluminum/Copper Radiators • Stainless Steel • Batteries ACCEPTING AT NO CHARGE • Household Plastics Type #1 and #2 • Cardboard • S.O.P. • Newspaper Everything has its place... Help the Environment! 610 CLAY STREET • JASPER • 812-482-2919 Call for prices or visit our website www.jaspersalvage.net Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Saturday 8 a.m. - noon SALVAGE & RECYCLING Remodeling? We have ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS available for all types of metal. We deliver and pick up at no cost to our customers. We pay you for the metal in the containers. By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Saturday the family of Kimber Hibbs raised $1,215 to send local children for free swim lessons — enough to cover approximately 27 chil- dren's tuitions. Organizer Brady Bota said Kimber was her cousin's daughter and after Kimber died tragically Aug. 3, 2021, the family appreciated local business owners coming together to offer 16 children free swimming lessons at the Princeton public pool. That inspired their own fundraiser in Kimber's memory, which included Bingo and a vendor fair in Lafayette Park Saturday. The large shelterhouse in Lafay- ette Park is in sight of the pool where Kimber passed away. The family has the goal of eventually sending 100 chil- dren to swim lessons, with what they hope will be annual events, and to potentially also offer arm floats for swimming at the pool. "It's a way to memorialize Kimber and keep her memory alive. This is something she would be proud of. It gives me chills. It's something good that we're down here, we're not being bitter over the situation. God took her and we're sorry for that, but we're not going to let it happen to another baby," Bota said. According to the Center for Disease Control approxi- mately 900 children a year die from drowning, making it the third leading cause of death among children. Family raises money for swim lessons in honor of Kimber Above: Locals played bingo to raise money for swim lessons Satur- day in Lafayette Park. Far left: Robyn Pritchard, standing, and Megan Johnston ran a booth for She Shed Shirts Saturday at the Kimber's Kindness event in Lafayette Park to fundraise for swim lessons in memory of Kimber Hibbs, who drowned at the Prince- ton pool last August. Left: Tilee Payne, left, and Adelyn Stin- nett shopped the ven- dor fair Saturday at La- fayette Park. A fundraiser remem- bered Kimber Hibbs, who drowned at the Princeton pool last sum- mer, by raising money for swimming lessons.