The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local ����������A1-10 Obituaries ������ A3 Church ��������A8-9 Sports ���������� B1-5 School ���������� B6-7 Opinion ���������� B8 History ������������ B9 Legals �������������� B9 Classifieds ����� B10 Two Sections • No Inserts Fort Branch, IN 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) $1.00 20 PAGES TuESDay, OcTObEr 11, 2022 VOLUME 68, NUMBER 15 South Gibson SPORTS B1 LOCAL A4 TITANS ROMP TO 63-0 WIN OVER PRINCETON Crawleyville ride raises $35,000 By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern FFA increased hands-on, in-field activities for students this year, putting the students in the kind of equipment they would use as farmers on Saturday in Princeton. Toyota has 70 acres of land they've donated to the FFA program for crops, and teacher Jessie Mraz said the school had previously allowed other farmers to take care of it, but last year decided to get the students involved in the harvest. "We got through the pandemic, and we had no kids working in the tractor those years," she said. Saturday the students talked safety, were exposed to the modern agricultural equipment provided by Brian Douglas, then took off soybeans working in pairs, By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson County Solid Waste and the Town of Owensville partnered Saturday to host their bi-annual clean up and recycling day on the Owensville Town Square. While the day was a little slower than the spring cleaning event, Owensville Clerk Treasurer Vanessa Riggs called the event a success. The town filled almost two dumpsters with trash and had a host of working items people could pick up on their way through, creating a cycle of recycling. Air fryers, crockpots, a rocking horse, a liberty bell, counter stools, a washer-dryer set and furniture found a new home free to the new owners. "The town has junk ordinances, so we do this twice a year so people can bring their stuff, and get their yard cleaned up so the town doesn't have to go in and charge the homeowner fines and fees." The service is free, with the exception of T Vs and tires, which Gibson County Solid Waste charges to process, so that money goes straight to the solid waste department. The Well serves underprivileged women, children By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com A new non-profit, The Well, met this Oc- tober with the goal of helping underprivi- leged women get their GED, receive hous- ing resources, meet goals and find child- care. Director Emilie Brown, who has worked as a case manager and with the Lampion Center in Evansville, said overcoming the challenges of single-parent, female-led families is a way to invest in the county's future by stabilizing families. Brown with co-creator Erica Rasler, of the Dept. of Child Services, established the Gibson County non-profit after Brown left her position in Evansville to move to Fort Branch, but said her passion for helping women, especially mothers, did not leave. She tried to shop the idea around to bring it under another non-profit's umbrella, but eventually she and Rasler decided the or- ganization would need to stand on its own. "I just couldn't shake this, I thought I have to do this," said Brown. She said in the short time they've been established, they've been able to cre- ate partnerships with many other orga- nizations that deal with separate aspects FFA STEPS UP IN-FIELD EDUCATION Sheep Dogs deploy to Hurricane Ian By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Local Sheep Dog Impact Assistance members deployed to Hurricane Ian this week, helping a church congregation, remov- ing debris from the homes of impacted veter- ans and clearing homes of first responders. Local member Chris MacKay said he sees it over and over; the best side effect of an often-terrible situation is the way it brings people together. When Hurricane Ian was predicted to hit the U.S., the southern Indiana chapter Sheep Dog Impact Assistance began asking for donations and supplies for those who would soon be impacted. It wasn't just the way locals in Gibson County gave supplies and donations even before they knew who had been affected. It was also how, on the way to Florida, Indi- ana members connected with Wisconsin members and Georgia members, making a band of former military and first responders who would spend the next few days together tackling storm damage. Clean Up Day helps Owensville residents clear trash See HURRICANE on page 2 See WELL on page 3 See FFA on page 2 Students learned equipment safety and took out soybeans Saturday in a field donated to the FFA by Toyota. Brian Douglas runs a drone over the field while FFA students harvest Saturday. He taught them equipment safety, and let students use his equipment. Town workers unloaded items for recycle and trash Saturday in Owensville on the town square.