The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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Front Tuesday, November 1, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times A-2 BEAR Continued from page 1 GREEKS Continued from page 1 ings and tile. "I've been back and forth with (DPI Director) Hannah ( Whitehead). She wants to keep this as historic feeling as possible within reason. We're actually going to keep these exposed brick walls... We'll seal the brick and make it look historic as well." He said he's investing in Princeton because it has historic resources many people are unaware of. "A lot of people in Evansville circles write off Princeton as a little small town where noth- ing happens. Well I'm from a small town, New Harmony, Ind., and I can tell you when I come here, I don't feel like it's a small town. There are people doing stuff, looking for space to rent. I think it's a nice space to invest, and if you're looking for historic buildings there's enough to do here." While the Greek's build- ing is still $ 30,000 short of completion, donations can be made at DowntownPrinceton- Inc.com/Coming-Soon-02. to more donations, until it became an annual ministry to the church. Each year the daughters would work on 20 -30 bears with the help of brother Noah, as their mom organized the outreach. They would provide each bear with two changes of clothing, shoes and an acces- sory like a soccer ball or a purse. The Build-A-Bear corpo- ration heard of the outreach and sent new boxes and birth certificates for the bears — the girls would fill out the birth certificates to say the bears were born on Christ- mas. One thing mom Zuniga Kluesner liked about giving the bears was that after the child had the bear, parents could add to it with small gifts — an outfit for the bear or a new accessory would be maybe $10 at the mall compared to the expense of the bear. Gibson Southern grads Maura and Rebecca are now in college, and brother Noah was never as invested as the girls in the ministry so mother Zuniga said it's time to wrap up their final bears and get them out for Christmas. They have 28 fully-clothed bears to give this year and 20 more that need clothing/ accessories. "I have tote after tote of these animals. People donated them and we want to see every one of them leave home with the purpose the people who donated them intended," she said. "The point was really to show the kids you don't need money to give." The approximately 50 bears will provide the church with enough bears for giving for the next few years. "I really started because I wanted the kids to understand that giving of their time and talent is just as important as money....While I hope my kids become more wealthy than I am, I also hope they'll use all the gifts God gave them." To give outfits for the final Build-A-Bear push, find Zuniga Birchler Kluesner on Facebook or call 812-568 - 5397. Downtown Princeton Inc. shared this look back at Greek's candy store, courtesy of The Indiana Album: Lou- is Andriakos Collection. The Downtown Princeton Inc. Board along with developer Lucas Neuffer cut a cake instead of breaking ground to commemorate the start of work on Greek's, a former candy store, Oct. 26 in Princeton. Princeton man charged with battery Princeton Police charged Ernest Fisher with battery after an altercation on West Sycamore in Princeton Oct. 15. According to the probable cause affidavit, Fisher told police he'd been in an alterca- tion with Justin Sherman and "put Sherman in his place." Sherman told police he was open about his sexuality, and the altercation occurred after he encouraged Fisher to be open about his sexual- ity as well. Police found Sherman's glasses on the floor of the trailer. Fisher told police he'd had approximately 10 beers. Bruce arrested after altercation at New Lake Rodney Bruce bonded out Oct. 24 after being charged with provocation and battery with moderate injury after police allege he beat a man with a shovel at New Lake in Oakland City on Sept. 30. Witnesses told police they saw a man in a red Mustang, later identified as Bruce, and another person who was a minor, beat Steven McGrady. When police arrived, they say McGrady was sitting in a lawn chair with what police called "bloody disheveled clothing." McGrady sustained a broken nose, four staples to the top and back of his head, a concussion, and three whelps from being struck with the shovel. Bruce's Mustang was located at his residence while the car was still warm. Man charged with domestic battery in Fort Branch Treavour Howard Long of Fort Branch was charged with domestic battery in the presence of a child and crim- inal confinement after police were called to the Train Station apartments Oct. 17. According to a Gibson County Sheriff's Office affi- davit, a witness called to report a couple screaming and the male refusing to let the female leave at the back of the apartment complex. When police arrived, the male, Long, did not appear to want to leave the female, Ivana Pesa, alone with police. Pesa's five year-old daugh- ter was present, according to police. While the couple said they were not the people involved, the witness allegedly showed a 28 -second video to the police of Long refusing to let Pesa get in her vehicle. According to the report the video showed Long aggressively shoving Pesa. The video also recorded the five year -old's screams when Long battered her mother, police say, as she was only a few feet away. Man charged with battery after head-butting father An Owensville man is charged with battery with bodily injury after Marshal Rodger Leister with the Owensville Police Dept. responded to a Walnut Street address. According to the probable cause, John McFarland IV is accused of head-butting father Michael Stout. Stout told police he knocked on the door and McFarland asked why he was knocking so loud. Stout told McFarland he'd thought the man might be in the basement. They then argued about a matter involving juveniles, and McFarland allegedly head-butted Stout. When police arrived, Stout's head was bleeding. He refused medical attention.