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Front Tuesday, November 1, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times A-3 READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Heartland Media Group, LLC, P.O. Box 275, Fowler, 47944-0275 or email hmgcirculation@ gmail.com or call 765-884-1902. Subscription rates as of Nov. 1, 2022: One year: $37 for Gibson County; $42 elsewhere in Indiana; out-of-state: $57. Paid in advance. Subscriptions taken after noon on Friday will not receive a paper until the second edition after their subscription date. About us: Published every Tuesday by Heartland Media Group, LLC Phone: 812-753-3553 203 S. McCreary St., P.O. Box 70, Fort Branch 47648-0070 Entered in the Post Office in Fort Branch, Indiana for transmission through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Fort Branch, Indiana – published weekly. (USPS 205-620) Contact us: General Phone: ........................................................... 812-753-3553 Circulation Phone: ......................................................765-884-1902 Janice Barniak, Editor .............................. editor@sgstartimes.com Advertising ................................................... ads@sgstartimes.com General News .............................................news@sgstartimes.com Sports ........................................................ sports@sgstartimes.com SOLUTIONS Continued from page 1 obituaries JEROME SCHMIT T Jerome J. Schmitt, 90, of Haubstadt, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. He was born to the late Bernard "Ben" and Gertrude (Gries) Schmitt on Oct. 7, 1932, in Vander- burgh County, Indiana. Jerry is a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Haub- stadt, the Oblates of St. Bene- dict, a strong supporter of St. Vincent De Paul, and a recip- ient of the Brute Award. He was a lifelong dairy and grain farmer on his family farm. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by his loving wife of 63 years, Martha (Hertel) Schmitt; and siblings, Joe Schmitt, Marga- ret Halbig, Ed Schmitt, Leo Schmitt, Wilfred Schmitt, Helen Simon, Raymond Schmitt, Anthony Schmitt, Urban Schmitt, Bernard Schmitt, and Al Schmitt. He is survived by his 9 children, 30 grandchildren, and 55 great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at 10 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with Father Andrew Thomas, Father Tony Ernst, and Father Eugene Schmitt as co-celebrants. The family processed the casket to the front of church at 9:45 a.m. for a time of reflec- tion before Mass. Visitation was Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, from 3 to 8 p.m. at Stodghill Funeral Home in Fort Branch. Donations in his honor can be made to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and the Sisters of St. Benedict. Expressions of sympathy can be made at stodghillfu- neralhome.com. VALADA SCHULTHEIS Valada E. Schultheis, 86, of Haubstadt, ascended into Heaven peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, at Deaconess Gate- way Hospital in Newburgh. She was born to the late Chris- tian and Alvena (Dickmeyer) Niederhaus on Feb. 2, 1936, in Warrenton. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Cath- olic Church in Haubstadt. She graduated from Haub- stadt High School in 1954 and married her late husband, Donald Schultheis. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving husband, Donald G. Schultheis; and her siblings, Herbert, Gilbert, and Robert Niederhaus. She is survived by her children, Mark Schultheis of Haubstadt and Brenda (Randy) Jones of Evansville; grandchild, Angela Jones of Evansville; and siblings, Donald Niederhaus of Haub- stadt, Melvin (Mary) Nieder- haus of Haubstadt, Joyce Smith of Mount Carmel, IL, and Linda (Rich) Baumgart of Paris, K Y. A Mass of Christian Burial was Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at noon at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Haubstadt with Father Andrew Thomas as celebrant. Visitation was Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, from 10 a.m. until mass time at the church with a rosary service at 9:30 a.m. prior to visita- tion. Burial was in Walnut Hill Cemetery, in Fort Branch. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church or St. Jude Children's Hospital. Expressions of sympathy may be made to stodghillfu- neralhome.com Do you have a coming community event? Send the details to editor@sgstartimes.com BRIEFLY Christmas packages planned for troops VFW 2714 Auxiliary plans to send troop packages for Christmas. Names and addresses of Gibson County mili- tary personnel stationed overseas are needed. Please send a message to Jenny Wright, call the post, or email to w_ jenlynn@yahoo.com. VFW 2714 is also collecting items to help homeless veterans. Please take new items to the post. Items requested as follows: Hats, gloves, socks, tshirts, underwear, long underwear, sweat pants, sweatshirts sizes large and up. Community invited to Adopt-a-Plot Lyles Station Historic School and Museum has announced a new way for interested individuals to help beautify and maintain one of Gibson County's historic sites. The Adopt-A-Plot program offers individuals or groups the option to plant/maintain selected garden areas on the museum grounds. Small signs may be displayed alongside each area recognizing the "adopters" or a desig- nated family, business, church, club, or in-memoriam. A variety of spaces are available. The Lyles Station Historic School and Museum is located at 953 N 500 W, Princeton. For more information, contact Neal Mustard at 812-664- 0649. VFW announces events The VFW Auxiliary will serve breakfast on Nov. 11 from 7-10 a.m. They will continue on the second Saturday of the month until March. VFW Steak night will be Saturday, Nov. 5, delicious Delmonico or filet. Call for reservations 812-753-4161 after 3 p.m. The VFW Auxiliary will be having breakfast on Nov. 11 from 7 to 10 a.m. Serving delicious Knights of St. John sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy and a beverage. They will continue on the second Satur- day of the month until March. Treasure Hunt every Monday with the drawing at 7pm with jackpot over $18,000 and kitchen is open from 4-7 p.m. Kitchen is open Thursdays and Fridays 4-7 p.m. with weekly specials. Everyone welcome and carryouts avail- able. VFW member's Christmas party Dec. 3, catered meal and band $10 a person. Stop by or call the post for reser- vations and info. VFW Auxiliary are sponsoring a community Christmas party with Toys for Tots toy drive with the Salvation Army on Dec. 10. Veterans food bank accepts donations The Veterans Food Bank of America in Buckskin is a by-appointment-only food pantry for veterans and their widows. It's located on Ind. 57 near Ind. 68. To schedule a food pickup or to donate call 812-795 -2230. Merit board meets The 2022 meetings of the Gibson County Sheriff's Merit Board are at 12:30 p.m., the second Tuesday of every month the Gibson County Community Corrections Confer- ence Room, located at 112 E. Emerson Street, Princeton. Trustees meet The Board of Trustees for Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library will meet at 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month as the dates for their regular monthly board meetings. The meetings are in the Library Meeting Room. THIS MONTH Trunk-or-treat rescheduled Due to rain, the classic car club's annual Halloween trunk-or-treat is rescheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 6. DAR lays wreaths General John Gibson of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will have a Laying of the Wreath program at the DAR monument on the south side of the Gibson County Courthouse at 10 :30 a.m. Nov. 11. GSHS 45th reunion set Invitations have been sent for the 45th GSHS Class Reunion which will be Nov. 19 at the Haubstadt Park Build- ing. Please get your RSVP in as soon as possible. If you did not receive an invitation, please contact Patty Sollman at patty.sollman@gmail.com. bulletin Stephanie Bishop and Krissy Hannel are fundraising for a women's recovery house through non-profit Addic- tion Solutions, which began a recovery house for men two years ago on Emerson Street and has graduated for- mer people who were addicted to drugs into sobriety. ment program coming from jail, she shared. She had little support in the way of family, and recovery became her family. "A fter seven-and-a-half years of sobriety, it meant a lot to me to do this because this type of living saved my life," she said. "I believe in this with my whole heart. I'm grateful to give other people the same opportunity I was given with- out having to go to jail to get it. People do recover. You would be surprised the number of people walking around this community with long-term sobriety. That's when the stigma begins to end." The community donates hygiene items, twin sheets, pillows and monetary dona- tions for the facility, which can be left with Portside Coffee Company. Donations will go toward buying the building and the $25,000 estimated cost to add showers on the property. Anyone who can donate time or materials to the shower project is encouraged to reach out. The house will be named after Stephanie Bishop, a woman whose tireless volun- teerism and testimony about how a women's house helped her made organizers realize it was time to find a second loca- tion. "When we walked in, there was something about it...I got goose bumps," Hannel said. Bishop drove past the prop- erty at night, and while she'd seen it before, she saw it with new eyes, hearing it would be the new recovery house. She saw it as a shining castle. "It's an honor," she said of having the home named for her. "I knew from the time I got clean and sober this is what I would do, I would help other people...If they can't help in any other way, they can pray for us. Pray for our success and our leadership to continue to fight this fight, to fight for the lost souls out there."