South Gibson Star-Times

NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local ����������� A1-6 On the Record � A4 Shopping��������� A5 Sports ������������� B1 School ���������� B2-3 Church ��������B4-5 History ������������ B5 Legals �������������� B6 Classifieds ������� B6 Two Sections • No Inserts Fort Branch 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) $1.00  16 PAGES   TuESDay, NovEmbEr 8, 2022  VOLUME 68, NUMBER 19 South Gibson SPORTS B1 LOCAL A2 LEARNING THE TURF St. Joseph Chicken Dinner RESCHEDULED TRUNK-OR-TREAT BENEFITS LOCAL SUPPORTER By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Southern Indiana Car Club Cruise-in is known for running a car show each month in the summer to benefit various charity orga- nizations around Gibson County. On Sunday they surprised their longtime supporter, Mi- cah Buhl, with a gift. Buhl uses a bicycle to get around since his scooter has had problems; organizer Alex Box- ell announced the car club had been able to provide Buhl with a new scooter, personalized with his name, thanks to all the support and donations. Buhl attends most downtown events and is an avid Princeton Tiger fan. The scooter pro- vides him with additional mobility. "We thank you for coming up here all the time and seeing us, and always supporting," Coal trucks see speeding tickets By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Owensville Town Board and Marshal Rodger Leister agree the coal trucks speed- ing down Brummitt and Main streets need to slow down, and while tickets haven't done the trick, what they do hope to do is discour- age a disaster by moving a daycare drop-off area that coal trucks are speeding past. The town board discussed the entrance to the Head Start preschool, which is at 108 W. Brummitt, relaying that they'd received permission for the school children to park behind a nearby church if the school could accept that, instead of unloading where coal trucks speed past. Meanwhile, Leister will continue to ticket the coal trucks, who are going down Main Street in the early mornings. "They're going to have Main Street torn up," Leister said. Town roads aren't rated for the heavy coal truck traffic. By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Kevin "Roscoe" Ferrell spent 17 years in the pizza busi- ness as owner of three Domi- nos franchises before return- ing to a career in construc- tion at Home Envy and Bath Envy, but told himself that if he could he would return to pizza some day as a non-fran- chisee Nov. 6 was that day as the soft opening of Roscoe and Sons Pizza hit Princeton with the tag line, "You've had worse." Ferrell decided to open the pizza place after the former Sandy's Pizza space came open with all the pizza equip- ment for sale. Not being a franchise means freedom for Ferrell, whose sons Noah and Kainen have bought into the business. "We were dictated with what we could put on the menu. We were limited. We made better pizzas with things we couldn't sell than what we were allowed to sell," Ferrell said. He'll show off those unusual pizzas with a "Why the Heck Not" pizza of the week. Open- ing week's "Why the Heck Not" choice is a chili cheese dog pizza. "It's an excellent recipe and a great pizza and we were not allowed to sell it (at Domi- nos,)" Ferrell said. "There will be a new 'Why the Heck Not' pizza every week — next week is jalapeno popper." The business has gained attention recently for their internet sassiness. The announcement of their soft opening included the phrase "you may or may not be disappointed! " While Jodi "Jo" Ferrell, wife of Roscoe, who runs the social media account, said that some people from the start said their sense of humor discouraged them from trying the pizza, for others it's the reason they're showing up. Few Gibson County pizza places open with for example, the attention of BuzzFeed, Evansville news stations and more. The sense of humor is genu- ine, Ferrell said. "Not to get into a long and somber time but my father was murdered in 2003. It changes you as a person. We have not looked at life in the same way since. We're just light- hearted," Ferrell said. That means he's not concerned with downcast economic positions, for exam- ple. "I have a job that pays my bills. I'm going to provide some good jobs here. People are going to like the recipes and keep us around." His sons worked for him in the construction company and he can't wait to show them the fun of working under pressure, when there are 100 pizzas to make. "We put a lot of time and energy into things. We don't buy the cheapest of anything. I believe that makes a differ- ence in the end." He said the trick in pizza making is that you can put a lot of excellent things together, and make an only OK pizza, and you can put a lot of OK ingredients together and somehow have something really excellent. The family working together is like that, each bringing their own strengths. They're waiting to do deliv- ery, since Ferrell is the only employee who has experience with the ordering system as of yet. Yesterday they again turned to social media during their soft opening to manage expec- tations. By a lemur meme telling customers to take it easy, they announced "Since we are a new business, we have a new computer system, new staff and itchy new shirts. We will get faster as time goes by. Thank you in advance!! We are so very excited to be here. Please be kind. We cry easily. And remember…if you can do it better, we are hiring and look forward to working with you. You too, can have an itchy new shirt." Roscoe and Sons Pizza promises 'You've Had Worse' Commissioners approve delay in solar project By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Rick Reed, representing solar power company Tenaska, asked for a delay on the start of the company's economic devel- opment agreement in an October Gibson County Commissioners meeting. The Gibson County Council had already approved delaying the terms; Tenaska had expected to be at least halfway done with their solar farm at this time, but the project hit delays, and the project looks to be on track for next year, Reed told the commissioners. Gibson County Commissioner Warren Fleetwood agreed, and added the company recently met stipulations in the county's drainage plan, including providing ground coverage, for example, but the county elected to waive the requirement that a third party reviewer approve the drainage plan because the county doesn't have a third party review Gracelynn Butts trick-or-treats at the classic car trunk-or-treat Sunday in Princeton. See TICKETS on page 2 See SOLAR on page 2 See CRUISE-IN on page 2 Micah Buhl, left, gets his first look at a new scooter bought for him by the Southern Indiana Car Club Cruise-in on Sunday. A scooter has been his primary mode of transportation, though he's recently been bicycling because he needed a new scooter. Kainen Ferrell makes cinnamon and sugar donuts at Roscoe and Sons Pizza Sunday in Princeton.

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