South Gibson Star-Times

Front Tuesday, November 22, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times A-2 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 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 siz- es large and up. Community invited to Adopt-a-Plot Lyles Station Historic School and Museum announced a new way to help beautify and maintain one of Gibson Coun- ty's historic sites. The Adopt-A-Plot program offers individ- uals or groups the option to plant/maintain selected gar- den areas on the museum grounds. Small signs may be displayed alongside each area recognizing the "adopters" or a designated family, business, church, club, or in-me- moriam. A variety of spaces are available. The Lyles Sta- tion Historic School and Museum is located at 953 N 500 W, Princeton. For information, contact Neal Mustard at 812-664-0649. THIS WEEK VFW announces events The VFW Auxiliary will serve breakfast on the second Saturday of the month until March. Treasure Hunt every Monday with the drawing at 7 p.m. 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 sponsors a community Christmas par- ty with Toys for Tots toy drive with the Salvation Army on Dec. 10. Merit board meets The 2022 meetings of the Gibson County Sheriff's Mer- it 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 sec- ond Wednesday of every month as the dates for their reg- ular monthly board meetings. The meetings are in the Li- brary Meeting Room. THIS MONTH DPI Gingerbread contest set Downtown Princeton Inc. will host a Christmas Street Market with a gingerbread house competition from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 26. Community planners host Christmas Owensville Community Planners will host Christmas on the Square on Nov. 27, featuring pictures with San- ta, cookies, hot chocolate, the lighting of the Christmas tree, and a parade. DOWN THE ROAD Vertical Church hosts Christmas Vertical Church is planing a Hometown Christmas event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at their church, at 415 W. 800 S. in Fort Branch. They plan a tree lighting, games for chil- dren, free hot chocolate, 19 vendors, food trucks, Christ- mas music and a tree lighting. Haubstadt Holiday Expo Haubstadt's Holiday Expo will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 3 at Haubstadt Old Gym at 115 S. West St. Broadway Players plan Polar Express Broadway Players will present Polar Express and brunch with Santa on Dec. 4. The brunch and movie is $15 and the movie only is $8. Christmas Market Dec. 10 Owensville Community Planners will host a Christmas Market on Dec. 10. Come shop with local vendors. Con- tact Angie Williams 812-215 -9985 to sign up. bulletin Independent Insurance Agent 812-483-4670 • Haubstadt • bill.yarbor@twc.com CALL: Bill Yarbor Are You Adequately Covered? A new year means changes to Medicare premiums, deductibles, copays and benefi ts! Bill Yarbor, experienced insurance agent can help you make sure you are adequately covered. Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part-D prescription drug plans. > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC MKT-5894K-A-A1 AECSPAD Happy Thanksgiving Shane Minton Financial Advisor 100 S Hull Street Ft Branch, IN 47648 812-753-3893 INCREASE Continued from page 1 CORRECTION In last week's edition, the Star Times mis-titled a VFW member. John Titzer is chaplain of the VFW; the com- mander is Gary Naas. Easy Pickens opens on Princeton Square By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Tameara Tonyan celebrated her 30th birthday Nov. 19 with the birth of some- thing else — a new business called Easy Pickins New and Used Bargains, opened with sister Shaynah Blevins on the court- house square in Princeton. The women are originally from Princ- eton, and started the business with the idea that these days even Goodwill is get- ting expensive. Blevins and Tonyan began the opera- tion doing garage-sale style resale every weekend and sleeping outside in tents to avoid packing and unpacking their items. Blevins is known as the energetic, all- in personality who learns by doing, while Tonyan is the practical mind that thinks through the process. They'd like to sell items at an even low- er price with a Christian theme. They're planning to have a Bible verse of the week that, when recited, will get customers a discount. They'll also have a prayer board. "Faith, family and fair prices," Tonyan said. Shaynah Blevins and Tameara Tonyan, co-owners of Easy Pickins New and Used Bargains, celebrated their opening in Princeton with family Friday on the courthouse square. That amount is cumulative across all town employees, not per employee. "Oh, good," said Council- man Scotty DeLong, saying he'd thought the amount was per employee. "I was wonder- ing why they think we're all going to die," DeLong joked. Elpers laughed. "We're still within our means," she added. In other news, the town of- fices will close early Dec. 16 for a Christmas lunch for em- ployees. The next town council meeting is 9 a.m. Dec. 28 af- ter which the board will do em- ployee evaluations in closed sessions. Disc golf group looks to attract pros By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson County's Dads Fore Disc Golf wants to attract pros to their A tier disc golf- ing event in 2023. Steven Waites of Dads Fore Disc Golf told Gibson County Visitors and Tourism Board that the group, after five years, has been awarded an A tier event. The group began at a C-grade level and has contin- ually worked to be awarded A status, which is the tier pros attend. This year the group hosted an amateur world com- petition, which attracted peo- ple from nine countries who stayed more than a week. Vid- eos of the event have had ap- proximately 50,000 views. They've encouraged de- velopment of the Haubstadt, Princeton, Oakland City and Francisco courses. If enough pros attend A tier events in Gibson County, the hope among the group is that spectators and live coverage will follow, making it a much bigger tourism event. Out of several hundred applicants, more than 170 events qualify. If a pro tour comes to the area, it can have as many as 15,000 spectators. "Across the country it's still the fastest growing sport," Waites said. "The goal was al- ways to get to where we could bring pro tour here, the equiv- alent of a PGA tour for disc golf." This year's A tier event will be from March 31 to April 2, and is expected to attract from 300 to 1000 competitors. Waites requested spon- sorship from GCV T in the amount of $12,000, most of which will go to venue rent- als, including a course at the Princeton Country Club, plus reserving the Toyota Events Center, port-a-johns and pos- sibly the Princeton Communi- ty Theater. Haubstadt, for ex- ample costs $250 a day. "When we bid events we al- ways use term 'Hoosier Hos- pitality,'" Waites said. They're hoping to win a bid for the 40 and older World Champion- ship in 2024. The non-profit also plans to donate a disc golf basket to Bi- centennial Park. Tourism tabled the $12,000 request for a later meeting. Gibson County has been approved to host an A Tier event next year through non-profit Dads Fore Disc Golf. Above,children participate in a summer amateur world tournament party on the county courthouse square. Ar- chive photo.

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