The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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Mer Chia NEWS TIPS Phone: ������������� 812-753-3553 Email ����editor@sgstartimes�com INSIDE Local ����������� A1-8 Obituaries �������� A5 School ���������� A6-7 Sports ���������� B1-4 Opinion ����������� B5 Church ��������B6-7 Legals �������������� B7 History ������������ B7 Classifieds ������� B8 Three Sections • No Inserts Fort Branch 47648-0070 (USPS #205-620) $1.00 26 PAGES TuESDay, DEcEmbEr 20, 2022 VOLUME 68, NUMBER 25 South Gibson See R ACING on page 3 By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Keizer Kramer, son of Bryce and Dacia Kramer, and grandson of Pat Kramer, will end 2022 with 31 top three finishes, 21 wins, 17 tracks and his first national win, just the be- ginning of continuing his family's racing tra- dition. Last Friday, Keizer had his first junior sprint win in the six to 12 year old category. Keizer's dad, Bryce, had raced from age 8 to age 18, so when Keizer turned 5, and showed an interest he let him try. In 2020, Keizer had his first win. "Something clicked that winter when he got the win," Bryce said. In 2021, he had 13 wins and 14 second place finishes before topping that this year with his first national win. In many races Keizer has been the young- est in his class. Before the first national competition, Bryce remembers telling Keizer he could be happy with a top five finish. "He said, 'Dad, I'm going to win,'" Bryce re- membered. He did. Even with a second night spin-out, Keizer still ended up with a podium finish in that national championship. Keizer has attracted sponsorships from com- panies big and small, local and national, Lux Casebier turns 104 By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Frances "Maybelle" Casebier, an Owensville Transcen- dent resident and the daughter of a coal miner, turned 104 years old Friday with a party sur- rounded by friends and family. Born in Depot, Ky., in the time before indoor plumbing, she was married to Harold Casebier at age 16, and they spent 31 years together. They shared daughters Judith and Janie. Casebier was a wing riveter during World War II, and often said "If it weren't for us women, the men never would've won the war." A lover of big band music and jazz, Casebier worked for at Bu- sler's Enterprises laundromat. When the Star-Times inter- viewed her on her 100th birth- day, she credited her long life to walking, doctors and her faith. "There's not anything I'd want to change about my life at this point," she said at the time. Maybelle Casebier celebrated her 104th birth- day at Transcendent Health Care with grand- sons Brett and Gary Gardner. A wing that Maybelle Casebier helped build in Evansville during World War II. Young May- belle Casebi- er worked as a riveter during World War II. Kramer racing tradition crosses three generations Above: Keizer Kramer competes at the Burris southeast tour 2022 Jr. Champ Class. Right: Three generations of Kramers pose with Keizer Kramer, who has been winning national races with the Kramer family. GIBSON SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS CONCERT Above: Teacher and Gibson Southern High School direc- tor Brent Winstead award- ed varsity letters to senior members of the band Sun- day during the Christmas concerts including, from left, Aiden Loveless, Aiden Hammer, Ethan Grounds, Jacob Dearing, Austyn Davis and Baker Calvert. Left: From left, Flutists Sterling Sollman, Cheney Grabbe and Shaylee Lup- fer in the Fort Branch and Haubstadt middle school bands performed Sunday at Gibson Southern with the high school and fifth grade bands. Below: Trenton Sizemore plays with the Gibson South- ern concert band at Sun- day's Christmas concert at the high school. "He's definitely surpassed me. I had success. I can't say I didn't win races, but he's surpassed me." – Bryce Kramer