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Front Tuesday, December 27, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times A-2 Do you have a coming community event? Send the details to editor@sgstartimes.com BRIEFLY 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. Coffee chat open to all Gibson County Chamber of Commerce hosts a Coffee Chat Thursday morning at 9 a.m. CT at The Palace Cafe in Princeton in December, and moving to a new location in January. It is a low-key environment to have questions answered and to meet others. Experience Center reopens The TMMI Experience Center is excited to announce that they are once again offering tram tours to the pub- lic! They are currently open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, running tours of up to 32 people at 9 a.m. CST and noon. THIS WEEK VFW announces events VFW Auxiliary will serve breakfast on the second Sat- urday 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. Chamber celebrates NYE Chamber of Commerce will celebrate New Year's Eve with the Thunderbolts! The annual end of the year game will feature fireworks on the ice they will enjoy from the rink side lounge at 7 p.m. Dec. 31. JANUARY EVENTS 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 Oakland City - Columbia Township Public Li- brary Board of Trustees Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 3:45 p.m. The regularly called meeting of the Board of Trustees will take place at 4 p.m. or the conclusion of the finance committee meeting. The Board of Trustees for Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library will continue to 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. bulletin Obituaries READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. 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(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 JUDY ANN BARRET T Judy Ann Barrett, 77, of Fort Branch, passed away at Dea- coness Gateway Hospital in Newburgh on December 18, 2022. She was born to the late Ar- mon and Rosalind (Kiesel) Sensmeier on November 14, 1945, in Haubstadt. She was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fort Branch and of the Sts. Peter and Paul Alter Society in Haubstadt. She graduated from Haubstadt High School in 1963. She ran an in-home daycare for many years. She enjoyed walking and being outdoors. She is survived by her three children, Mark (Pegah) Bar- rett, of Chicago, Ill., Jenni- fer (Kevin) Seibert, of Haub- stadt, and Beth (Kacey) Ross, of Evansville; sisters, Caro- lyn ( Jack) Zenthoefer, of Fort Branch, Patty (Terry) Lowen- kamp, of Indianapolis and Sherrie (Terry) Ziegler, of Haubstadt; and three grand- children. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her hus- band of 38 years, Gregory Bar- rett. A Mass of Christian Burial was Friday, December 23, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fort Branch at 11 a.m. with Fa- ther Gary Kaiser as celebrant. Burial was at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Haubstadt following mass. Donations in her honor can be made to the American Di- abetes Association and the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Univer- sity. Expressions of sympathy can be made at stodghillfuner- alhome.com. Karan Thacker, AFSP Owner E. 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Shane Minton Financial Advisor 100 S Hull Street Ft Branch, IN 47648 812-753-3893 3.5" x 2.5" | Maximum Font Size: 30 pt > edwardjones.com Have 401(k) questions? Let's talk. Shane Minton Financial Advisor 100 S Hull Street Ft Branch, IN 47648 812-753-3893 There's no time like now to plan your future. Sheriff Bottoms to retire after 38 years Sheriff Tim Bottoms has announced that he will retire from the Gibson County Sher- iff's Office effective Dec. 31 af- ter 38 years of service to the citizens of Gibson County. Sheriff Bottoms is currently finishing his 2nd term as Sher- iff of Gibson County. Tim Bottoms started his ca- reer with the Gibson County Sheriff's Office as a volunteer Reserve Deputy in February 1984. He was hired as a dis- patcher in 1986 and then was appointed as a Deputy Sheriff in February 1987. He worked his way through the ranks from Patrolman, promoted to Detective Sergeant in 1992, Captain in 1994 and was first elected to the office of Sher- iff in November 2014, serving as Sheriff and Director of Gib- son County Community Cor- rections from Jan. 1, 2015 un- til Dec. 31, 2022. Sheriff Bottoms has served under Sheriffs George Bal- lard, Bruce McClellan and R. Allen Harmon. Employees of the Sher- iff's Office will host an Open House in his honor at the Gib- son County Community Cor- rections Conference Room lo- cated at 112 E. Emerson St., Princeton on Dec. 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public is in- vited to attend. Cade Hurt chosen for Lilly Scholarship The Gibson County Com- munity Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Gibson County – Cade Hurt of Princeton Community High School. Lilly Endow - ment Community Scholars are known for their commu- nity involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership. "Cade's entrepreneurial spirit, along with his diverse background of involvement, in and out of school were ap- parent in his application and interview. The nominating committee was honored to have the opportunity to meet him and recommend him for this life-changing opportuni- ty," said Amy Smith, Region- al Director of Community En- gagement and Impact for the Gibson County Community Foundation. Hurt is the son of Wes- ley and Stacy Hurt of Princ- eton. Following graduation, he plans to pursue a degree in Business at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to excelling academically, Hurt is active in the Key Club, Stu- dent Council, National Hon- or Society, Magic the Gather- ing Club, and the Junior/Se- nior Advisory Club. He has served as the Princeton High School Girl's Assistant Ten- nis Coach, along with earn- ing four Varsity Letters, and was named to the All-Confer- ence First Team (PAC), in the sport. Hurt is also involved in theatre and serves as a Dra- ma Camp Counselor with Gib- son County Youth Theatre. During his sophomore year of high school, he started BUFF Teens of Gibson Coun- ty (Building Up Financial Fu- tures) Club to educate other students about business and finances. Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship pro- vides for full tuition, required fees, and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for re- quired books and required equipment for four years. The scholarship is for undergradu- ate students studying on a full- time basis leading to a bacca- laureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private non- profit college or university. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (L SN), which connects both current scholars and alumni with resources and opportu- nities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities. Both the schol- arship program and L SN are supported by grants from Lil- ly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and Indiana Humanities. In determining Gibson County's Lilly Endowment Community Scholar nominee, consideration was given to ac- ademic performance, commu- nity and school involvement, special circumstances, an im- promptu essay, and an inter- view by the LECSP Nominat- ing Committee. A fter the field of applicants was narrowed down, the nominee was sub- mitted to ICI, the statewide administrator of the Lilly En- dowment Community Scholar- ship Program, which approves the final selection of scholar- ship recipients. "This year we had 22 ex- tremely talented students ap- ply for the scholarship. Each student not only excelled aca- demically but in a wide range of extracurricular and com- munity activities," said Smith. She added, "The quality of the applications made the selec- tion process difficult for the very dedicated committee, which thoroughly reviewed each application and scored fairly based on the set forth guidelines." Scholarship award alter- nates were also announced. The first alternate, Jake Deck- er will receive a scholarship from the Friends of Gibson County Fund. Rachel Pohl was named the second alternate. Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Commu- nity Scholarship Program for the 1998 -99 school year and has supported the program every year since with grants totaling in excess of $486 mil- lion. More than 5,000 Indiana students have received the Lilly Endowment Communi- ty Scholarship since the pro- gram's inception. The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Com- munity Scholarship Program are: 1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; 2) to increase aware- ness of the beneficial roles In- diana community foundations can play in their communities; and 3) to encourage and sup- port the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Com- munity Scholars to engage with each other and with In- diana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civ- ic leaders to improve the qual- ity of life in Indiana general- ly and in local communities throughout the state. Cade Hurt but it wasn't working. Some of the helpers were in their pa- jamas, one had no coat, and Blevins was in her slippers as they tried to navigate the ditches and the pig. "I notice (soon-to-be) Sher- iff Vanoven there and start- ed laughing, because of how ridiculous we must have all looked," Blevins said. "I started praying, 'God, you had two of every kind of ani- mal get to the ark and also say that faith the size of a mustard seed moves mountains. This isn't a mountain. This is a pig." She said as soon as she fin- ished her prayer she heard a squeal and the pig jumped in- to a woman's arms. A fter that, things happened quickly. Her husband arrived. "I explained to him I was on this huge adventure. He rolled up, and just shook his head." She kenneled the pig and brought it to her shop Easy Pickin's in Princeton. Then an- imal services arrived to take the pig. Petey has a love for peppermint candy canes. Apparently a person who is potentially the owner said he would come to identify if this was his pig. PIG Continued from page 1 Shayna Blevins poses with 'Patoka Petey' a pig saved on US-41 Dec. 20. Gibson County welcomes back EMT By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Dave Pond told Gibson County Council he was able to bring back a paramedic who left the EMS service, crediting the raise in pay scale the coun- cil approved. "Welcome home Jim," said Councilman Derek McGraw to the re-hired Jim Allen. "I know he'll work a lot of overtime and save us a lot of overtime," said Councilman Jeremy Overton. In other news, Gibson Coun- ty Animal Service Board Mem- ber Sharon Werne discussed the developing plans for a new animal shelter building. The metal building the board plans would be ener- gy efficient, increase space, have a garage, and allow ani- mal services to quarantine an- imals. Realistically, they'll be do- ing fundraising and applying for grants to support the proj- ect, but the plan is to locate the new site directly east of the Gibson County Soccer Fields by the county garage, which is near their current location. Eventually, in a future proj- ect they'd like to also build an area to house escaped live- stock. Field officers may see pay bump By Janice Barniak Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Gibson County Council will entertain a pay raise for field officers in January, af- ter a council member said they were overlooked when the council enacted a $2 pay raise for corrections officers. Gibson County has had diffi- culty hiring and keeping on corrections officers, due to a combination of factors includ- ing it being a foot in the door to deputy work and more com- petitive pay by area city and security police. According to Councilman Derek McGraw it was an over- sight to exclude field officers, who typically make more than jailers but less than deputies. Field officers go into offend- ers' homes but still work with- in the corrections system. "I'm not blaming anyone but us," said McGraw who is on the committee that discuss- es corrections. The council cannot change the pay until January, but can backpay at that time, assum- ing the council approves the raise.