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Hello friends and neighbors, it’s nice to have you back for another issue of Small Town Living. February has been a short but busy month. I’m meeting all kinds of friendly people in my quest for what’s happening in our little community.

Last month’s issue featured an article called “An Artist Profile” that featured the works of Bob Zasadny. This inspired a new series featuring local artist. Our community is full of talented people that are tucked away like hidden treasures.

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So it’s time to grab a glass of sweet tea, relax and see what’s been happening with the local folks.

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Local Talent Spotlight - pg. 18 Behind the Scenes - pg. 23 Sports Insider - pg. 26

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Cover Story - by Jancey Smith

Country Connections

Photos courtesy Gibson County Visitor & Tourism Bureau

Barn Quilt Trail Update

The Kippert’s barn

promotes Barn Quilt While driving along almost any Gibson County road, if Trails. These trails cover you go far enough, you’ll notice a quilt block hanging on the country coast to coast the side of a barn, home or building. These are square - from Washington and pieces of wood that have a quilt pattern design painted California, to Texas and on them. They are sprinkled through all parts of the on to the states of the county like bright little jewels. east. Our About the time that the Gibson County Bob Shaw’s block Barn Quilt Visitor’s & Tourism team was doing research into what draws people to Trail in Gibson County is one of the larger Gibson County and makes it special, ones in The Midwest Paula Key brought an idea to Eric The planning to create our own barn Heidenreich. She traveled and saw quilt trail started in 2012 and the goal was wooden blocks painted in quilt patterns to have 50 quilt blocks throughout the on barns. This coincided with the county by the spring of 2013. It was Tourism’s finding that the quality that thought to be a good promotion that attracts visitors to Gibson County is it’s would coincide with the county’s “home spun” image. bicentennial. That winter Jim and Paula After looking into it, they traveled to a Key as well as others, like Kelly Scott, a national conference in Tennessee that spent much of their time crafting quilt The quilt block of Kelly Scott

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blocks. It takes a are listed on the tour couple of days to have agreed to let build one. You have visitors admire their to prime the wood, quilt blocks for five draw (tape) the years. design and then put “It’s about time to do on layers of paint. another inventory of By the spring of participants and 2013 that goal of 50 update the brochure,” blocks was well Eric explained.

Lyles Station’s quilt block surpassed as the The barn quilt trail Kelly Scott working on a quilt block popularity of these has brought car, van and bus loads of visitors to the bright designs spread. There were over 125 blocks to county. Yes, even buses can navigate the trail but can’t show off the arrival of spring that year. go everywhere, so a guide is suggested. Eric has helped Eric Heidenreich, Tourism director, said, “We were motor coach groups find their way through the surprised at how well received the highlights. project was and that the whole Even though you can travel the trail at county took an interest. There are anytime, spring and summer are the most quilt blocks in every part of the popular. The trail meshes very well with the county.” other attractions in Gibson County, like Lyles Now there are over 225 hand Station and the Azalea Path. painted blocks throughout the “It’s been a very positive connection county, more than are listed on the throughout the county,” Eric commented.

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Gibson County Fairground Princeton Lady Elks Hold Hosted Beef Show photos Jancey Smith February Meeting

From left around the table: Clara Mae Welp, Theresa Turpin, Chris Page, Rosemarie Collins, Angie Huey and Janie Cloin.

Above: Lauren Wolton from Illinois traveled 2-1/2 hours to show her winning heifer at the beef show. Right: Jane Rogers helps in the judging area.

Below: The judging arena was busy with competitors the first weekend of February.

Right: Phyllis Bailey dishes up corn for the dinner. Below from left: Shirley Taylor, Sandra Kolb, Kay Foster and Claire Stone attended the meeting.

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Back in the Day . . .

One of my favorite memories as a little kid was setting on the front porch with Granny playing Old Maid and listening to her tell stories. This is exactly how I felt when I had a chat with Bonnie Stevens.

It only took a few poignant questions to get the stories rolling. Bonnie grew up in Ft. Branch near Hwy. 168 and the railroad tracks during the great depression. She told me how she was always late for school because she had to do early-morning chores, like milk the goats.

Her dad, Ross Montgomery, was a carpenter and worked as a janitor for the Ft. Branch school and was very strict. There was no dancing or playing cards in their house. However they had a radio that picked up WLS from Chicago. Bonnie remembers listening to the Joe Lewis fights. She also loves listening to basketball.

When Bonnie spoke of her mom, Florence, who was

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a seamstress, I could almost hear her smile as she talked about the way her mother would wake at 4 a.m. to make homemade biscuits for breakfast and also made all their clothes. But we both decided to never try her mother’s recipe for possum that she made for her dad and his friends. Adding lemon was not enough to convince either of us that it’d be tasty.

Bonnie married Clyde Stevens, a WWII Marine that served in the Pacific, and they had seven children.

When he died in 1961, that left her to raise them alone, without any government assistance. They all had jobs and learned to work and study hard. Even though Bonnie didn’t finish school, all of her children did – three went on to college and four of the boys served in the Air Force.

Even though Bonnie had many jobs, including the Corabelle Tally old Conway Market, her favorite was working at the Van Hotel. She liked doing hotel work - dusting and Poem dedicated to OCU’s Dr. Claudine making beds. Her voice really lit up as she told me about being at the Van when it was robbed. At that time Cutchin and her daughter Adelaide who were there wasn’t a cash register and all the money was tragically killed in an automobile accident on kept in a drawer. Bonnie recalls that a guy came in with February 2, 2017 in Gibson County. a shot gun under his coat. She didn’t see his face, but could describe him. He shot into the ceiling as Bonnie The breath was knocked out of us when we lost the two of you hid behind the lobby counter.

Without warning or caution our lungs no longer functioned Bonnie’s most notable quote fits her perfectly, “It ain’t how much you got, it’s what you do with it.”

Falling to our knees we cried up to the Lord How could you have done this? This is not what they deserved or needed

OCU Collegiate Guest Writer Our Souls Remain

We lay on the ground, having no inclination to move The pain too unbearable, too raw, too unsettling Living a life without you had never been considered Making our way in the world alone was unjustified

Yet we knew what had to be done Picking up and moving on was the only way to continue Life can and never will be the same The pain of loss seeming too great to bear

Through our hearts and memories we will remember you Never forgetting the way that you made us feel The world will continue on but not everything will Small parts of our souls will forever remain unchanged Remembering the love we felt for the both of you Until we will see you once more

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It’s February, which means it’s prom...for some people. Melissa Taylor, sponsor of Junior Advisory here at PCHS is already working on prom. “So far planning is going pretty well”. “There are some disagreements” said Taylor. “Some members of Junior Advisory have different opinions on what colors they could pick” Taylor said.

Taylor said that setting up prom each year usually takes “two whole days”. They start putting decorations up during the school day on Thursday and decorate all day on Friday before the dance on Saturday.

Junior advisory and Taylor aren’t the only ones working on this magical night though. “This year we will have around 15 parents to help us get everything together” said Taylor. “The parents are a great help!”

Taylor said she advises prom

because “It’s the most magical night of the year and I love to see my students outside of the classroom setting having fun!”

Junior Sydney Morris is the copresident of Junior advisory and said she is a part of the group because “I like to do crafts and doing decorations is really fun”.

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fundraisers to raise money towards her prom tickets by selling mums. “I would’ve worked concessions too but I couldn’t because I had to cheer” said Morris.

Junior Audrie Powers got prepared for prom early this year to get the good sales.

“I got my dress in August and paid $125 for a $400 dress,” said Powers.

She has other things planned out as well.

“I also know what group I’m going to be in but I’m not sure where we’re going to eat,” Powers said.

“After-prom is going to be special this year,” said Taylor.

“We’ve already spent $1200 on inflatables and you might want to bring your cowboy hats!” Taylor said.

“After-prom is going to be like a summer in Indiana cookout” said Morris. “It’ going to be like pretty much anything you’d do in the summer” Morris said.

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In Honor of Making Snakes Go Away

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There’s nothing exciting about the month of March.

The weather is wacky, one day teasing you with spring warmth and sunshine while the next day it can take a dip 20 degrees colder with snowflakes tormenting us all. About the only thing to look forward to in March is St. Patrick’s day and maybe some basketball. I figure it doesn’t hurt to raise a toast to a guy that made snakes go away.

Now my knowledge of Irish food is limited to soda bread, bangers and mashed, varieties of potatoes, stews and Baileys Irish Cream. Usually for each New Year’s and St. Pat’s day, I faithfully plop a corned beef brisket in the slow cooker with cabbage, potatoes and carrots, and then call it a holiday meal done.

This year I thought I’d take a lesson from one of my best friends who makes cabbage rolls. “It’s easy,” she said. “You just take a wad of hamburger (mixed with rice, about the size of a tangerine) and roll it in a cabbage leaf, then cover it in tomato juice and bake it.”

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steps, but while making this dish it reminded me of why I only make a lasagna a few times year, despite the fact that I love it. There are steps and more steps before you pop it in the oven. There’s cooking the cabbage to get it soft enough to roll. It has to cool before you can wrap it. There’s also a lot of water involved. Then you make a wad of meatballs and roll them in the cabbage leaves. I learned to be smart and count each before getting too far along. However, once it’s all done you have a multitude of little meal pockets that are quite tasty and filling.

Now as it turns out there was a small flaw in my plan. The light bulb finally went off in my brain as I remembered watching a food TV show that showcased the steps of how an old family restaurant makes authentic Polish cabbage rolls. Yes, cabbage rolls aren’t Irish at all, they’re Polish. As far as my family, they don’t know the difference – it’s all cabbage no matter the holiday, how you cook it or what country it came from. But we’ll all gladly give a toast to no more snakes!

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Ingredients -

1 lb. ground beef 1/2 cup rice (long grain white, uncooked) 1 small onion, diced 2 cups tomato juice or V8, divided 1 head cabbage 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1 T. (splash) Worcestershire sauce

Preparation -

In large pot, fill with water half way and bring to a boil.

Cut center core out of cabbage. Drop in boiling water.

Cover and let boil for 10-15 minutes until outer leaves are soft and fall away.

While cabbage is cooking, in a medium bowl combine meat, rice, spices, Worcestershire and half cup tomato juice. Set aside in refrigerator until needed.

With tongs or slotted spoon remove cabbage to plate to cool for easier handling. Drain excess liquid.

Spray coat a 13x9x2 inch baking dish.

Preheat oven to 350.

Carefully remove outer leaves and set aside to cool.

Pull remaining leaves apart leaving core and smallest leaves.

Remove meat mixture from refrigerator and begin shaping into balls about 2 inches wide (like a large golf ball). Put each on plate and keep rolling.

Count cabbage leave and meat balls to make sure you have an even amount. (I made smaller balls for smaller leaves and had a total of 12.

Pour 1/2 cup tomato juice into bottom of baking dish. Layer extra cabbage leaves along bottom.

Place one meatball into center of cabbage leave, wrap bottom of leaf upwards first and fold other edges over. Secure with toothpick if desired.

Put cabbage rolls in casserole dish and pour 1 cup tomato juice over top.

Cover casserole with foil and bake for 1.5 hours. Remove from oven and let set. Watch for steam when uncovering.

Serves 6, 2 rolls each.

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B usiness T oday Sometimes you find a business idea and sometimes it finds you. Such was the case for Apnea Solutions on the south side of the square in Princeton. When Ken and Sharon Beckerman were looking for courses to keep their dental and nursing licenses current, they decided to attend a two day course on sleep apnea.

As part of the course they volunteered for overnight sleep studies, only to find that they both had mild forms of sleep apnea. That disclosure lead them on the journey toward treatment and eventually to opening their own clinic to treat the disorder.

As many of you know, the treatment for sleep apnea has historically been limited to noisy and cumbersome CPAP machines. Apnea Solutions provides a treatment for mild and moderate cases of apnea that is limited to wearing an intraoral appliance at night, much like an orthodontic retainer. Studies

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have shown this therapy to provide the same result as a CPAP without all of the hidden problems and costs. It is even recommended for those who refuse to wear a CPAP, no matter how severe their problem.

And how has treatment worked for Doctor and Mrs. Beckerman?

Instead of the second bedroom being a refuge from loud snoring, it is now a place to house one of their five grandsons for overnight stays.

They both claim to sleep throughout the night, wake up refreshed and have even started dreaming during sleep - a sign that they are getting that all important REM sleep!

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Pretty simple really, when your bed partner is laying on his/her back, place a large pillow over their face and hold tightly for three minutes. We have all thought of this remedy, but few relish the thought of a lifetime in prison and I can’t really recommend it as the preferred treatment. There are special pillows and mattresses, chin straps, and all kinds of boil and bite plastic mouthpieces. Sadly, the only persistent results from these treatments are a thinner wallet. Snoring is often a symptom of a serious health problem called Obstructive Sleep Apnea that can be life threatening.

Type II diabetes can shorten the average life by 5 10 years and men smoking one pack a day will lose 7 10 years. Untreated Apnea can take up to 12 - 15 years off your life! Now do you think that snoring is funny? This is serious business.

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pressure rises, their body warms and men, in particular, get the urge to urinate. No wander these persons wake up tired and want to nap throughout the day - they have been struggling to stay alive all night!

Apnea can lead to heart problems, hypertension, strokes, weight gain, GERD, diabetes and daytime tiredness. If your bed partner snores, do both of you a favor, and get it evaluated.

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by Scott A. Hartley, Technology Columnist

Microsoft continues to aggressively push everyone to use their latest and not-so-great software. Everything from the operating system running your computer to the productivity software you use to type letters, check email, and calculate spreadsheets.

How do they do this? They stop supporting and updating the older software.

By continuing to use these programs after their end-oflife date, you leave your computer greatly exposed to virus and malware infections and attacks by malicious hackers looking to steal personal information.

What home users need to know The three most common programs I see on home users’ PCs putting you at risk are: Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and the Windows Vista operating system.

Windows Live Mail is a very popular program providing an easy and free way to check your email. It also keeps your friends’ email addresses in one convenient location.

Support and updates for Windows Live Mail, as well as Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Messenger, ended on January 10, 2017. While they still function, continuing to use them today leaves your computer at risk.

Microsoft Office 2007 – which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint – allows you to type letters, create spreadsheets, and design presentations. Trial versions of this software often came preinstalled on many storebought computers. You may also have purchased the Home and Student edition of the software.

Support and updates for Office 2007 ends on April 11, 2017. Again, while these programs will still work, using them after that date exposes your computer to serious problems.

Some home computer users still use desktops and laptops running the ancient Windows Vista operating system.

Support for Vista ends on April 11, 2017, although many software vendors discontinued updating programs

for it over a year ago. Most new programs won’t install or run on it.

Continuing to use a computer running Windows Vista after April 11 is a VERY bad decision.

Business users are affected too – Most businesses use the Microsoft Office suite in their daily operations - Microsoft Word for typing correspondence and memos; Microsoft Outlook for sending and receiving email; Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets and budgets.

Just like home users, if your business uses the 2007 version of these software programs, support and updates will end on April 11, 2017.

Continuing to use these programs after that date will expose your computers and network to serious vulnerabilities. It could potentially cost your business thousands of dollars in fines and penalties if customer information is stolen or hacked because you were using non-supported, out-of-date software.

How to tell if you have these programs installed on your PC – Open the Control Panel from your Windows start menu. Click on Programs and Features. Look through the list for any of the following: Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Live Mail, or Windows Live Essentials.

To determine if your operating system is Windows Vista, open the Control Panel. Click on System. Under Windows edition at the top of the window, it will tell you which operating system is installed.

What you need to do – If you have any of these programs installed on your computer, you should stop using and uninstall them.

Call your trusted local computer advisor for advice on alternative software or solutions to replace these nolonger-supported programs.

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The Book Nook

Sisters: Two young girls, one white and one black, discover they have the same father in the repressive days of Mississippi in the early 1950s. Their friendship grows as they plan a way to leave home for a better life.

Suzanne Feldman’s novel Absalom’s Daughters is written sparsely, yet to the point, as the girls struggle through poverty and racism.

Special child: Two sisters manage a flower farm in Eastern Kentucky and must resolve differences in the first novel by Stephanie Knipper. One has a small child that has been diagnosed with a type of autism, yet has unique symptons. The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin is a sweet story about love and family.

Quilt art: Gibson County shares many of the barn quilts described in Following the Barn Quilt Trail by Suzi Parron. Lyles Station, a historical community west of Princeton, is featured with a story and photograph. This book is a lovely display of creative art, sharing family traditions, and catching a glimpse of whimsy on old barns.

1960s: If you lived during the 1960s, you will recall how the world dramatically changed. If you were born after that time, Witness to the Revolution by Clara Bingham will show you the people and policies that built our present day society. The book is subtitled Radicals,

Fun at the Gibson County Fairgrounds

March 12, 2017 Center Ring Circus in the pavilion with times to be announced • Admission required Center Ring Circus, Inc. has been entertaining families for over 20 years with 8 generations of experience producing and performing.

April 12, 2017 4th Grade Farm Fair presented by Gibson County Soil and Water Conservation District for all 4th graders in the county.

Contact Ann Ice at 812-385-5033 for more information.

May 12-14, 2017 IKI Horse Speed Show Barrel Racing

Contact Brandice Penner at bpenner3@yahoo.com or 812-677-8070 for more information.

June 2-3, 2017 Gibson County Relay for Life annual even at the Fairgrounds Pavilion Contact Ryan Riggs at 812-475-9486 for more information.

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by Cathy Black formerly of the Princeton Public Library

Resisters, Vets, Hippies and the year America lost its mind and found its soul.

Bob Dylan sang “the times they are a’changin,” and they did.

Sequel: Glory over everything continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad.

So many readers enjoyed Kathleen Grissom’s first novel Kitchen House that she was encouraged to write this sequel.

Clutter: Are you surrounded by clutter and just too much stuff? Joshua Becker will help if you want to free your mind and residence in his book The More of Less.

Becker also writes a very informative blog called Minimalist Living.

Area Concerts & Events

Clint Black at Victory Theatre, Evansville, Fri. March 3 Blake Sheldon at Ford Center, Evansville, Thur. March 16 Bon Jovi at Banker’s Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Wed. March 22 Stevie Nicks at Banker’s Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Wed. March 29 Journey at Ford Center, Evansville, Sat. April 1 Casting Clowns at Ford Center, Evansville, Thur. April 6 tobyMac at Banker’s Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Sun. April 9th Vince Gill at Old National Events Plaza, Evansville, Sat. April 22 Tim McGraw at Banker’s Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Sat. April 29 Gordon Mote Concert at Owensville United Methodist Church, Wed. April 12, 6 pm

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~ Flick Picks ~ Movie Reviews by Cai Carney James McAvoy for Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor?

It’s obviously apparent that the dude IS back. After some murmurings of his probable return during The Visit’s run in theaters, M. Night Shyamalan’s comeback can’t be denied now. Is it a return to his previous status as a director? Not quite, but it’s much better than anything he’s done in the past decade. The director of The Sixth Sense has (finally!) gotten me excited for his future projects and while I never lost faith in his ability to make quality films, my hope had begun to waver if he would ever make films like his earlier work. Okay. He’s back. What about his newest movie?

James McAvoy channels one of the most inventive acting roles I’ve seen in a while as a man named Kevin, who has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). This disorder gives him 23 unique personalities with a 24th one on the way. Anya Taylor-Joy plays a quiet, alwaysdecisive, Casey who has been abducted along with two other girls and their abductor is one of the personalities inhabiting Kevin’s mind and body.

This kicks off the events in the film as the audience is wondering why these girls have been kidnapped and what’s up with this guy’s personalities, as they may have something to do with the abduction. That’s pretty much the story. After the abduction, the entire film is just exposition for the ending. Every single scene is dedicated to telling the audience why the end makes sense, even if it’s not earned. It’s not that the final act is necessarily predictable, but there’s not much that happens during the duration of the film.

Another nitpick of Split is, the motivations for Kevin’s character aren’t very well thought out. Without spoiling the film, Kevin’s ideology is, “they don’t understand us.”

“They,” being normal people, and “us,” being people with DID. However, it’s never shown to the audience that his character actually cares about other people with DID. Being misunderstood only seems to be a way for him to try and become something that no one thinks can be done. There’s even a psychiatrist to help serve up some exposition to the plot with regards to people with DID. The psychiatrist is actually a prevalent character in the film. Betty, the psychiatrist, is shown throughout the film talking to others and to even Kevin himself, on just how incredible people with the disorder are. Despite using this as a huge expository device in the film, there is never actually any real reason for it, other than for the audience to kind of get what’s going on at the end of the film.

Something also has to be said about Shyamalan’s writing. He releases information over a period of time throughout the film, which has his endings bursting at the seams with power (his good films) as the audience is repeatedly shown something they aren’t looking for throughout the film. Then, at the end, Shyamalan tells you what you were missing out on and then you either think the film is genius or that it just didn’t need to exist.

Since I know Shyamalan pretty well by this point, I was

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watching for all of the clues and guessed why Casey’s character was in the film to begin with after a few flashback sequences. After figuring this out, the rest of the film seemed to be a complete bore with the story.

Split is a strange concoction of a tour de force acting performance and a sense of claustrophobia. A tense atmosphere completely residing underground would’ve given the movie a much thicker presence of atmosphere. I feel the film would’ve been more effective this way, but Shyamalan chooses to go the exposition route. Anytime Kevin isn’t on the screen as one of his many personalities, it almost seems like you would rather be with his zaniness, than with the boring exposition pieces.

Things that I did like about the film other than McAvoy’s performance? Split was gorgeously shot, nicely edited, well-scored, and had some great tension throughout most of the film. I just had some issues with how the story was told. These are the reasons the movie isn’t a waste of time and why you should at least check this film out.

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An Artist Profile Sue Freudenberg Photos provided

In Sue’s Own Words and Those of Her Daughter’s Beth Schmitt

“Sometimes I feel there’s a part of me in each painting. In the beginning, I learned to draw on the backside of old calendars, when I was very small. You gotta start somewhere”, says Sue with her shy smile.

Daughter Beth fills in some of her mother’s history.

Schools at that time had no formal art program so Sue taught herself. She met her husband Jack Freudenberg at the Gibson County Fair, one of the social highlights of the year. They were married a year later and then separated as Jack served his country in Germany during the Korean War. Soon after Jack returned home, they started a family with a son, Jim, and two years later, a daughter, Beth. There was no better place to work and raise a couple of kids than on the family farm between Mackey and Ft. Branch. While being a farm wife and mother was a full time job, Sue continued to pursue her interest in art. Jack bought her a set of oil paints and she took lessons locally, discovering that painting with acrylics was a passion for her. She attended classes and workshops in Princeton, Evansville, and Henderson, taking lessons from Dean Davis of Evansville. As much as she enjoyed learning, some of her greatest joy came from sharing her love of art with her husband, children, and grandchildren.

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1965. Its purpose is to promote an interest in art and to provide informational programs and workshops. It currently sponsors the art exhibits at the Gibson General Hospital gallery and, until this year, has chaired the art exhibit at the Gibson County Fair. She also belongs to the Ohio Valley Arts League of Kentucky, the Henderson Art League, the Arts Council of Southwest Indiana, the Owensboro Art Guild, and participates in their art exhibits.

For 25 years she taught an adult painting class at Lewis Plumbing, Heating, and Hardware in Ft. Branch.

They rented her an empty area upstairs for classes. No heat and no air conditioning, so she only taught for 6 weeks in the fall and 6 weeks in the spring: “It was a real joy to see my students learn”, says Sue. Sue was a board member and treasurer of the Gibson County Arts Council for 16 years. Working closely with Zeke and Betty Smith, the GC Arts Council brought quality programs to the youth of all ages in Gibson County by providing programs featuring art, music, drama, dance, and the possibilities of imagination.

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Council program, chattering excitedly about what they saw and heard, was all the reward the Council members needed for their hard work and time volunteered to make sure every performance was outstanding. Students from kindergarten through high school were able to attend performances and workshops on music or drama depending on their age at no charge to them or the schools. The Council sponsored 2 performances a year for the students plus night performances that were open to the public. When the Council disbanded, they started an endowment with the Gibson County Community Foundation to give a scholarship every year to a Gibson County high school senior majoring in one of the arts.

Sue was the Gibson County representative to the Arts Council of Southwest Indiana (ACSWI) for several years, working on the grants and awards committees.

In 1974, Sue’s reputation locally as an artist led to the phone call from Jim Pfister and John Vic Delong when they were building the new Farmers and Merchants Bank in Ft. Branch. John Vic was a historian who had researched the “Fort on the Branch” and they wanted a painting to be the highlight in the lobby of the new bank.

Jack and Sue met with them and Sue agreed to do the painting. It required a lot more research to get the details of the time period correct. Old magazines, books, and even Sears catalogs came into use as the painting became a reality. Jack helped with the very large canvas, making it sturdy enough to hold the stretch canvas and then helping to hang it on the wall at the bank. While the bank is no longer, the painting is hanging in the Learning Center at the Ft. Branch Library.

The gallery chairman of Oakland City University asked Sue to have a one-man show in 2003. She thought it would be fun to showcase the talents of the

whole family. Thus, the “Three Generations” exhibit was created featuring Sue, daughter Beth, and granddaughters Caiti and Merri.

Sue Freudenberg has the last say in her profile. “The Carriage Inn in Haubstadt asked me to hide a window with a painting of my choosing. So, I painted the street, complete with the flower shop, trees, the railroad sign, and of course the Carriage Inn. The owners have changed but the painting remains in the restaurant. In 2007, I was asked to decorate the walls of the Barton Township School library. My daughter Beth and I painted every blank space possible. Blank walls and a paint brush, what more could you want!

Then in 2008, I received the Outstanding Art Award for Gibson County presented by the Arts Council of Southwest Indiana. It covers 5 counties including the Arts Council in Gibson County. Each of the counties selected an outstanding ‘arts’ person, nominated by area people. My daughter Beth and Betty Farris filled out all the papers and did the legwork. It was a complete surprise to me. The awards were presented at a banquet in Evansville by the mayor.”

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By Kevin Minnis

Moneka Fullop

Music is something that people can respond to in so many ways. It can instantly trigger an emotion or even take you back to an old memory. I love listening to other artist is to see how they approach certain songs and the way they present them to their audience.

That is one thing that had me instantly captivated by this month’s feature artist.

My wife and I were lucky enough to have a date night out on the town a few weeks back.

We hit the big town of Princeton hard and kid free; complete with dinner at a sit-down restaurant and the whole 9 yards. Not wanting to call it a night just yet we stopped by Guacamole Grill to see who was their live entertainment for the evening and that’s when we were introduced to Moneka Fullop’s music. Her name has been quite the buzz for sometime with multiple people telling me I had to catch one of her shows sometime, especially now since I took on this role writing this column.

They were right, she’s the real deal. An absolutely amazing performer who can hold your attention with each and every song. At that point in time I knew exactly who I was going to be my next music feature.

That night I contacted her and tried not to sound like a creeper, but explained to her how we caught a some of her set and I would like to feature her in Small Town Living. She was overjoyed for the opportunity and so was I. If you haven’t had a chance to catch her out do yourself a favor and make time to do so.

Moneka is such a true artist, that when I set out to ask her questions for this article she ran with it and made my job super easy so with out further adue I’ll let her share her story. And she said she was shy….

“When I was 8-years-old, a nun, Sister Deb, gave lessons to kids during recess at St. Mary’s School in Mt. Carmel. I was fortunate enough to be in that class and that’s where my love of playing music began.

She taught us how to play songs for the children’s masses through the week. I also briefly took lessons from Mr. Muncie, in Princeton, where I learned to pick some old country.

Fast forward to high school where I came to learn that I enjoyed different kinds of music like new alternative rock. Nirvana and Pearl Jam were changing the face of rock, so I learned how to strum grunge-style and wear flannels. Country still had me, with driving rhythms from Hank Williams Jr. all the way to Garth Brooks. Folk rock was taking hold, too – from Jewel to Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge.

Let’s not forget classic rock and 80’s (which were not classic at the time). My father influenced many of my current musical choices from the Animals to Robert Palmer to Chris Isaak. My mother loves all kinds of country from old to new, so I cover everything from Johnny Cash to Miranda Lambert. My brothers have lots of genres covered; they are the reason I know songs a female may not otherwise cover such as Copperhead Road, Have a Drink on Me, In the Air Tonight, to name a few. I spent hours in high school and college with my CD player, jamming along with these bands, learning everything I could. I was insatiable.

In college, I started to stretch my vocals out and joined my first band. We played mostly country and some classic rock. After coming back home, I joined a rock band from Owensville formally known as Left of Center

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and currently known as Hard Sunday. I spent 6 fun filled years with them.

I ended up quitting the band and not really touching the guitar for a couple of years. I may have experienced a little burn out which is common with musicians. Then I picked it up one day, decided to start teaching lessons, started playing every day and before you know it, I was getting a set list together to perform on stage again.

I still wanted to play, still needed to play, as I was going through a pretty major life change at the time, personally and professionally. So I started playing at the Farmer’s Daughter, solo. It was terrifying. However, I have phenomenal family and friends and fans that came out time after time, showed their unfailing support and gave me more and more confidence. The support was incredible and overwhelming and made me work harder.

Then, I started at Guacamole Grill, a couple times a month, which was plenty as I was starting my new career as a Licensed Esthetician at Nieco’s Salon in Princeton and still teaching guitar lessons.

Eventually, I was going strong with the new career, so more shows got added to the schedule. Then last summer, one of my adult students offered to be my agent.

I was always running short on time and really wanted new places to play, so I thought this was a great idea. In the span of a few months, I went from playing 4 or 5 shows a month to playing 9-11 shows a month, in some very cool new venues.

My circle of regular venues has expanded on the map from Olney and Lawrenceville south to Evansville and Henderson, I will even be dipping down into Carbondale

to play wineries on the wine trail. I list all my shows on facebook on my Moneka Fullop Music page, however, to see the whole years bookings, go to www.monekafullop.com. Shows are constantly being added so check in often!

I perform several original songs which would probably fall more into the folk and rock genres. I keep in line with what I prefer to cover: songs with driving rhythms. I like to make the crowd move, clap hands, stomp feet, and sing along. If I can reach the crowd and have them feel what I’m putting out there, then I’ve done my job. I’m so very thankful to be able to do what I love in all avenues of my life.

Soon, I will be recording originals. I often get asked where those can be heard, so it is on the top of my list of things to do musically this year.

For any budding musicians out there, young or old: when you fail, try again, and keep trying. You can do anything you put your mind to, and don’t forget to breathe!

The shift in local music and venues is very exciting. I see new people getting out there all the time! Years ago, one would have to travel farther for live music on a regular basis, but Gibson County is providing lots of venues and fantastic musicians these days! I’m fortunate to be involved in a couple of local events this year: May 14th, Mother’s Day I perform at The Azalea Path (the Azalea Path will be open all day) and June 2nd Shawn Storckman will be joining me at the Fort Branch Community Pride Fest. So let all your senses be tantalized while you catch a show, have a great meal, and a laugh or two with friends!

PCHS Tiger Tales Guest Writer - Adrianne Peech Media Center Outreach “We want to present the media center in a friendlier

The PCHS media center, also known as the school library, is doing big things to attract students.

A new student organization was created recently by librarian, Lisa Reynolds, to involve students in a media center outreach. This group is known as the Student Library Advisory.

The Student Library Advisory is a small group that meets every club day in the back of the media center.

Zach Draper, junior, said that meeting with other members is a good way to get together with other people that share a love of books and differing opinions.

Draper also said that he hopes that this club will get more students interested in reading and books in general.

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light,” Reynolds said. “Also it helps me with book selections. I’m kind of removed from the times.”

So far this year, this group has hosted a Christmas movie night and the Blind Date With A Book.

Reynolds said that the Blind Date With A Book is a way to introduce students to new genres of books by asking them to choose a book without seeing the title or cover.

Students pick a book wrapped in brown paper, hopefully choosing a book they wouldn’t otherwise have picked up.

“Students tend to get pigeonholed,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds said that since this club has started up, she has already seen an increase in student participation in the media center.

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Upcoming March programs at the Princeton Public Library. All programs listed are free!

March 4- Knitting Club, 9 am-noon. This club is open to everyone and all skill levels. Bring your supplies and make some new friends! The knitting club meets the first Saturday of every month from 9 am-noon.

March 9- Jancey’s Cooking Corner Club, 12:15 pm.

Irish Themed Dishes. Bring an Irish themed dish to share with everyone; don’t forget to bring the recipe with you as well! (enough for around 12 people) The cooking club meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at 12:15.

March 13- Genealogy Program, learn how to use city directories as an aid to genealogy research, 6 pm March 13- FREE Family Movie Night, 6 pm- Moana, Rated PG. Popcorn will be served!

March 15- Genealogy Program, learn how to use city directories as an aid to genealogy research, 2 pm March 16- NEW Crocheting Club will meet the 3rd Thursday every month at 6 pm. This club is open to everyone of all skill levels!

March 18- Special Needs Family hour, 8-9 am.

Families who have members with special needs are welcome to use the library one hour before we open.

We can turn down the lights, help you find books, as well as have toys out for children to play with.

March 20- FREE Adult Movies: 10 am, 2 pm, and 5:30 pm. Oscar nominees: Fences, Rated PG-13; Hacksaw Ridge, rated R; and Arrival, rated PG-13.

Popcorn will be served!

Taste of Soup Fundraiser in Oakland City

The date for the third annual Taste of Soup benefiting the Oakland City - Columbia Twp. Public Library has been set for Sunday, April 2nd at the Oakland City Fire Station beginning at 11 a.m. Tickets will be available at the library mid-March for the event for $5. The Taste of

March 23- Novel Conversations Book Club, 6 pm.

This club is for book lovers! Everyone reads a book in a certain genre and then we get together to talk about what we read and if we would recommend it to others!

This club is a great way to learn about different authors and make new friends! Bring a snack with you! March genre will be announced on the library Facebook page as well as on the library website soon: http:// www.princetonpl.lib.in.us.

March 27- Novel Conversations Book Club, 12:00 pm. This program is an encore of the March 23 meeting, just during lunch hour! This club is for book lovers! Everyone reads a book in a certain genre and then we get together to talk about what we read and if we would recommend it to others! This club is a great way to learn about different authors and make new friends! Bring your lunch with you!

March 27 & March 30- Two Part Knitting Class, 6-8 pm both days. The class will have participants learning how to make washcloths. Washcloths make it easy to try new knitting stitch patterns! Pre-registration will begin on Monday, March 6, at 9 am. The class is limited to 10 people. (It is recommended to attend both days but it is not required) Participants will need to bring cotton or cotton blend yarn, stitch markers, scissors, and size 6 or 7 needles.

We hope to see you soon at your Princeton Public Library!

Soup is an annual fundraiser where area organizations provide a variety of soups that are voted on with loose change (or dollars) by attendees. The ticket includes 5 soup tastings, crackers, and a bottle of water.

Additional tastings will be available for $1 each. Last year’s event sold out and it is anticipated this year’s event will do the same. More information will be available at the library and any organization wishing to compete. Contact Julie at 812-749-3559.

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Our Furry Friends EasternWestern-Tetanus Vaccine for Horses The EWT vaccine protects your horse from 3 diseases that can be fatal to your horse. This is the most important vaccine for your horse to get every year.

EWT Vaccine for Horses on Princeton Veterinary Hospital. The EWT vaccine protects your horse from 3 diseases that can be fatal to your horse. This is the most important vaccine for your horse to get every year.

There are a few routine vaccines that we recommend for horses. The vaccine for Eastern-Western-Tetanus is the most important for your horse to receive every year.

This vaccine is sometimes called a 3-way vaccine, or a EWT vaccine. The EWT vaccine protects against 3 different diseases in one shot.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is the “Eastern” part of the vaccine. EEE is a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, and causes neurologic (brain) disease. EEE is sometimes also called “sleeping sickness” because horses with EEE look very sleepy. EEE can be managed at a specialty care facility, but it has a very poor prognosis and is often fatal. If it can be treated, it is at a large cost with unpredictable results. EEE is very easy to prevent with a yearly vaccine.

Western Equine Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) is the “Western” part of the vaccine. WEE is very similar to EEE. WEE is another virus, also transmitted by mosquitoes, that also causes neurologic (brain) disease. The prognosis for WEE is also very poor, and this disease is usually fatal.

Just like EEE, WEE is very easy to prevent with this yearly vaccine.

Tetanus Tetanus is the third disease this vaccine protects against. Tetanus is caused by toxins produced from the Clostridium tetani bacteria. This bacteria grows in the dirt. Animals (and people) are most commonly infected with tetanus through a cut, scratch, or other wound. Any mammal can be infected with tetanus, but horses are

Photo and information courtesy of Princeton Veterinary Hospital. more sensitive than most other animals. Tetanus is also called “lockjaw” because it causes severe muscle stiffness. Tetanus can be treated if it is caught early and handled aggressively. Often, horses infected with tetanus die because they are unable to eat or drink.

Tetanus can also be prevented with this yearly vaccine.

Because both EEE and WEE are transmitted by mosquitoes, we recommend getting your horse’s vaccines boostered every spring. This will help their immunity be at it’s peak when they are most likely to be bitten by mosquitoes. If your horse is injured and has an open wound or cut, your veterinarian may recommend that he gets a booster of his EWT vaccine to be sure that he has adequate protection against tetanus.

Other Recommended Vaccines It’s also recommended that horses be vaccinated against West Nile Virus. The American Association of Equine Practitioners also recommends a rabies vaccination. The rabies vaccine is a requirement for any horse participating in 4-H shows in Indiana.

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What NOT to Feed Your Dog

by Jancey Smith

A few months ago Good Morning America had a clip about foods that you shouldn’t feed your dog. Well, sorry to say, our dog, Lilly (who’s mostly a blue healer) has eaten most of the foods on the list. But then, God love her, she’s eaten a lot more than that, too. We think her stomach is part goat. Over the 14 years that she’s been a family member, she’s eaten all kinds of things that are not part of a dog’s diet - pot holders (one of her favorites), money, lighters, napkins and tissues.

Now as far as those naughty food groups – Lilly loves chocolate. My mother-in-law with her chocolate pies, chocolate chip cookies and chip-chocolate ice cream may have rubbed off. But then Lilly didn’t seem to mind living with our youngest daughters who made brownies (yes, she ate the whole pan that was left on the stove to cool) and brought home a chocolate chip cookie cake from the cakewalk at a school fundraiser.

Even though Lilly survived a garlic meatloaf that she snatched off the stove, those grapes some grandkid dropped, did not do her any favors. So here’s a list of things to watch on feeding your puppy dog.

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Chocolate Grapes/raisins Onion/garlic Avocados

Caffeine/coffee Macadamia Nuts Dairy (milk/cheese) Alcohol

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The Princeton Public Library Board is hoping to obtain a grant from the public facilities program for a library expansion project to benefit Patoka Township residents.

To aid with that process, the town is requesting assistance from the community’s residents.

Some residents in Patoka Township recently received a survey from the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana (EDCSWI). That survey is the first in a series of steps to help the community qualify for grant funding which, if awarded, will help with the costs associated with the library expansion project.

The potential grant opportunity is available through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) and requires current information regarding the income levels of a random selection of households located within the proposed service area.

The Princeton Public Library Board encourages residents who received the survey to complete it and return it in the enclosed self-addressed, stamped envelope to the EDCSWI. Survey responses are kept strictly confidential.

Individuals with questions about the income survey or the potential grant opportunity are encouraged to contact Carol Hagedorn or Karen Conia with the EDCSWI at (812) 423-2020 or at 318 Main Street, Suite 400, Evansville, IN 47708.

Oakland City Library Recreation

In addition to information, you can find a lot of recreation at your local library. Last year, the Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (OCCTPL) circulated movies over 6,300 times to our patrons. Did you know borrowing one movie a week provides a cost savings of over $750 compared to buying those DVDs? We like to think we are one unit of government that offers a very clear return on your tax investment.

With more than 1,600 DVDs in our collection ranging from preschool programs to date night movies, we are sure to have something for you! Movies circulate from the library collection for a period of one week. You can browse our collection by visiting our website at http:// occtpl.lib.in.us/ .

In addition to having great movies on our shelves, in January, OCCTPL began offering a midmorning movie once a month for patrons to come watch a recently released DVD movie. The last Tuesday of the month at 10 am, the library welcomes adults to come in and enjoy a show. This experience creates a “movie-like” atmosphere at a much lower cost...FREE (and we even include the popcorn!) Plan on joining us for our upcoming dates Feb. 28 and Mar. 28 at 10 am. Movie titles will be advertised in the library prior to the showing. And of course you are always welcome to call us at tel:(812)749-3559 to find out what we will be showing.

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Behind the Scenes

by Jancey Smith of Area Eateries

The Palace Cafe’

While growing up many of us read a book in school

by S. E. Hinton that later became a movie, “That was Then, This is Now.” This describes the “Palace Pool Room” of yesterday and the “Palace Cafe’” of today. In one form or another, “The Palace” has been an institution on the Princeton square since before the 1950’s, that’s nearly 70 years.

As a kid, The Palace evoked images of James Dean wearing a white T-shirt with cigarettes tucked in the sleeve. Those were the days when Big Jim Pegram owned the Palace Pool Room.

For almost four decades the Palace Pool Room was the ultimate man cave. It was understood that it was for men only. They had pool and snooker tables as well as pinball machines that paid out cash. Before the days of ESPN, the internet and cell phones, there was a ticker tape machine that fed sports and horse racing results to those interested.

The movie “The Hustler,” starring Paul Newman, could’ve been filmed inside the Palace Pool Room. Famous players from around the country would come to play our local pool favorites, like Bobby Legg in 9-ball. The doors would be closed and locked except the faithful who would watch and bet on games. But just like Las Vegas, “What happened at The Palace, stayed at The Palace.”

During that time they served simple diner food. There were hamburgers, fries, hotdogs, coneys and chili. The

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meat was fresh, hand-pattied and for over 25 years delivered by Bill McConnell of Bill’s Finer Foods. He made a special blend for each recipe The Palace needed. The chili got one grind but the burger was ground twice for the coneys and hamburgers. Bill delivered 55-60 pounds of meat just on weekends.

After great renovation and some owner changes, The Palace Cafe’ of today is a cozy, family diner owned by Tom Shearer and Emily Mosier.

They still serve the burgers and coneys of yesteryear, but the menu has expanded and changed. Besides the normal burgers, they offer four specialty burgers, like the Big Tony and the Tiger Melt, plus a variety of options to dress up your burger.

One of their biggest hits these days are the breaded tenderloins that easily fall off the bun by an inch or so. Tom Shearer, originally from St. Francisville, Illinois, calculated they go through 180-190 tenderloins a week. But since The Palace opens at 4 a.m. breakfast is a hopping time, especially on the

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weekends. That’s when they can go through an average of 30 dozen eggs.

With seven different omelet options it’s not hard to imagine.

Other new dishes include the Beef Manhattan that is sometimes a lunch special and the French Dip sandwich that’s popular on “Car Show Fridays,” when part of the Princeton square is blocked off to showcase old cool cars. They have even created their own Awesome Sauce that’s a mayonnaise and ketchup based sauce with a few spices for a little bit of kick.

The biggest change that the new owners of The Palace Cafe’ did was to go to a digital ordering system. The waitresses have tablets that allows them to send an order directly to the kitchen and then move onto the next table or task without making multiple trips. This not only saves time, but Tom can run reports of the items sold and calculate the cost with more accuracy.

“It was a little slow at first. It took some

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time for us and the customers to get used to, but now it really works out for us,” Tom explained.

The biggest news of The Palace Cafe’ came just as Emily Moiser, a Princeton native, came on as co-owner in December of 2016. They bought the building just to the west and have remodeled it into the Montgomery Room. Named after a previous owner, the front of the building has been redone into a banquet room for small private parties or special occasions. It has a capacity for 40 with a kitchen in back and can be rented out for birthday parties, baby showers and small class reunions.

Their big occasion and grand opening came on Valentines day. That night Tom, Emily and crew served an Italian wine dinner offering an Antipasto, salad and choice of (in laymen’s terms) an Italian Stuffed Meatloaf or Chicken Alfredo, followed by a Chocolate Tiramisu. While dinner was served the Lynch Brothers and Neil Mustard serenaded the crowd and wine expert, Walter Edwards, explained the wine options with each course.

So now in over half a century, The Palace has rebranded itself from a bad boy poolroom into a family friendly modern diner and even more.

Photos courtesy of Marilyn West and Palace Cafe’

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OCU Collegiate Guest Writer - Rebekah Busler

Acorn Academy is an after-school program in Gibson County consisting of students at Oakland City University tutoring younger students from Oakland City Elementary. The program was started by Dr. Trudy Abel in the spring of 2016.

She started Acorn Academy in order to give her education major students a chance to learn with children in a service type environment. This past fall of 2016, Dr. Abel left OCU to return home and teach in Tennessee. Acorn Academy was then inherited

by Dr. Camy Davis. She says it has been a challenge to take on the program in addition to her other responsibilities, but she’s proud to do it. Dr. Davis took over the program after Dr. Abelís departure because she couldn’t stand to see the program simply die out.

The program is not just tutoring, it’s also mentoring. The children involved have other people in their lives that care and help build them up, not only in school but as people as they personally work with each child.

The program takes place every Wednesday at threetwenty. Children from kindergarten through sixth grade are transported from their school to OCU on the bus.

Tutoring lasts for close to an hour, usually letting them out around four o’clock.

Grades kindergarten through second meet in the library, and third through sixth meet in the Kennedy Center. Once they are signed in, the children are spread out to work with their assigned tutors.

Since the participants are estimated to be close to thirty-seven children and around twenty-five OCU tutors, some tutors work with more than one child. First, they try to focus on any homework or anything pressing at the moment: tests, projects, assignments. The children often ask for help in math, and Mr. Malin, the principal at OCE, along with some of the teachers there have asked Acorn Academy to focus on reading comprehension and vocabulary for the children.

Since Acorn Academy takes place directly after the children are let out of school, the tutors try to do more than simply making them sit through another lecture.

The tutors come up with different activities for the children to help them stay interested and involved. The activities include computer programs and word games using the white board. The activities are strategically tailored for each child, in order for them to actively be involved and understand in all their academic areas.

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are provided for them.

Currently a lot of the off-season athletes have stepped up to help with the program. Those interested in getting involved with Acorn Academy simply need to talk with Dr. Davis. Even if they don’t want to start this semester, she can explain more about the program and get them a folder for those who would like to learn more about the program.

Soon Acorn Academy will need all hands on deck, as they are looking at an expansion in the future.

Francisco Elementary and Barton Elementary have expressed interest in being included in the program.

Dr. Davis is passionate about Acorn Academy, and has high hopes for its future. In addition to the expansion, Dr. Davis also has interest in starting a newsletter to inform members of the county about the details of Acorn Academy as well as help them be involved in the program. She hopes to possibly get grants in the future for more supplies and provide more learning opportunities in the program. She also hopes to be able to increase the number of participants and perhaps expand the program to more than one day a week.

That will be tricky to do however, as most OCU students involved have other responsibilities and their schedules keep them from participating for more than the existing time. What Dr. Davis really wants from the program is to see the group continue to grow. Oakland City University is part of the community, but few people in the area had ever been to the campus until Acorn Academy. Through involvement in the program, the expansion of the program, and possibly the inclusion of a newsletter, OCU is becoming more involved in the community.

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Archery - Bows on Toes!

Haley Hughes, 4th grader at Sts. Peter & Paul in Haubstadt loads her bow.

Elliott Curl and Daegan Schafer, 3rd graders at St. Joe who qualified for state.

Remember Mel Gibson’s blockbuster hit, Braveheart?

A line of rebel Scots lined up and zinged a thousand arrows at the big, bad British? Well until a few weeks ago, that was my knowledge of archery. While playing cards with the girls, I learned that Princeton had started an archery club. That made me curious, so I dug deeper for more information to share.

After talking to one of my friends, who’s 5th grade daughter had just signed up for archery, I visited one of their first practices. Over 50 kids from 5th grade through high school were packed into the gym anxiously waiting turns to shoot. Safety was the big issue of the night: How to do things correctly in 11 steps; and to know the whistle commands. The emergency stop whistle was emphasized - safety first.

During one of the short breaks, instructor Mike (Muff)

Princeton’s new archery club’s left-handers practice on the line.

Utley, filled me in on some details. Mary Williams, her husband Brian, and Denny Hadley are some of the instructors who helped get the Princeton archery program going. This sport is gaining great popularity with yearly national competitions.

According to Tim Speedy, Gibson Southern instructor, the sport has more members than Girl Scouts or Little League. Gibson Southern’s team has 118 kids participating. He believes the Hunger Games movies had an impact on the increasing popularity. East Gibson, St. Joe and Sts. Peter & Paul schools all now have archery programs.

Qualifications to be a part of the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP), require at least 10 days of archery be taught in the school’s physical education program. Grants are available to help buy equipment.

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that, “When you see them come in here (at Right to To keep Bear Arms) to practice, at first arrows are flying all over the playing the place. But over time, they show such improvement field equal and accuracy, it’s neat to watch them grow up.” among the Right to Bear Arms let’s kids involved in the NASP students, practice at no charge in their facility. They have a huge they all use archery room on the first floor of their building. It gets Matthew quite crowded at times.

Genesis This is the first year for archery at St. Joseph School bows. That Princeton’s in Princeton, with 20 kids regularly participating. Kelley way no one shooters practicing.

Curl, the assistant coach, said they have two 3rd has an extra graders, Daegan Schafer and Elliott Curl, that qualified edge and the student’s bow can last a lifetime. for state, shooting 251 and 255. But for many of the kids Both Muff and Tim agree this is a great sport for kids this was their first time ever to see a bow. any kid. It doesn’t matter if you’re tall/short, young/old, Gibson Southern High School has athletic or not, it’s something had an archery program for four anybody can do. There are special years and each year has had needs students shooting and even students qualify for state. This year a couple of blind students. Yes, 24 qualified as a team, while two 5th that is amazing. It’s also a co-ed graders qualified as individuals. The sport, with about 50/50 split state tournament is March 11th at between boys and girls. the Indiana State Fairgrounds. We’ll The coaches and Bob Hinton, of see if one them can score a perfect Right to Bear Arms, all commented 300 which has only been done four on how nice it is to see students Shooters from South Gibson practicing at times ever!! improve. Bob laughed and said Right to Bear Arms.

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PCHS Tiger Tales Guest Writer - Heaven Ingle Boys Golf Season Off to a Start

As the weather outside improves, the golf boys come out to play.

The PCHS boys golf season officially starts on March 13th.

Junior, Hunter Davis, is getting ready to start his first year on the team as a high school student.

Davis played his sixth grade year as well and said he is hoping that this season pans out a little different than during middle school.

“Golf isn’t very hard to me and it’s not very physical demanding and that’s why I play” said Davis.

Davis said he mostly plays

outside of school so with golf starting up he’s going to be playing a lot.

Senior, E.J. Wilder, said he played at least four times a week before he tore his ACL. This is going to be Wilder’s third year playing for the boys golf team and he’s starting out on crutches.

Wilder said he enjoys playing golf because he’s “decent” at it.

“My least favorite thing about the season is having to leave at 5 AM and go to Washington, but it isn’t too bad” said Wilder.

Davis said he plays because it’s

PCHS Tiger Tales Guest Writer - Sean Brock you lose,” Jett said.

Wrestlers Advanced sometimes Even though Jett lost his match,

Many of the wrestlers went to sectionals on January 28th. Nick Jett, Chase Wilson, Luke Dunn, Payton Halbig, James Curl, Dalton Beal, and David Etolen all went to sectionals. The only freshman that went was Nick Jett and he competed in a pigtail match.

“I was pretty nervous going into the match since I was the only freshman and I was trying to prove myself,” Jett said.

A pigtail match is where if you lose you are out of sectional. Jett unfortunately lost his match. He is still the only freshman this year to go to sectionals, so thats a big deal.

“It happens, sometimes you win,

some of his teammates won their sectional matches and now are advancing to regionals. Regionals happened on Saturday, February fourth. Among the wrestlers going to regionals is senior Payton Halbig. Halbig has been wrestling for all four of his high school years.

Halbig will be advancing to regionals with Dalton Beal, Chase Wilson and Luke Dunn. Payton went 3-1 at sectionals.

“I wrestled like crap my second match, other then that I think my performance was pretty good,” Halbig said.

Even though Halbig is advancing to regionals he has hurt

E.J. Wilder at practice

“fun and challenging to play with your friends”.

Davis said he thinks the seasons starting a little rough but they have a good team and will do good.

Wilder plans to play golf in college next year.

“I think I can play for OCU so we’ll see how my knee rehab works” said Wilder. his foot, while still winning three matches.

“I’m still going to see if I can place at state with a swollen foot,” Halbig said.

The previous year Halbig went to semi-state, so this year his goal is to reach state and hopefully place. With the wrestlers going to regionals, they have a good chance at a couple of the wrestlers going to semi-state and even sate.

All the other wrestlers that went to sectionals did really well and the four that are going through are going to do their best. **Press Time Note - Chase Wilson advanced to state in Indianapolis, however he didn’t pull off the victory. Kuddos for making it to state.

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Sports Injuries Affect More Than Just Sports

It’s no surprise that playing a sport puts players at a greater risk of being hurt. Whether the injury occurs in a game or in practice, it happens all the time.

Senior, Riley McConnell knows first hand about sports related injuries. McConnell said during the wrestling season he dislocated his shoulder at the Harrison Duel, which resulted in tearing his labrum as well. The labrum is a piece of cartilage located on the rim of the shoulder socket. This keeps the ball of the joints in place.

McConnell said this injury put him out the season one week before conference and two weeks before sectionals.

“I go back to the doctor February 20 to see if I’m released. As long as I don’t have surgery this shouldn’t affect my plans to join the army,” McConnell said.

Jordan Hatten, junior, says he still doesn’t know what his injury is, but he will find out February 20.

“I have to wait until I get my next x-ray done before they know what I did to my ankle,” Hatten said.

Hatten says this is the first time he’s injured his ankle and that he is going to physical therapy twice a week.

The only sport Hatten participates in is football, so this injury hasn’t affected any sports seasons.

Senior, Kyler McKinney was also injured during the wrestling season. His injuries include, a pulled hamstring, a small fracture in his knee and a hernia.

McKinney obtained his injuries on the second day at the Al Smith Tournament and the Forest Park Tournament.

McKinney’s injuries ended his senior season of wrestling right before post season started. Although injured, McKinney says he still attends every wrestling meet to support his teammates.

“I think it’s very important to show my teammates that I support them even though I’m out for the season,” McKinney said.

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Oakland City University Men’s National Invitational Tournament

The 2017 edition of the Christian College National Invitational Tournament Men’s Basketball Championship will be held in the Johnson Center Thursday, March 9, through Saturday, March 11.

There will be a banquet on Wednesday, March 8, at 7:00 pm, in the Oakland City University dining hall to kick off the tournament. The featured speaker to be announced. Tickets for the banquet are $15 each, and may be purchased by contacting the OCU Athletic office at (812)749-1264.

Eight teams from across the country will gather to face off for the title of CCNIT Champion. The tournament games will be held at 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, and at 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 and 8:00 pm on Saturday. Tickets for the games are being sold now and can be picked up at the OCU Athletic Office. Tickets cost $12 per day for individual tickets, or $30 for advanced tickets for the entire tournament.

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Tiger Sectional

Ryan Haywood is the boys basketball coach. The boys basketball team hopes to finish their season on a high note. The team should be ready for sectionals.

“We will approach it like it would be any regular game just add a couple new plays in there and we will be doing a good job in sectionals,” said coach Haywood.

Everybody except for E.J. Wilder will be healthy to play in the tournament. The boy’s basketball sectionals starts on February 28 and ends on March 4.

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PCHS Tiger Tales Guest Writer - submitted Cameras on School Buses

The North Gibson School Corp. has been discussing and reviewing the platforms for getting cameras put on two or three busses due to impatient drivers passing a school bus when picking up students or dropping them off. The cameras are being put on the top three busses that have reported the most violations in the last two years. The systems have not been installed yet.

Superintendent, Brian Harmon said, “ The transportation director is currently evaluating a variety of camera systems.”

The amount of people violating the stop arm has increased frequently over that last few years according to Harmon.

The usual amount of violations reported have been five or six times a week for some busses. The purpose of these cameras are to keep NGSC students safer while they are being picked and dropped off.

“The only effect this should have on students is to help guarantee their safety,” said Harmon.

“The increase in reported violations could be a result of distracted driving, however, we have no concrete evidence

to make that determination for sure.”

The camera’s cost will be approximately $5,000 to $8,000 per bus. This money will come from the school corporation transportation fund.

All information gathered by the cameras will be given over to local law enforcement.

“The camera/video footage can be accessed by the transportation director primarily, but also can be accessed by school administration. Depending upon the final system chosen, the data will either be downloaded via a hard connection, WiFi connection, or viewed live via a cellular connection,” said Harmon.

Bus driver, Jon Greene said that the violations of the stop arm are becoming a growing trend all over the country “Three busses are getting the cameras – 2, 52 and 58,” said Greene.

These cameras should help the law enforcement find more information about the violator, such as a partial description or license plate number.

Even the littlest information will help stop these violations.

First Dealership in Gibson County by Jeff Minnis

The first known NEW car dealership in Gibson County opened for business the first part of 1914. The Stevens Auto Company was located at 216 N Main St. in Princeton, selling Ford automobiles. This building started as a Ford dealer in 1914 and ended as a Ford dealer in 1999. Between those years, the building went through several owners selling Hudson, Buick, Dodge, Plymouth and Desoto.

By 1914 Henry Ford had his assembly lines perfected and was selling cars as fast as he could get them off the assembly line. According to Ford, in 1914 alone, 300,000 Model T’s were made. Competing automakers had a combined production of about 280,000 cars.

The old saying was “you could get any color on a Ford as long as it was black, “ is not 100% accurate.

Actually, when the Model T was FIRST introduced in late ‘08 as a 1909 model, black was NOT OFFERED. The cars came in red or green for the touring car, gray for the Runabout, gray or green for the Town cars and

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green for the Coupes and Landualets.

By 1912 all the cars were painted blue with black fenders. Finally, in 1913, the any-coloras- long-as-it’s-black policy came into effect. From 1914-1925, for economic reasons, not style, black was the only option. It was the only color paint that could be dried quickly, and speed was important at the Ford plant because of its enormous volume.

The paint process was called japanning, which today would be called baked enamel. It was first used in the mid-1800s for decorative items imported into America.

It leaves a very hard and durable surface. The only pigment that it worked in is black. If japanning worked in hot pink, all Model T’s could have been hot pink.

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Carrie Koch & Joedy Greenwell sell halfpot tickets

The football boosters held their 5th annual banquet at Princeton’s K of C. Their biggest fundraiser of the year included a half pot, Chinese auction, dessert auction, a silent auction and a live auction with over 200 items. Around 235 members of the community participated.

Mike Watkins, Michael Melson & Kathy Hary wait in line for dinner.

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Haubstadt Community School Art on Display at Gibson General Hospital This is a selection of the art from Haubstadt students that was on display at the hospital on the second floor (teacher, Chasity Bates).

Next month Owensville students will be featured.

Isabella Noble, 7th grade

Cara Mayse, 8th grade

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