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This is what you might call our Back to School issue. There won’t be specific guidelines offered because the rules seems to change quickly.

However, as you can tell by our cover story, there’s early education opportunities now in Fort Branch. We have a feel-good story about cousins that were adopted by local families to add to our family theme.

The Cooking Corner features a family holiday dinner that turned into a showdown between brothers as they both tried to outshine the other cooking ribs. We also have another interesting recipe for you from the state of Pennsylvania. Who’s heard of Mock Turtle Soup? Check out Travel Tidbits to find out more.

For now, sit back, relax and take a glance at what’s been happening in our little part of the state.

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B usiness T oday

Little Miracles Learning Campus Comes to Life

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Family life is no longer as portrayed back in the days of 1950’s “Ozzie & Harriet” or even close to the “Brady Bunch” from the 1970’s. Most families have two working parents and child care is a top priority.

There are a few lucky couples in which a spouse works from home and grandparents are enlisted as back up on a regular basis. It’s the new norm and a huge problem nationwide. Having multiple children at various ages, attending different schools can be a nightmare for supervising the before and after hours while parents are still working.

A pair of local teachers saw the need in the community and seized an opportunity to create an educational, caring atmosphere for young children before, during and after school. What was once a well attended Baptist church in Fort Branch, has been transformed into the Little Miracles Learning Campus. This brings to life the dreams of Kara Hoke and Reyna Schaefer. They operate a day care and preschool for very young children, ranging from 0-5 years.

What was once a sanctuary is now an enrichment room for all ages.

The new face of what was once Vertical Church in Fort Branch.

Both of these ladies taught little ones at Holy Cross in Fort Branch for many years. For Kara it was 14 years ago, that as a newly hired kindergarten teacher, she traded a friend for the chance to teach Pre-K. Kara admitted that age group has always been special to her.

She went on to explain that when she accepted the PreK position, the principal warned Kara, that there were only a few kids and the funding was low. However, the program did work, doubled within a year and continued to grow. That’s when Kara began to see the increasing need in the community.

Many small things fell into place to make this vision come true. First the Vertical Church outgrew itself and moved to a new building, then Kara’s parents purchased the building and Kiessel Enterprises donated hours of labor renovating and remodeling the structure. In October, there “happened” to be a grant writing class held at Fort Branch Library that Kara attended to help with funding. She thought one of the most challenging tasks was the paperwork required for acquiring a nonprofit status (501.3C). They are technically a Registered Childcare Ministry in Indiana.

The reason they picked a nonprofit business model was so that they could incorporate a religious aspect to early childhood education. When dealing with state and federal funding and grants there are specific guidelines that wouldn’t allow for such individualization. Kara and Reyna hope to involve the community and offer

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Their vision has been carefully laid out and has been helped by so many people in the community, their families, friends and other volunteers. The first week of March, they had a paint party where volunteers came with paint and brought new life to an old building. Each room has a theme, is painted a different color and is specialized for each age group, ability and interest. It’s light, bright and has an artistic touch that would appeal to any child. Some of the donations have been Nerf guns, playground equipment, mattresses for the wall climbing room, video games and Legos. Those are every child’s delight.

After the initial coat of paint was established, Kara’s Aunt Teresa, who paints murals in Evansville, and her friend Francie added special touches to the rooms. There’s a fairy tail giant, Jesus with the children in the bounce house room and of course, the rainbow in the entry way. Ruby Kara (center) checking on registration forms.

Wilkerson provided the unique cross in the old sanctuary that’s now a Enrichment Care room and Christie Pfohl, who operates the Fancy The toddler room for one-year-olds.

Lemon, provided the wood cut outs as decorations for the finishing touch.

On a chilly day in February, they held a preregistration for Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, and Childcare services. Many camped out in the cold starting at 4 a.m. so that Kara and her staff brought them donuts while they waited for the doors to open. It was an exciting and eye-opening day. For the 2020 school year, they now have 240 children enrolled with a waiting list.

To adequately accommodate that many youngsters, Little Miracles has hired 35 employees. Kara is so thankful for the internship program at Gibson Southern High School. She and Reyna met some great early childhood education interns over their years at Holy Cross. Kara also relayed that they work in conjunction continued next page

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One great addition to the team is Nicole Forcum from Owensville, who ran a bake shop out of her home and offered “Take and Bake” dinners that were premade for busy families. She and Reyna have been friends since kindergarten and Nicole was willing to give up her business to run the kitchen for Little Miracles. She will be providing breakfast and lunch to the students, as well as working on fundraisers for the school, and continue to supply “Take and Bake” meals for the community. She has a history of making some very good eats.

Little Miracles Learning Campus held their open house July 11th - 12th so they could spread the age groups out and offer personal attention. They are eager to meet the kiddos starting in August and see their smiling faces filled with anticipation. Kara, Reyna and staff were not disappointed in the response of the families and the community. Children and parents were both delighted for the new school and the contribution to the community.

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Princeton Library Nearing Completion

The expansion at the Princeton Library has been slightly delayed, but is near completetion and they will hopefully have a grand opening in August.

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Adoption & Cousins - Here in Gibson County

Story: Jennifer MacKay, Photos provided

you are on a wait list much longer for a Adoption, maybe you have girl rather than a boy. Jim Nole said “it considered it or wondered if it was was all God.” I believe he is right, as for you and your family situation.

Judy went on to tell me how they were More specifically, international much further down on the list to receive adoption, is it right for you? Last a girl from Guatemala compared to year, per the U.S. Dept of States’ Mike and Maria who knew they were website it shows there were 2,677 adopting a baby boy much sooner and finalized adoptions abroad alone in at that point were nearing a two year 2019. Seventy nine of those were wait for them. adopted to parents in Indiana.

When the agency realized that two Recently I was made aware of a Guatemalan sisters both putting their unique adoption aspect that I found Chloe and Michael babies up for adoption were giving birth unusual but so awesome at the at the same time, it would be worth looking into moving same time! Personal friends of mine, Mike and Maria Weaver of Haubstadt adopted their son Michael from the Jim and Judy up on the list to keep these babies country of Guatemala back in 2004, when he was only a connected.

The process of adoption can typically take many few months old. years depending where you adopt from and if you have Sounds pretty normal on the surface, but the part a preference as to age or gender of the child. In addition that interested me the most was when I found out that to the grueling wait time, there is many more items to Mike’s sister Judy and her husband Jim Nole, at that handle and hoops to jump through to complete the same time adopted Chloe, the biological cousin of baby adoption process. This includes finger printing, Michael. The babies were born one day apart, with background checks, home visits, lawyers are involved Chloe being the one a day older than Michael. and paperwork translated and the number of days you When I sat down with all the parents and kids to learn more about their story, Judy Nole informed me that must visit their country just to name a few. This gets when you adopt you choose a boy or girl and typically Continued next page

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costly but the rewards of giving a child a loving family and a better life are well worth it all!

When all the parents started the journey to adopt, Jim and Judy had a child already named JP who was in middle school at the time. Mike and Maria were just starting their family and getting pregnant just wasn’t happening, so they started the process of adoption. As the saying goes, “if you want to get pregnant, adopt.”

During the process, Maria became pregnant with their oldest daughter Megan. And returned home with Michael very close to Megan’s first birthday! Mike added, “It’s what God wanted.”

As a baby, Megan didn’t understand who this other baby was in the car seat beside her. Jim and Judy’s son JP was excited to have a new baby sister, but disappointed at first when she didn’t seem to take to him as he thought she would. They were advised that the kids had been in a foster home with all women taking care of them, so being around males would take a little time adjusting for the babies.

I asked the kids since being biological cousins, if they see similarities in each other that they may not share with their other relatives in their families, they both exclaimed “Yes.” But both noted, they are also night and day different where Michael is more outspoken, Chloe

tends to be quieter and more reserved.

Michael and Chloe are now normal 16year-old kids here in Gibson County and enjoy many activities.

Michael is very much into sports, primarily football along with video games and more recently taking on large roles on our local community theatre Chloe and Michael as teenagers. stage as well.

Chloe is into photography, music, painting, sewing and other creative outlets. She too has started to get involved with our local community theatre and enjoys helping out.

Neither have a real strong desire to return to the country they were born in at this point. As Chloe put it, “I already have a mom.” Michael said they had planned a trip to see the country, but plans had to be cancelled and he isn’t too worried about it for now.

Adoption is true blessing to those children in need of a family. Mike and Maria went on to adopt another son named Will, a few years later from China, as well as Continued next page

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having another little girl on their own named Maria recalled that when they set out to adopt a second time, this time from China, they had requested a girl but when they saw baby Will’s picture, they “just fell in love with him.” The rest is history and a family filled with love and memories.

All parents offered similar advice to those thinking of adopting a child, “Don’t wait, do your research as there are a lot of steps and be patient.” And the best part of adopting, Maria said, “You have new members in your family.”

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These are some of the volunteers that helped unload food boxes.

On Friday, June 26th, the Oakland City Library in conjunction with Feed Evansville organized a food giveaway of produce and dairy boxes. They unloaded 530 boxes in one hour and seven minutes. This was a drive up event and boxes were put into vehicles. The project was funded as part of the USDA Approved $1.2 billion in Contracts for Farmers to Families Food Box Program through the Feed Evansville Task Force.

Princeton Leaders Unloaded Food for the Community

Julie Elmore and a volunteer get ready to start unloading produce and dairy boxes.

At Princeton’s free parking lot across from the post office, on Friday, July 10th, city council members, fire fighters, policemen and other volunteers helped unload 500 produce and dairy boxes for the community.

Vehicles arrived early for this first come, first served food giveaway put on with the help of Feed Evansville.

Traffic got to be a bit congested at this peek rush hour time of 4 p.m. on Friday. The Gibson County Animal Service was on hand to pass out pet Volunteers passed out 500 boxes of food. food to make sure pets didn’t go hungry.

There will be another food giveaway, hopefully at the end of August or first of September. The next one may be planned at different a location for better traffic flow.

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Crossroads Baptist Handed Out Fort Branch Held Fifth Annual Back Back Packs for School Photos: Jancey Smith Pack Give Away

School supplies, 325 back packs and masks were collected by Crossroads Baptist Church in Oakland City. They were distributed on Saturday, July 18th from 9 a.m. to noon. Within an hour and a half 150 students had already been helped.

Jenna Schleter, Kaitlyn Nurrenbern, & Because they have storage Dillon Hasenour helped stuff back packs space, the church collects items all year long and takes donations.

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About 30 volunteers helped the First United Methodist’s Church hand out back packs and school supplies to around 400 students on Saturday, July 25th. They sat it up as a drive through.

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Memories of Fair’s Past

Young” and “Life’s Been Good So Far” still conjure up Fair week memories to this day. In the Southwest corner Story and photos: of the mid-way was an entirety enclosed tent with signs Greg Wright that read “Girls Girls Girls”. We all whispered about what The Gibson County fair is one of was behind those shrouds of canvas. Can you imagine if the oldest in the state of Indiana and that attraction was at our Fair today?!!! began around the courthouse The year 1978 was the last time the fair was held in Square in 1852, but was moved by August. It was moved to July in 1979. In all these years the 1860’s to its present location. only five fairs have ever been cancelled - 1854, 1855, The land where the fair is held today 1934, 1942, and 2020. Many Improvements and other was purchased from Judge Elisha structures have been added to host events at the Fair Embree. During the outbreak of the Civil War, the grounds year round. fairgrounds was used as a camp for Civil War volunteers Hats off to the Gibson preparing to head south for battle. For a time the fair was CountyFair board and held as late as October and then September. long time member Traditionally the last day of the fair was the day when the Charlie Woodruff. I big sulky races were held. In 1907, 30,000 people applaud them for passed through the gates the day the races were held improving and adapting coming by horse and buggy, train, and the traction line. their facility that will One of the most memorable fairs of my childhood always hold an was in 1978. Back then fair week was in August, a important place in our couple weeks before school started. This was the first community’s history.

The Jaycee Dunkem booth in 1954. time I remember heading out to the fair with my buddies Photo courtesy Charlie Woodrunf and not chaperoned by my parents. It was between my 8th grade and freshman year in school and the lights, and smells, and sounds, and the food, and the girls, were all taken in by this 14 year old young “man”.

I remember the basketball goals where you could actually “win” a teddy bear. The dunking booth was sponsored by the Princeton Jaycee’s where you could dunk a bikini clad high school girl or a local civic leader. I always marveled at the 4H displays and some of the models of cars and planes the kids had crafted. My models never turned out that good by the way. There was an arcade tent that had some of the first video games most of us had ever seen. It was 1978 after all!

There were bumper cars and a ride that resembled an arctic snow mobile that ran in a circle. This ride had what we thought was an awesome sound system blasting out the greatest hits from that summer. Tunes like “Grease”, “Disco Inferno”,”Only The Good Die A photo of a typical Fair basketball game mid-1950’s.

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We know that S/C Disabilities are tax-free payments for injuries, medical conditions, or diseases that were a direct result of military service. The profession of arms is a dangerous business and often results in long-lasting injury or medical disorder. When this occurs, the United States is legally obligated to compensate the veteran.

Veterans are also eligible for disability compensation for any injury that occurred off-duty or condition that onset while on active duty, regardless of the root cause. In other words, the military need not necessarily have directly caused the injury/condition.

Any successful S/C disability claim is reliant on three key elements.

• A current diagnosis. The veteran must suffer today from a diagnosed injury/condition. The VA will not compensate a situation that was previously corrected and has no current lasting effects.

• An in-service event. Evidence must exist that the injury/condition manifested itself while on active duty. This may be a specific event, or exposure to some hazard.

• A nexus between the two. There must be a clear medical pathway between the event and the current diagnosis.

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Travel Tidbits - A Vacation Back Home & A Regional Food Favorite

Many areas of the country are well known for certain foods. Sometimes those foods are a bit unusual, and some are just plain gross too.

This summer my husband and I visited my family in the central Pennsylvania area where I was born and raised. Pennsylvania to me is not that much different than Indiana. Indiana probably has more corn fields and flat lands compared to Pennsylvania’s hills and more road construction if that’s possible. My adopted home of Princeton, Indiana, reminds me very much of the small town of Northumberland that I grew up in.

Every time I get to visit my family back home my grandpa, we call him Papa, asks me what special meal I want him to make. My answer is almost always a yummy dish called Mock Turtle Soup.

This soup dates back to the 1700’s, from my research, and has changed over the years quite a bit. An English dish originally that can takes many hours from start to finish.

I asked my Papa where he learned how to make it.

He spoke of his grandma making it often when he was a child. She was Pennsylvania Dutch and said his family ate it quite often. It was just part of his normal everyday life, much like it was for me and my cousins growing up as well.

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The Pennsylvania version was adapted from its English origin and converted to the Pennsylvania Dutch version that my family has grown up on for generations.

The original version used, you guessed it, real turtle meat and was considered a delicacy. This meant only the rich were the only ones able to really be able to afford to eat it.

Some variations through the years called for cow brains, oysters and veal to name a few. The more I researched the origin, the stranger the recipes got.

Our modern day version is nothing crazy as far as ingredients go and it still takes all afternoon to make, but it is so good. In the end it is just one of those family favorites that reminds you of warm memories!

Mock Turtle Soup

(5) Thin Cut Pork Chops 2 (29 oz) Large Cans Whole Corn - Drained (12) Eggs, hard cooked Thyme to taste Rivels: (2 Eggs and Flour) Oil Put water in the kettle that you are going to make it in and cook the pork chops slow about 1 ½ hour until they are done and good and tender. Remove them from the kettle, and cut up into small pieces. Place them back into the broth. Drain corn and dump it into the kettle. Turn on slow heat and bring to a boil.

In the meantime, in a separate frying pan, brown flour. As soon as the flour is browned, start adding water to make a thin paste like gravy. Stir that into the kettle.

Mixture should be fairly thin because you are going to make the rivel and add to this. Add thyme.

Make rivels and add to the kettle. Simmer until rivels are done. Slice your hard cooked eggs and add to soup.

Rivels: (similar to the German Spaetzle) 2 eggs in a bowl, keep adding flour and stirring until you have rivels.

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Owensville Received a Touch of Color

Fort Branch native, Drew Cooper came home for a summer visit and his talents are now on display in Owensville. Drew completed two murals. The one pictured above, on the south of the square, compliments the traditions of Owensville with a watermelon and a Kickapoo reminder.

Lyles Station is Open & Growing

After being closed for months due to Covid, Lyles Station School & Museum is open again on a limited basis twice a week. Stanley Madison and his volunteers have been busy with the flower garden, as well as making repairs and updates. The 4-H Junior leaders have planted demonstration crops such as cotton and Indian corn. They have started offering produce for sale at the log cabin on the merit system.

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A group from the Lafayette, Indiana area came to visit.

The front rows of plants are popcorn and part of the demonstration plants. The back rows of corn will be the corn maze which will open the month of October.

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Treating your backyard birds with a bird feeder to eat from, or a nestbox to nest in can be a very rewarding hobby. If you have been involved in these hobbies long enough there will be the proverbial “bump in the road” to deal with. When it comes to the bird feeder, there are times it can go smoothly with only minor issues. For example; birds that act like bullies over the seed supply will hog it from the smaller ones which can be a little frustrating for you because you want everyone to get their share. The next thing that can be upsetting is when you come out of the house the next morning and find the feeder you had just filled the evening before to be completely empty of seed. When this happened to me my first thought was - “SQUIRREL”!

Now if I had thought about it a little more before accusing our rodent friends, I would have realized that squirrels aren’t out eating at night. It turned out the culprit was the masked bandit, better known as a raccoon. This guy is the one that emptied the seed by spilling it on the ground and then consuming it from there.

Now on the Nestbox side of things, I have had a lot of good fortune in providing successful housing for several species of birds in my backyard. I’ve provided housing for Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and Purple Martins for several years. This year, however, I gained a new respect for the word “Predator”. This experience caught me unprepared in providing safe housing required for our avian friends that keeps this from happening. The problem was, I did not have predator guards on my bird house poles. This allowed my Purple Martin houses to be raided by a raccoon on three different nights before I knew what had happened or who was causing it. I lost about 25-30 babies from these raids. I was devastated.

Since I was not prepared with proper predator guards on my bird house poles, I had to make sure it stopped immediately and would not happen again.

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and a few other types of predation as well. I opted for the DIY version known as a “Kingston Stove Pipe Baffle”. Shown in the attached photos is a 24” long piece of 7” diameter furnace duct pipe. It hangs from a piece of wire mesh screen that is supported by a clamp around the bird house pole. It dangles or hangs on the bird house pole and is not mounted solid. It is too unstable, too big around to grasp and too slick to climb. Once the predator gets its first meal it will be back for more. I have witnessed at least three to four unsuccessful attempts by raccoons to climb again after they were installed. The footprints left behind from trying to climb these pipes were nothing more than some muddy handprint smears that were no more than six inches up on the pipe from the bottom. They are mounted just high enough that when they reach up to try to climb up they can only grab the bottom six inches or so.

These baffles can also stop snakes if constructed properly with no gaps in the wire mesh screen. Snakes have the same problem with climbing these as the raccoon. They can’t maneuver around or up the large round slick unstable pipe. If they try going up inside the duct pipe by climbing the pole in the center they end up hitting the screen and have to abort their mission.

You can use the same baffle on your Bluebird house poles as well. You can even use 2.5 gallon and five gallon plastic buckets turned upside down but all edges of the bucket have to be trimmed off smooth so there is nothing to get a hold of. These baffles work on bird feeder poles also.

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Gardening Goodies

String of Pearls - SofP (Senecio Rowleyanus)

The String of Pearls, or also known as the ‘Rosery Vine’, is one of the most striking and unique succulents available.This drought tolerant plant gets its name from the appearance of its ‘leaves’ which look like pearl sixed peas strung along the stems.

This is a natural for hanging baskets. The plant usually blooms in the Fall and Winter.

The blooms are small white flowers that are somewhat frilly but don’t stand out.

Light - Despite the fact that it’s native to the deserts of southwest Africa, this plant prefers bright indirect light, rather than full sun. Place it in a north facing or east facing window. Too much direct sun can cause the ‘pearls’ to become sunburned.

If you plan to take your plant outside during the summer months, be sure to keep it inside until night temps are consistently above 60 degrees. During the winter months, the SofP can withstand temperatures no lower than 50 degrees.

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Overwatering could cause your SofP to die due to root rot, so it’s better to hold back on the amount of water you give your plant. It’s much better to give a little to less rather than too much. In the Fall and Winter, when the plant goes dormant, water very sparingly, only when you see the ‘pearls’ start to shrivel and

wrinkle.

Fertilize - Fertilize your SofP every month instead of the usual watering, beginning in May and continuing through September. Use a good cactus/succulent fertilizer diluted to half strength. During the months of October through April don’t ferilize your plant, since this is its dormant season.

Repotting - String of Pearls do not need to be repotted very often. When you start seeing roots coming out of the drainage holes, you know it’s time to repot. Choose a new pot that’s approximately 1” or so larger around.

Propagating -These plants are fairly easy to propagate. Once the vines get about 6” or larger, cut them off. Lay these cuttings on the top of cactus/ succulent soil. Use haripins or bent pieces of wire, in the shape of a ‘U’, to hold them firmly on/in the soil. Keep the soil damp - NOT WET - and place them in bright indirect light, These grow slowly, but in time, thin hairlike roots will come out from where the ‘pearls’ connect to the vine.

This is also a great way to make your SofP look fuller.

Take the longer vines of your SofP and bring them up and lay on the soil. You can hold them down by using hair pins or small pieces of bent wire (described above).

In time, more starts will fill your pot and cascade over the side.

Since they are so easy and fun to start, there’s no excuse for not starting a few. Then give ‘Strings of Pearls’ to those that need a pick me up, to someone who seems forgotten, or to someone who is going through a dark place in their lives, Whatever the reason to give, just remember....”Love your neighbor as yourself”.

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Our kids are getting ready to head back to school (probably… we think…sort of… maybe online… and as parents we are scrambling around to make sure they have what they need to have a successful start to the school year. This is a great time to make sure your pets are ready for the fall, too! Here are a few things to double-check for your pets to make sure they are ready to jump into fall.

• Get a checkup. Has your pet been to the vet recently? It’s important to bring your pet to the veterinarian at least once a year. This lets your veterinarian give your pet an exam and look for early signs of any potential problems.

Especially as our pets get older, regular veterinary care is important to keep them healthy.

• Get vaccinated. Do you remember when the last time your pet got his vaccines? Call our office (or your regular vet) to make sure your pets are up to date on vaccines.

• Prevent heartworm disease. Do you give your pet monthly heartworm prevention? Don’t forget to give her the dose for August, and check to make sure you have next month’s dose on hand. If giving medicine once a month is difficult to remember, we have a shot that will protect your dog from heartworms for one whole year!

• Stop itchy fleas and ticks. It is easy to forget about fleas and ticks as we start to get into cooler weather, but our winters are too mild here to really end the flea and tick “season.” Keeping your pets on flea and tick prevention all year long will help keep them

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• Check your pet’s microchip information. If you haven’t looked in a while, this is a great time to review your contact information that is stored with your pet’s microchip. If you have moved or changed phone numbers, be sure to update this information so your lost pet can be returned to you!

• Get some new clothes. Check your pet’s collars and leashes. Make sure the collars still fit and aren’t frayed, look for breaks or fraying in your pet’s leashes. It might be time to toss out old, worn-out “clothes” and get some new ones!

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Flashbacks from Yesterday Ollie Baughn Motor Company 119 E. Harrison St. Oakland City, IN

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As mentioned in last month’s article, here is a picture of the famous Jim Crow sitting on the hood of a Henry J inside Ollie’s building. Story goes that someone got tired of Jim flying around and shot poor ole Jim. Ollie and his brothers moved to Tulsa before settling in the Gibson County area.

While in Oklahoma, they owned and operated a wheel repair shop as well as an Overland dealership.

Ollie then moved to Princeton and operated a Jim Crow sitting on the hood of a Henry J. repair shop on the south end in the early ‘20’s. His shop was destroyed by the big tornado that hit that end of town in March of 1925. Ollie put his young son, Maurice, under a car then laid on top of him just before the tornado hit. Had it not been for the car in his shop for repair, they may have perished that day.

Ollie was an avid pilot and bought a war surplus Curtis Jennings airplane, however his plane was stolen and later found crashed in a field.

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His son Maurice was going to school to become a doctor but decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. He joined the Army Air Corp during W.W.II as a pilot and flew many missions in the India Burma theater. After the war, Maurice continued a career in the military training Ollie and Grace Baughn helicopter pilots. He returned to Gibson County in 1974, residing in Francisco until his death in 1996.

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Darmstadt Days Was a Go!

Just south of the Gibson County line, a small gathering was held in Darmstadt on Saturday, July 18th. At the parking lot of the Darmstadt Inn and along the shops’ sidewalks independent vendors offered goods and the shops offered specials to shoppers.

A few food trucks offered a variety of goodies.

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On Saturday, July 25th, Red Dawn Archery held an open house to welcome the public to visit their new archery range.

There were vendors with information and demonstrations on hand. A spot shoot and 3D tournament were held while bow technicians were available. Two world record archers were also in attendance.

The crowd was good and the parking tight.

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The Palace Cafe sent their food truck to supply lunch. They offered burgers, brats and buffalo burgers.

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turned out about the same for baby back This Fourth of July wasn’t normal, ribs to have a good just like the rest of 2020. With varied pull from the bone and be work schedules, our family didn’t have tender. It was around four hours give or one big cookout, we just cooked all take. Both of the boys used the method weekend as time allowed. There of wrapping them in foil to contain the wasn’t a celebration but just a Baby Backs smoked without sauce moisture as they finished cooking. selection of good eats.

We all had samples, compared notes and added You see, I was on a mission. Our big freezer had words of wisdom, but it all boiled down to preference. gone down and we’d stuffed all the frozen goodies into the small freezer on the side of our refrigerator. There was not enough space and I was determined to clean some things out. I decided to make Thanksgiving for the 4th of July. From our freezer I pulled out a turkey breast caught on sale and calculated I had numerous bread heels that I might as well make into stuffing. As it turned out, the gardens were beginning to pop with fresh green beans, so by adding some potatoes that made another favorite traditional dish.

But the fun part of the weekend was the next day, after the 4th, when two of the boys had the day off and decided to do a rib throw down. Can’t you just hear it?

“My ribs are better than yours!” and then in reply, “Nah man, my ribs are better.” Brothers! Enough said.

Both boys cook ribs just like I recommended, but in two different ways. The difference is that we didn’t acquire a smoker until later in my attempts at making ribs. The older son uses the oven method with various seasoning as a dry rub, baked in the oven low an slow, then baste in sauce and broils them for a tad until there’s a nice caramelized crust.

G ift Our other son had the experience of experimenting Certificate s with our smoker and loves every bit of the process. He A vailable likes to rub, smoke and try different sauces on a regular basis. I must say, the electric smoker spoiled us all. We didn’t even use the charcoal grill last summer. It’s so H ours -M on.-Fri.8 -5 :3 0 •S at.8 -2 pm much easier to regulate the temperature and time this 9 2 0 8 W .S tate Rd.1 6 5 ,Owensville,IN way. For some however, maybe that’s the challenge.

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The Cooking Corner Continued

Do you like your ribs sauced or with the sauce on the side for dipping? My thought has always been - if the meat’s good enough you don’t need the sauce.

However, my dad would disagree. It’s not BBQ if it doesn’t have sauce. So try for yourself and see what’s your preference.

Oven BBQ Ribs

Ingredients-

1 rack of Baby Back ribs 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. Country Bob’s seasoning black pepper as desired 1/3 cup Marcum steak seasoning 1/2 tsp Marcum mesquite Worcestershire, a few seasoning dashes A-1 Steak Sauce, a few dashes Sweet Baby Ray’s liquid smoke, a few dashes BBQ sauce

Preparation-

Tenderize ribs with a fork. Season both sides evenly with above ingredients, Add BBQ sauce and let set 30 minutes or longer as desired.

Preheat oven to 250 and wrap ribs in foil. Cook 3 1/2 to 4 hours until meat is tender and pulls away from bone.

Open foil, coat in more sauce and broil 15 minutes or so to caramelize sauce.

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Smoked Ribs (pictured on previous page)

Ingredients-

1 tsp. Tasty’s Peppy 1 rack of Baby Back ribs seasoning 1 tsp. Mrs. Dash seasoning pepper & salt 1 tsp. Tasty’s Smoky seasoning BBQ sauce of choice

Preparation-

Preheat smoker to 220 and soak wood chips.

Season ribs with spices. Place on smoker for 2 hours. Remove from smoker and wrap in foil.

Place in 220 degree oven for 2 hours. Unwrap and add sauce as desired.

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