2019 Gibson County Progress Edition

Friday, February 22, 2019

Princeton Daily Clarion

Gibson County

PROGRESS C1

Changing seasons

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Abigail Grunow, 13, pays a visit to Pixie the alpaca shortly after getting an alpaca tattoo on her arm at the Trucks 4 Kids event at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Grunow said she got the alpaca tattoo because she is “obsessed” with the animal.

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Chef Adam Edwards speaks to kindergarten, first grade and second grade students at St. Joseph Catholic School. The school held a “Manners Matters” class to teach students proper etiquette. The meal served included family style Daily Clarion archive salad, Salisbury steak with gravy and roasted baby potaotes Tim Bottoms, Gibson County Sheriff, watches as results roll in Tuesday night at the Republican watch party. Bottoms won and a pumpkin mousse with fresh cinnamon apples. the sheriff ’s race with a little over 61 percent of the vote in the 2018 election.

Kaylee Epperson secures the blindfold on 8-year-old Dominic Moore at the “Blindfolded Programming” event at the Oakland City Columbia Township Public Library.

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PROGRESS C2 Princeton Daily Clarion

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Summer Fun

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Rayly Stiles, 3, cools off while playing at Princeton Aquatic Center’s Splash Park for the first time.

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Eli Everfole, 9, gives Dominic Moore verbal commands to help him build a sandwich during “Blindfolded ProgramQuiche Matchen/ Daily Clarion ming.”

Dylan Terrel of Helton holds on tight as he rides a horse bareback at the rodeo at the Gibson County Fairgrounds.

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Quiche Matchen/ Daily Clarion ‘Victorious Secret’ mud volleyball squad competes in the Andrew Cooper smiles as he puts the finishing touches on Jackie Young smiles as she watches teams play at the third first round of double-elimination action at the Gibson the Fort Branch basketball court mural. Cooper worked on the mural for a few days and had to stop on rainy days.

County Fair at the 4-H track. annual Dream Big 3-on-3 tournament at Lafayette Park

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Princeton Community High School’s Marching Tiger Band members practice marching drills during band camp in preparation for the fall marching season. The Tigers fall marching program was titled “Let’s Be Frank.”

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Tractor pull action opens the Gibson County Fair’s grandstand events.

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Professional wrestling manager Jimmy Hart talks and answers question from his biggest The second annual “Summer 2 School” backpack bash gives kindergarten through eighth fans Jacob Wire, 21, Kobe Cheaney, 21, Cannan Montgomery, 14, and Andy Satterfield, 10. grade students of North Gibson School Corporation free school supplies and a backpack.

Friday, February 22, 2019

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Good Causes and Good Fun

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Patrolman Neftali Padilla and Assistant Chief Mike Hurt intertwine arms and eat a jelly doughnut during creation of the police department’s video challenge.

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Darren Hackney and Mario Defelice play a game of disk golf at South Side Park.

Natalie Rehwald, 8, plays with her balloon bracelet and her “Cat in the Hat” face paint and hat at the “Kourage for Kaydence” memorial benefit.

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Yoga instructor Amber Helm puts oil on Sarah Pollock’s foot, during a yin yoga session.

Elaine Burns fixes a barbecue plate at Wayman Chapel AME Church’s fundraiser. More than 100 dinners were sold in the first three hours of the event.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

September Traditions and Honors

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Angie Lamaster of Miss Piggy’s Pork Shop barbecues meat at Golden Heritage Days.

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Eric Elliot, Integrity Martial Arts Academy instructor, works Princeton Councilman Greg Wright boards up the existing with Dawson Kemp, 4, on his strike at the Vincennes Uni- windows with plywood on the old Greeks Candy Store. versity Gibson Center in Fort Branch.

Jimmy Wallace, Princeton Community High School art teacher, and his class will paint a mural on the plywood.

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Marsh Davis and Jim Fadley of Indiana Landmark present Stanley Madison, chairman and founder of Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corp., with Indiana Landmark’s Williamson Prize for 2018.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

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Memorable Moments

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After laying hands on the building in prayer for a new purpose for it, pastor Skip Farmer and volunteers will be putting hands to work to renovate the former department store and dance hall building north of the courthouse into Church on the Square, which will feature a coffee house and Thursday night worship among other uses.

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Kiare Young of Princeton is named 2017-18 Gibson County Female Athlete of the Year.

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Penny Goddard hands a hot dog to 7-year-old Braylynn Logan, who was a unicorn, at Grant Essenmacher/Daily Clarion Goddard’s house on South Gibson Street.

Wes Obermeier of Gibson Southern was named the Gibson County Athlete of the Year.

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PROGRESS C6 Princeton Daily Clarion

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Falling into Fall

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The Gibson Southern Titans football team roars through a banner to open an early-season game.

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Bungee cord/trampoline jumps and somersaults were a popular attraction at the Gibson County Chamber of Commerce Golden Heritage Days festival.

Grace Morris makes an adjustable collar to raise funds for Cops and Kids, formerly Shop with a Cop.

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Twins Isaiah and Isaac Cook check out all the activities at Pastors and members of several dierent churches pray Christian Bigham, 10, analyzes race cars at the Christmas the Gibson County Chamber of Commerce Golden Heri- with a man seeking salvation at the Gibson County Golden Bazaar at the Knights of Columbus bazaar. tage Days Festival.

Heritage Days Church on the Square event.

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Gibson Southern Titan football coach Nick Hart is presentGrant Essenmacher/Daily Clarion ed with the 2017-2018 Gibson County Coach of the Year Gibson Southern senior Hailey Anderson (22) ďŹ ghts with award. He is pictured (left) with former Daily Clarion sports Photo provided Terre Haute North junior Elisa Simoni (31) for the ball.

Jackson Krieg of Princeton Cross Country team. editor Pete Swanson (right).

Friday, February 22, 2019

Princeton Daily Clarion

Gibson County

PROGRESS C7

Banding Together

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Toyota employees rake stones from a truck at Lafayette Park to create landscaping around a new memorial for Princeton native Matt Luecking donated by the Princeton Community High School Class of 1990. Classmates and friends plan to plant flowers and plants Saturday morning.

The Toyota volunteers worked with Princeton Parks and Recreation Department staff to finish dirt work and spread the stone as a part of United Way of Gibson County’s Day of Caring event. Volunteers from businesses and organizations from throughout the area took part in volunteer projects.

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Princeton Community High School’s Marching Tigers in command performance prior to the band’s Indiana State School Music Association competition in October.

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Seventh-grade students from Haubstadt Community School take photos of insects following a presentation by Derek Zeller from Swat Pest. The presentation was a part of Science Sensations, an annual program held at the Gibson County Fair Grounds.

Indiana Farm Bureau agents Kevin Coon, Jason McCutchan and Nathan Beloat help Gibson County Habitat for Humanity Chapter board member/construction manager Larry McConnell cut sheets of wood for shelving at the local Habitat chapter’s workroom as a part of the United Way of Gibson County’s Day of Caring event.

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Students from Owensville Community School participate in an activity during Science Sensations program at the Gibson County Fair Grounds. Science Sensations is a threeday program put on by the Purdue Extension office of Gibson County for each of the area school corporations.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

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Fall Festivities

Left: The Out of the Darkness walk supporting suicide prevention awareness has traditionally been staged at Princeton Community High School’s football stadium, but moved to Bicentennial Plaza in downtown Princeton.

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Right: Out Of The Darkness community walk participants choose beads to represent their connection to the suicide prevention/awareness cause during the event at Bicentennial Plaza. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, white beads represent the loss of a child, gold beads represent the loss of a parent, red beads represen the loss of a spouse or partner, orange beads represent the loss of a sibling, purple beads represent the loss of a relative or friend, silver beads represent the loss of a first esponder or military member, green beads represent a personal struggle, treal beads represent a loved one’s struggle and blue beads represent support of the cause.

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Patoka River National Wildlife Refuges volunteers install railings on a newly created boardwalk at Buck’s Marsh on the refuge.

The trail head begins from a parking lot located off Ind. 57 North and base Road.

Princeton Auto Parke owner Ron Parke moves a new sign to the South Main Street auto dealership. Parke said the sign comes from the Fort Branch location, which he recently closed to focus on business at main Princeton location.

Parke’s dealership marked its 20th anniversary this year.

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Princeton Community High School’s Marching Tiger Band performs.

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PROGRESS D2 Princeton Daily Clarion

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Living Life

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Mark Hermann, a member of the Indiana Falconers Association, demonstrates how raptors such as his goshawk can be used for hunting. Hermann, along with other faconers, showed several kinds of hawks used for hunting including a red tail hawk, cookers hawk and goshawk. The bird presentations were a part of Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge’s celebration of the Year of the Bird.

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Kayla Russler (Rose) talks to Ainsley Sheffer (Alice) as Kendall Harris (Violet) watches during rehearsal for Gibson County Youth Theatre’s “Alice in Wonderland Junior.”

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Sometimes you need a little help climbing a wall. Youngsters make their way through the Daily Clarion archive inflateable obstacle course at Sunday’s Southside Block Party, hosted by Grace Fellowship Smithsonian representatives prepare a local quilt to be sent to Washington, D.C. to be Church at South Side Park. The event featured music, food, cakewalks, face-painting, corn- considered for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culhole tournament competition and free food. ture.

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Abby Brown holds her 5-month-old grandson Cooper St. Joe Catholic Church members pray the Rosary at BicenDuckworth during Princeton Community Intermediate Quiche Matchen/Daily Clarion tennial Park.

School’s Grands Day. The two went to visit Duckworth’s Morgan Wilson kicks her partner Jessica Hedge during brother Silas, 8.

Princeton Police Department’s women’s self defense class.

Friday, February 22, 2019

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Gibson County

PROGRESS D3

Living Life

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Mary Ann O’Neal made a special request to bring in her Nigerian dwarf goat after dropping off Christmas decorations at Santa’s Workshop. Six-month-old Squirt, in a Christmas sweater and reindeer antlers, was able to have her picture taken with Santa.

Left: Janet Vandever waves at traffic as it passes on the square in Princeton.

Vandever volunteers as a bellringer with the Salvation Army and has for many years.

Gibson County Sheriff ’s Deputy Austin Farrington helps make sure Brooklyn Cripe is secure in the cart during the annual Shop With a Cop program.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Memorable Moments

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‘Locomotive engineer’ Gus Reinbrecht checks out the candy and the cars at the Southern Indiana Car Show on the square in downtown Princeton.

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Above: Princeton Community Intermediate School students touch hands with veterans, who attended their Veterans Day program, as they did their walk of fame.

Right: World War II Navy veteran Bill McConnell reflects as “Taps” is performed at a Veterans Day program on the Gibson County Courthouse square.

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Princeton Community Intermediate School Elementary fifth grade students celebrate ending their narrative unit by taping their essays to their lockers in preparation for each class making a “gallery walk” around the lockers to read their classmates’ essays. Each student is given three notes to comment positively on three essays.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

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Community

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Chase Stewart and Isaiah Askren, Francisco Elementary School sixth graders, work together to make dirt pudding for a Thanksgiving dinner for Francisco Elementary faculty, staff and retirees. Sixth-grade teacher Gina Dupps, who coordinates the Thanksgiving feast, has been helped sixth-graders make the feast for 26 years.

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Paxon Bartley’s basketball season includes a new county boys scoring record.

Daily Clarion/Andrea Howe Princeton’s Brantley Muckerheide (18) fights off a Washington defender during theTigers’ Princeton Fire Territory firefighter Beth Mincey uses the sectional loss. Muckerheide scored the lone aerial ladder truck to attach a strand of Christmas lights to an anchor pole on the Gibson County Courthouse lawn.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Community

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Gibson County residents wait in lineat the Gibson County Courthouse to cast their vote during early voting hours. The turn out for early voting was high for the 2018 general election.

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Gibson County Commissioner Steve Bottoms talks with David Hopper of the Indiana State Health Department Thursday afternoon at the Gibson County Health Department. Hopper is the lisaison to local health departments around the state and was there with Indiana’s State Health Commissioner, Doctor Kristina Box.

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Seth Burgan, youth pastor for Dayspring Community Gabriel Hostettler falls asleep on the shoulder of his dad, Matt Hostettler, at the “Count Us In” Voter Registration Drive Church, talks with Valley Couts as he preps turkey Wednes- and Candidate Meet and Greet hosted by The Arc of Gibson County. day afternoon in Owensville.

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Jim Munford readies his local history program at the Princeton Public Library. Munford, who was born and raised in Princeton, presented to a group about the Gibson County Service Organization. The GCSO would meet the trains of soldiers who came through the county with cookies and other items. Research seems to show about 200 dozen cookies per week were necessary.

Didi Snavely (Lori Lloyd) tells radio listeners in Tuna, Texas some of the different weapon options they have to protect Daily Clarion/Andrea Howe themselves during the Christmas season during a dress rehearsal for the Broadway Players production of A Tuna Stephan Wilkerson sails in for a shot in the Princeton Tigers win over Big Eight Conference foe Boonville.

Christmas.

Friday, February 22, 2019

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Year’s End

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Princeton Auto Parke float is decorated with a gingerbread house and candy, during the ninth annual Oakland City Christmas parade.

Left: Sisters Betty and Gail Jones look around at Schoogie’s Daughter during the annual Holiday Preview in downtown Princeton.

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Right: Ringmaster Dylan Coston performs as “The Greatest Showman” at Gibson Southern High School’s Vaudeville 2018: “Under The Big Top.” Daily Clarion archive photo

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