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The midway at the 2015 Gibson County Fair lights up the July sky.

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Above, Brody Breidenbaugh, plays at the Princeton Aquatic Center’s Splash Park.

Left, the Indiana Army National Guard 38th Infantry Division Band performs “The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine” by John Philip Sousa at Lafayette Park’s amphitheater

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Flying teens

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Flying teenagers, human pyramids, carpet swimming and leap-frog tasks were just some of the activities the teens at Oasis Assembly of God’s Committed Youth competed to complete for the chance to earn a pizza party. The 70-plus youth divided into small groups and raced to complete a 25-task list for the prize. The group meets Wednesday and Sunday evenings at their new teen center on South Stormont in Princeton, a block west of the church.

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Gibson County Council On Aging The Gibson County Council on Aging was organized in 1973 as a not-for-profit organization to benefit all over age 60 citizens in Gibson County. The GCCOA assesses senior needs and plans, coordinates and delivers a system of services for Older Hoosiers, without regard to race, religion or ethnic origin. Fuding is provided by the Older Hoosier Fund, Older American Act, United Way, County Commissioners, City and by private donations. Services provided include: • Socialization – come by in the mornings for free coffee and doughnuts and time with other seniors!

• Recreational activities – play Bingo, take an exercise or line dancing class, make a

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• Educational sessions – attend one of our educational presentations!

Special guest speakers provide info on health, finance, and more.

• Nutrition – enjoy full nutritional meals, provided at noon for only $5. (Reserve your meal the day before.)

• Wellness – take advantage of free blood pressure

screenings and other health screenings scheduled each month.

• Transportation – ride to your next doctor’s appointment with our transportation services. Rides are at no charge for persons who are over 60 or who have disabilities, though donations are accepted on a freewill basis.

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Trunk or Treat

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A Trunk-or-Treat event hosted by Vertical Church in Fort Branch drew 3,000 eager attendees at the Fort Branch Community School last fall.

FBCS’s parking lot was full about 30 minutes after the event started. Children and adults of all ages came to get treats, play games, and dress up as their favorite character.

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The Gibson County Chamber of Commerce, established in 1922, offers assistance to area business both large and small. They are ran by a board of directors that aim to advance the general welfare and prosperity of Gibson County’s business community. They are in the unique position of being a business that helps other businesses.

The Chamber provides a structured organization to assist the business community with economic and community concerns.

While the Chamber provides numerous business services only available to its members, the organization also works with the community to enhance the Gibson County experience for visitors, residents and businesses.

The Chamber of Commerce is your ultimate business source in Gibson County as the largest, most influential business organization in the country with hundreds of members. Most are small businesses throughout southwestern Indiana and neighboring areas, with 25 or fewer employees.

202 E. Broadway St., Princeton, IN 47670 www.gibsoncountychamber.org Phone: 812.385.2134 Fax: 812.385.2401

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Santa’s helper

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Santa tells Elijah Warner how to stack the goods donated as part of the Salvation Army’s annual “You Can Help” canned food drive. Funds raised and non-perishable food that is donated during the drive helps stock the church’s food pantry, which is a social service ministry to Gibson and Pike county families.

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Susan Bobe’s Pizza has been a part of the Gibson County Community since 1995. At Susan Bobe’s pizza all pizza dough is hand made in house. Customers enjoy the signature pizza and Farouk and custom favorites like the Princeton Tiger. Pizza’s can be customized with over 20 toppings to choose from. Italian pasta dishes are served with Susan’s secret spaghetti sauce. Susan Bobe’s also offers Sandwiches, Strombolis, Salads, and Hot Wings are also available, don’t forget Cinnamon Sticks for dessert. Susan serves great food at a great value with a variety of daily specials.

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Habitat HQ complete QUICHE MATCHEN Staff writer

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Gibson County Habitat for Humanity’s new headquarters is located on 1302 W. Brumfield Ave. in Princeton.

The organization bought the 60 X 135 lot for a 2,400 square foot building on in October 2014, and finished it up in December, 2015.

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PRINCETON—Gibson County Habitat for Humanity came into the new year with new headquarters on West Brumfield Avenue in Princeton.

Executive Director Greg Goodson said they’re absolutely thrilled with the finished product. The new headquarters now has more space for offices and a workshop, and is easier to locate.

According to Goodson, the headquarters couldn’t have been completed without all the great help and volunteers. “A lot of skilled contractors donated their time and labor. They saved us a lot.”

The organization bought the 60 X 135 lot for a 2,400 square foot building on 1302 W. Brumfield Ave. in Princeton in October. Their previous building on South Stout Street was purchased by Oasis Assembly of God Church for their community outreach programs.

In November 2015, the local chapter also recorded the deed as owner of the former Baldwin Heights school property, donated to the organization indirectly from North Gibson Schools through the City of Princeton, with a vision for building 24 family homes. The future homes will be larger with prices ranging from $120,000 to $150,000. Houses will have three to four bedrooms for families of four to six people, garages, and concrete driveways.

He said there is a significant gap of housing in the community and he thinks those homes could help.

Before Habitat works on the Baldwin Heights property, the organization will continue to build houses on Madison Street in Princeton.

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Jamie and son Gavin Wheatley, in the kitchen of their new home with a housewarming cake helping celebrate the completion of the Habitat for Humanity project on Madison Street in Princeton.

First home in new Habitat subdivision completed for partner family ANDREA HOWE Editor, The Daily Clarion

PRINCETON—Jamie Wheatley and son Gavin are the first family in Habitat for Humanity of Gibson County’s Madison Street subdivision.

Wheatley, who works at Salvation Army of Gibson-Pike County, partnered with the housing ministry to build the first of several planned in the former mobile home park.

She and her son, who had lived in

an apartment with her son since fire destroyed her home in 2011, were able to move into their new home last spring.

“It is very terrifying to go from having a home to being homeless,” she told well-wishers at the home dedication last year.

Wheatley said the community pulled together with her and her son to help.

“The desire to have a place we could really call home was just a distant thought,” she remembered Saturday, moved to tears as she thought about

how far the family has come.

“We had prayed to the Lord to open doors for us to some day have a home.

God has answered our prayer not just for us to have a home, but we have also received blessings from all the new people who have come into our lives.”

Salvation Army Lts. Michael and Erin Metzler offered words of support and read Bible scripture at the home dedication and open house, and Wheatley’s pastor, Rev. Tammy Scheller of Enon General Baptist

Church, presented her with a new home Bible. Habitat board member Todd Mosby gave the Wheatleys a photo album that documents the progress of the construction project, and Stephens gave her the keys to her new home.

Habitat Executive Director Greg Goodson thanked volunteers, and praised contractor Larry McConnell’s workmanship on the project.

More homes are planned for the subdivision on Princeton’s east side..

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Hot air balloon rides were a popular attraction at The Daily Clarion’s Back to School Bash at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Kiwanis Indiana district governor Vanessa McClary brought the feature to Gibson County to promote a hot air balloon festival in Bloomington.

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Gibson County Youth Theatre Drama Camp participants reverse for a performance of “Aristocats Kids” during the camp at Princeton Community High School. The week-long camp was mentored and directed by high school and college students as well as adult volunteers.

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Cutting edge cutting Gibson Southern student Preston Lewis holds up the finished product of a piece of steel after using the school’s Plasmacam cutting system for their Industrial Tech department. The machine was made possible from an $8,000 grant from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc. Teacher Mark Monroe said with the machine they will be able to complete individual projects with the cutting system.

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PCHS Machine Trades

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Princeton Community High School Skills USA student Keaton Kidd shows his mom Chasity Catt how a mill works during an edge finding process at the PCHS Machine Trades open house. The courses offered at Princeton prepare students for many different jobs available in the field.

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Visitor center exhibits Above, Linda Swinford speaks during a press conference at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana visitor’s center last summerto commemorate an exhibit she contributed to. Swinford inquired about using fabric coming from the 1926 Type G Toyoda Automatic Loom that is in the center for backing quilts for military hospitals. A piece of a quilt is on display at the visitors center near the entrance.

At right, Patty Scott from Amber Manor Care Center looks at a model door she made on paper at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana visitor’s center with tour guide Terri Axton of New Harmony.

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Welding lab at Ivy Tech

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Ivy Tech Welding Program Chair John Durbin, shows Director of Outreach Joe Williams how a welder works at Ivy Tech Community College in Princeton during an open house last summer for the new welding lab. Gibson County Redevelopment Commission pledged $600,000 in Tax Increment Finance revenue to pay for the expanded program at the local campus.

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Now is the time to go to school HOPE DAWSON For The Daily Clarion

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ight now, Gibson County has a low unemployment number.

Kyla Krieg, site manager at Ivy Tech’s Princeton Instructional Center, said now is the time improve upon your education.

It is easier to focus on school, when you aren’t struggling financially, and studies show that college-educated workers are more likely to keep their jobs during the bad times, Krieg said.

“The problem is what goes up, must come down,” Krieg said, “the economy will go up and down.”

Ivy Tech’s Princeton Instructional Center offers several classes in accounting and welding, along with general education courses.

In 2015, Ivy Tech built a welding lab, that allows students to have hands-on experience. They are adding on to that lab to offer advanced manufacturing training that will be available this August.

Ivy Tech’s Princeton Instructional Center provides a small class environment, where teachers can give students one-on-one time, Krieg said.

Their classes typically have only 10 to 12 students.

They also offer online classes in many more subjects, and can provide advising, financial aid help, placement testing, and computer resources for all students.

Ivy Tech isn’t the only local post-secondary education provider. Oakland

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OCU works with many local companies, including from Toyota and the Gibson County Chamber of Commerce. They also provide many opportunities for internships in the local area.

In 2011, Vincennes University built its Gibson Center that is growing

new programs that come along, based on

the economic demands of the workforce in the local area.”

Dr. Ray Barber President, Oakland City University

City University offers a large variety and classes. However, their most popular subjects of study are business, criminal justice, and psychology.

“We always have new programs that come along, based on the economic demands of the workforce in the local area,” said OCU President Dr. Ray Barber.

OCU also offers online and evening classes — mostly business, religious study and education courses. and Their evening classes tend to be

every year by adding new programs, said Ryan Hudson, the director of business and industry at Vincennes University.

Besides offering many evening general education courses and being a place where online students can seek guidance, they offer many certificates.

Some examples are paramedic recertification training, industrial maintenance training, heavy equipment operator training, and many more.

They are also offer crane operator

training, which is soon to become very important because OSHA is requiring in Nov. of 2017 that all crane operators be certified.

Hudson said that there isn’t any other place that offers crane certifications in the immediate area and that those that do typically take six months for their students to become certified, while VU does it in a week.

VU is very proud of their program, as they have a crane sitting in front of the building with a VU flag flying on it..

The Vincennes University Gibson Center will soon have a mock mine for their mining safety classes that will allow hands-on experience for students.

Vincennes University Director of Architectural Services Andrew Young said that the new project is fun because it is something that he has never done before.

Young said that he and his team are working on design documents and that he hopes to start construction by the end of the spring.

The Gibson Center is also looking into offering a firefighter certification program.

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Fort Branch third-grader Cayden Murray pops his head out of the center of the large parachute he and his classmates were using to illustrate recycling techniques during the annual Earth Camp at Camp Carson Tuesday. More than 500 third-graders from Gibson, Posey and Vanderburgh counties take part in the three-day program where they learn about recycling and other earth-related issues.

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Fort Branch third-grader Madilyn Sperling tosses a plastic bottle into the correct recycling container to try and help her team win a recycling relay race during the annual Earth Camp at YMCA Camp Carson.

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“It’s kind of sad,” Jamerson said.

Greer has not only farmed in Lyles Station, but he also attended school there and in a way saved the school.

He attended Lyles Station School from first to sixth grade. Greer enjoyed the atmosphere of the school and how it was more disciplined. “You did what they said and that was it,” he said. “You came with a different attitude.”

Greer’s respect and love for the school was so strong that he bought it in the 1970s when it was up for auction. He didn’t want to see it torn down. “I wanted to keep the white man from getting it,” he said.

After Greer purchased Lyles Station School, there were festivals, town versus country softball games, reunions, and other events held there.

The building was used until a tree fell on the back of the school from a storm. Greer didn’t have the funds to get the building fixed.

Jamerson realized that the land and school were historical and it couldn’t just sit there to waste.

“When you live in history, you don’t know you’re living in history,” she said. Jamerson called Indiana Historic Landmarks and they put her in touch with two descendants from Lyles Station also looking to save the school. With some coaxing, Jamerson convinced her dad to let a nonprofit take over the school. His daughter said he didn’t want to let the school go.

Now, the school is a historic landmark with artifacts displayed in the National Museum of African

American History and Culture —a Smithsonian Institution museum, Sept. 24.

The display will include soil, pictures, a quilt and farming tools. It includes the story of Lyles Station farmers. When it comes to the history of the land Greer works on, he admits, “I’ve been on it so long it’s not on my mind. I’m just working.”

Glenn Morris, another Lyles Station farmer, has been friends with Morris since they attended school together.

“He’s a good guy and I get along with him real good and he’s a good farmer,” he said. The two started farming about the same time on Lyles Station soil.

He thinks he and Greer have done well for themselves to still be farming.

Morris raises cattle, corn, beans and wheat on what was his grandfather Stuart’s farm. Morris, like Greer, doesn’t have anyone in the family to take over farming his land. “It just wasn’t meant to be,” he said. “Nobody is interested in farming.”

Morris admits that farming is hard, but he likes the challenge.

He said when there were more farmers at Lyles Station, they were competitive and that made it more interesting. “There were a lot of good black farmers,” he said.

Morris said he has no desire to quit farming. “I’m not ready,” he said. “I’ve got just enough for one man to do.”

Greer, much like Morris, has no plans to stop farming. “I plan to farm until I fall over,” he said.

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Oakland City University, founded in 1885, has steadily served Gibson County, Southwest Indiana, and the tri-state region through its academic programs and economic stimulus. Our graduates are serving in vital roles as business entrepreneurs, state and national leaders, superintendents and teachers, and pastors and missionaries around the world. The Hanover Research Council’s study found that OCU brought $61.7 million dollars to Indiana from 20092010. At the regional level (Gibson and surrounding counties), OCU generated $51.3 million to the area. The impact of the University on the local economy of Gibson County was $35.6 million, most of which was created directly

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As a member of NCAA Division II and a member of NCCAA Division I, OCU offers a wide variety of sports to men and women.

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Our Campus

Oakland City University is nestled in a tree-shaded oasis near the center of the town on a 34-acre tract of land. The campus blends traditional and contemporary architecture, with several new buildings constructed in recent years, including the 52,000 square-foot Bower Suhrheinreich Student Center, Barger-Richardson Library, the Murray Administrative Center, the Chapman Seminary Building, the Tichenor Center, Cox Hall, and the Kennedy Center.

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Oakland City University is an academic community known for the excellence and diversity of its programs. The University attracts students from throughout the United States and around the world. The faculty provides a solid academic program committed to the liberal arts in an effort to prepare the graduate to face a demanding society with intellectual and practical skills, sensitive to the needs of ones fellow man. A deepened commitment is made in an atmosphere conducive for learning, interaction, and personal attention, based on the Christian concepts of love, justice, and fairness.

Continuing a tradition of service begun over a century ago (1885), Oakland City University carries out a unique mission in higher education in the State of Indiana. The school has inherited the spirit of freedom and responsibility, which was an inescapable part of the free church tradition established by the General Baptist denomination which founded the University.

A four-year, co-educational Christian university of higher education, steeped in the church tradition, and aware of its obligation to continue the quest for truth, Oakland City University realizes its responsibility to its denominational heritage and is ever conscience of accountability to its constituency.

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Greer takes hands-on approach to historic farmland QUICHE MATCHEN Staff writer

LYLES STATION—Few farmers can say they’ve gotten their hands dirty farming on historic land, but Norman Greer can tell the tale.

Farming was essential to Lyles Station, one of the few African American settlements still left, when it first began in the 1840s. Now, 176 years later, there are only a few African American farmers left, and Greer is one of them.

At 78, Greer has farmed melons, soybeans, corn, and wheat.

“All my life I’ve farmed,” he said.

He started farming with his father and brother on their farm. He also worked with local farmers by custom farming.

When he was working on other farms, he said he didn’t endure racism. “They treated me all right.”

Greer knew he wanted his own farm when he observed that farmers would sit back and take it easy while he worked. He wanted to do the same.

“If they can do this, I can do it too,” he said.

He asked his dad why they didn’t just farm on their own instead of helping other farmers, but his father had no desire to.

Greer set his mind on having his own farm so he could make his own living.

“Work for yourself

Daughter Denise Jamerson remembers growing up with her sisters and having to work on the farm.

Their chores included care of the rabbits, chickens, cows and the garden.

“I know we’re hard workers,” she

and make a living. You don’t accom-

plish much when you work for someone else.”

Norman Greer Lyles Station farmer “Work for yourself and make a living,” he said. “You don’t accomplish much when you work for someone else.”

That mentality was reinforced after he got a job following four years of service in the Air Force. He didn’t like the job, so he went back to doing what he knew how to do — farming.

He instilled that same work ethic in his daughters when they were growing up. He made sure they knew how to do everything on the farm to feed themselves.

“They can take care of themselves if they have to,” he said.

said. “It was instilled in us.”

She said her father acquired land and equipment from his forefathers.

“He just grew to be a pretty big farmer,” she said. “Farming is in his blood, he doesn’t know anything else.”

Greer had hired hands to help with the farm, but his daughter says Greer comes from humble beginnings.

He made sure his family didn’t run out of food, so he kept three freezers in the house.

“He’s a great entrepreneur example to not only farmers, but business entrepreneurs too, because he’s a hard worker,” she said. “He’s had his ups

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and down, but he made it through.”

One lesson he learned was management. “You have to have your mind set to save year-to-year, season-to-season.”

“You have to have money to take you over,” he said. “Stay in your means.”

Greer said he learned about management the hard way. “You have to watch pretty close, if not it’ll get you in trouble.” He said that at one time the USDA tried to take his land.

Some of Greer’s land had to be sold to satisfy a very inflated USDA loan.

Greer said he believed it was only the black farmers who had endure such treatment.

Jamerson said she believes Greer is one of the last African Americans to farm on land that was originally bought after slavery in 1886.

Since Greer doesn’t have any sons, he wants his children to do what they want with the land.

He has 11 grandsons, three granddaughters and nine children, but none of them have taken on an interest in farming, even though the infrastructure is there.

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Bass player Derek Barton of Styll Country keeps the rhythm while the band plays Brooks and Dunn’s Neon Moon at Lafayette Park in Princeton.The free event was part of the Music in the Park program, sponsored by the Princeton Parks and Recreation Board

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Eli Krause, left, and Kane Fuhrer watch cars race on the track during Cub Scout pack 222’s Pinewood Derby races at St. Joseph School In Princeton. The scouts carve the cars out of a standard size block of wood then can add weights, paint and decals, in compliance with Boy Scouts of America rules, to try and improve the speed on the gravity fed track.

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Summer reading

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Nicole Jarboe reads to Certified Therapy Dogs Chester and Riley at Oakland City/ Columbia Township Library’s “Read to the Dogs” program, part of the summer reading activities

East Gibson School Corporation

Habitat for Humanity of Gibson County

New offices and warehouse space was completed at 1302 W. Brumfield Avenue, Princeton.

This new headquarters will provide a high visibility central location allowing better management of resources. This building is a reflection of our communities volunteerism, support, and dedicated workmanship.

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The recipients are families in need who express an interest in breaking the cycle of poverty and building long-term financial security by providing a stable home environment.

First home completed in the Eastland Place Development on Madison Street in Princeton.

Six quality homes are replacing the former mobile home park.

Habitat for Humanity acquired 8 1/2 acres of the Baldwin Heights School property for future community development.

We want to give special thanks to the North Gibson School Corporation and the City of Princeton for making this a reality.

For 2016, plans are underway to build more quality homes for deserving families.

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Amber Nixon of Vincennes gets her blood sugar checked with a spring-loaded needle

by Gibson General Hospital Chief Lab Technician Randi Nixon Saturday morning during the Gibson County Health Fair at Princeton Community High School.

The range of 70-110 is normal for blood sugar, Randi Nixon said. Although numbers were down a bit because of the absence of students due to the Princeton Community Lady Tigers being in the state championship game that day, Randi Nixon said turnout was pretty steady. She attends several health fairs each year.

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Sanitarian Services General and Food Sanitarian Food Sanitarian: *Issue Food Permits *Perform Institutional Inspections -Restaurants -Gibson County Fair Booths -Heritage Days Festival -School Cafeterias

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65 Percent of Today’s Students Will Be Employed in Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist

How is North Gibson School Corporation preparing students for the jobs of the future?

• Teachers are developing and teaching rigorous curriculum to meet and exceed Indiana’s College and Career Readiness Standards in all subject areas, grades Kindergarten through 12.

• Providing opportunities for students to engage in project-based learning and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities such as:

• Sphero Robotics, Computer Programming, and Coding (Grade 3-8) • Machine Trades and Advanced Manufacturing Courses (Grade 9-12) • Welding Technology Courses (Grades 9-12) • Agriculture and Agriculture Mechanics and Technology Courses (Grades 9-12)

• Lego Mindstorm Robotics (Grades 6-8) • Vex Robotics (Grades 6-8)

• Technology and Building Trades Courses (Grades 6-12) • Working to develop employability skills through courses in high school such as: • I.C.E. Work-based study program • Business, accounting, and entrepreneurship courses • Jobs for America Graduates (J.A.G.)

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NORTH GIBSON SCHOOL CORPORATION Building for a strong future.

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A Francisco Elementary student gets off bus No. 7 after school.

Modern Personnel Services Inc.

Modern Personnel Services Inc., 104 North Third Ave., Princeton, is owned by brothers Andrew and Aaron Kapper.

The business, established in 1996, offers staffing solutions for area employers and for anyone looking for work.

Regional Coordinator Tina Lemke and Personnel Consultant Jan Rausch greatly appreciate the Gibson County community. “We sincerely care about the worksites and the employees, and will always strive to connect the right person to the right job.”

“We really, really care!” For more information, phone 812-386-5627.

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Francisco Town Marshal Mike McGregor exits Wood Memorial High School , for a bus ride-along to promote safety.

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Princeton Community Intermediate School unveiled a new program promoting positive character, Kate’s traits. Principal David McClary said students who show Kate’s traits are nominated by teachers who l fill out a form circling which trait the student showed and a brief description of what the student did. Kate’s, mother Sharon Elementary School principal Ashlee Bruggenschmidt, visited the school and saw the Kate’s Traits mural in PCIS cafeteria.

Modern Personnel Services, Inc. 104 N. Third Ave., Princeton

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PCIS fifth graders learn steps for a Zumba exercise led by New Image Family Fitness at the school organized for the school health fair, which followed the dedication of the playground-fitness area on the west side of the school.

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Santa sings a few familiar Christmas jingles during the annual GCARC holiday banquet, themed “Country Christmas.” Guest were invited to a buffet style dinner and enjoyed songs performed by little ones from the GCARC Building Blocks Daycare Center.

CARF Accredited Since 1994 Gibson County Area Rehabilitation Centers, Inc.

Providing Services to Gibson County Since 1963

GIBSON COUNTY AREA REHABILITATION CENTERS, INC.

Providing Quality Programming For Gibson County Citizens With Developmental Disabilities.

• Residential Programs • Sheltered Work • Community Job Placement • Living Options • WIC

Give your child a positive start at…

The center provides childcare and pre k education for children between the ages of 6 weeks and 6 years, in a safe and secure environment. The facility is state licensed and currently holds a level 3 Pathway to Quality accreditation. Child to staff ratios are maintained at all times according to the Indiana State Regulations for Childcare.

421 S. Main St. • Princeton • 385-4968 www.wehelpthemgrow.com

GIBSON COUNTY AREA REHABILITATION CENTERS, INC. P.O. Box 5, 4207 W. State Rd. 64 Princeton, IN 47670

Phone: 812-386-6312 www.gcarc.org E-Mail: gcarc@gcarc.org

New Frontiers Employment Services • Job Discovery • Job Preparation

• Community Employment Opportunities

With offices in both Gibson and Pike Counties, New Frontiers Employment Services has been serving disabled individuals for over 25 years. Our services are designed to assist in preparing for, locating and maintaining employment in the community. New Frontiers can also help to answer questions related to how working might affect benefits.

320 S. Fifth Ave., Princeton, IN 812-386-1142

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Guests to North Gibson School’s new Princeton Community Middle School orientation walk past new carpets including a tiger paw print, as students prepared for their first year in the newly renovated learning environment in the former high school building. Students in grades 6-8 moved to the new classroom space last fall, after the State Street school building was closed. The renovation marks substantial completion of the multi-year building/renovation projects. Roofing work and other upgrades are on target for completion in 2016.

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Lincoln Butcher, a third grader in Amy Day’s Oakland City Elementary School classroom, takes a break from his spelling words to get a look at the longest word in the English language, found in his new dictionary donated to students by Oakland City Lions. The word’s too long to spell here, but it has 1,909 letters.

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Tom Riley of the Patoka Lake division of the Department of Natural Resources holds a juvenile female eagle during a presentation about eagles, hawks and owls at Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge. Headquartered in Oakland City, the refuge offers events such as included guided hikes for visitors on specific dates.

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Highway 165 West • Owensville, IN 47665 Paul & Kelli Goedde, Owners & Operators Being able to sponsor and contribute to the community we work and live in has been one of the most satisfying aspects of being a business owner in Gibson County. Keeping our business on a level where we are on a first name basis with our clients and creating a relationship built on trust, quality products, excellent customer service is part of our day to day operations.

• Lubricants • Motor Oils • Shell™ Oil & Grease • Methanol Fuel • Alcohol-Free Gasoline • Gasoline • Soy Diesel • Premium Diesel • Sunoco™ 110 Octane Race Fuel • Diesel Oil • Hydraulic Oil • Gear Oil • Synthetic Oil

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The Jon Henninger Band, one of the opening acts for The Sidewalk Prophets “Live Like That” tour stop at Oakland City University’s Johnson Center, performs “Lean on Me.” The sports arena was the site of “Soulfest,” a Christian music concert, with proceeds of the event benefiting the work of OCU’s missions team.

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he Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the newest hotel in the Evansville/Gibson County area. It opened August 20, 2015. We are pleased to serve this community with comfortable contemporary furnishings at a moderate price.

This property features Intercontinental Hotel Groups new “Formula Blue” design. The design is “Everything you need and nothing you don’t”. Our guest’s enjoy large spacious rooms with indirect lighting over the desk area and behind the headboard of the bed, plenty of outlets both bedside and the desk area for charging phones, computers & iPads. Each room features a very large spacious desk work area, 42” flat screen TV, refrigerators, microwaves & Keurig 1 cup coffee pots.

We serve a Free Hot “Fresh Start” Breakfast bar buffet everyday consisting of eggs, bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, fruit, cereal, yogurt, milk and juice.

Our guest have access to the Business Center, Wi-Fi internet, Fitness Center with elliptical machine, treadmill, bike and free weights, heated Indoor Pool, Sundry Shop and Guest Laundry.

IHG-Rewards offers our frequent travel guest a point for every dollar spent for each stay. They start at Club status and build points to Gold, Platinum, and Spire levels all earned by points accumulated through several nights stays in a month. When accumulated enough points you can use those points to stay free of charge. For the business traveler it’s a great kick back they can use to take the family on a getaway trip at no charge.

We invite all business, sports or wedding groups to call Teri Seavers our Director of Sales for group rates for your event.

New Patio & Daily Lunch Specials Fresh Homemade Chips & Salsa Margarita Specials 1/2 Price Sat. & Sun.

Kids Eat Free Sunday One Meal Per Family

Authentic Mexican Cooking

Hello, my name is Jesus Lizcano and for the past 20 years I have lived in Princeton, IN. Nineteen years ago I started a project called Los Aztecas Mexican Grill. It’s a small business restaurant many of you already know well. I want to tell you a little about myself and Los Aztecas. I am always about giving my best as a person and as owner, I always try to give my clients and friends the best possible service! Comment to my customers and friends that I am a good man. In 20 years I’ve never had any kind of problem, which I am proud of, but I want to say thanks to my team who have made it possible to be with all you for 19 years, I thank you. I hope to continue to serve and I hope to continue giving you the best I can.

Jesus Lizcano, Owner & Lupe, Mgr. “Everything You Need, Nothing You Don’t” For Reservations Call: 812-867-2200 Holiday Inn Express & Suites North 324 Rusher Creek Rd, Evansville, IN 47725

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Photo courtesy of Oakland City University archives

The oldest known photo of Cockrum Hall taken in 1876.

Local A rea Churches Oakland City First General Baptist Founded in 1853

In Christ’s Name Welcome!

Saint Joseph Catholic Church And School

Francisco Gospel Ministry Church 5941 Hwy 64, Francisco, IN 47649

812-568-6058 & 812-664-7229 A Non-Denominational Bible-Believing Church of God Established April 1975

Sunday

9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service

Wednesday 6:30 pm

Bible Study Children’s Groups

224 W. Harrison Street Oakland City, IN 47660

410 S. Race St. * Princeton, IN, 47670 (812) 385-2617

Mass Saturday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning 10:30 a.m.

812-749-3724 ocfgbchurch.com

United Presbyterian Church

1810-2016

Pastor Laura Davis

Founded 1867

206 YEARS & COUNTING

Sunday Sunday School...........................9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship....................10:30 a.m.

Evening..........................................6 p.m.

Wednesday Evening..........................................6 p.m.

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10:00 AM Worship Service & Sunday School 6:30 PM Worship

WEDNESDAY

7:00 PM Worship & Bible Study 7:00 PM Super Church* or Keepers and Contenders** (alternate weeks) *Super Church is Kid’s Church where children learn about the Bible and their place in God’s Kingdom **Keepers - Girl’s class (ages 8-16) teaching many skills, academics and Godly womanhood.

Some of the activities and skills include: hand and machine sewing, nature studies, Biblical womanhood. **Contenders - Boy’s class (ages 8-16) teaching them Christian manhood: including camping, fishing, light duty chores on cars and home.

2088 S. Old Hwy. 41, Princeton, Indiana 47670 Phone: (812) 386-8901 • Cell: (812) 664-7379

United Presbyterian Church Sunday Services

Sunday School............9:15 AM Worship...................10:30 AM Children’s Church. . . .10:30 AM upc-princeton.org

130 East State Street Princeton, IN 47670

812-385-3194

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Cockrum Hall in Oakland City

Cockrum family instrumental in Underground Railroad QUICHE MATCHEN Staff writer

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hen thinking of the Underground Railroad many don’t think of Oakland City, but the Cockrum family was instrumental in hiding slaves in the 1850s.

The Cockrum family of Oakland City were conductors in the Underground Railroad.

Now, all that remains of them are their stories and Cockrum Hall.

Oakland City University Professor Randy Mills said the Cockrums were an interesting family, especially since many in the area didn’t like those who helped slaves.

Mills said slaves were hidden in James Cockrum’s farm basement a block away from where Cockrum Hall is located today.

He would hide slaves in the basement, in a wooded area near Oakland City University, near what is now Snakey Point, a part of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge.

Cockrum’s job was to get runaways slaves from Oakland City to Petersburg, where they hid in an old coal mine by the river.

Once they got to the other side of the river, getting further north, the safer they were.

His son William, a teenager at the time, helped his father by being a correspondent for an Underground Railroad agent.

“It was very dangerous work and a federal felony helping an escapee slave by breaking that law,” Mills said.

“They stood up for what they believed in, and put their lives on the line.”

He said back then, a family who had slave meant they were doing well economically.

Breaking the law and living in an area that was pro-South, the Cockrums had to make sure they kept quiet about their station on the Underground Railroad.

“This country was at war with the Underground Railroad, trying to catch and sell slaves,” Mills said.

He said the Cockrums were so interesting that he can’t pinpoint an exact reason why they decided to risk their lives for slaves, but said they were all

Photo courtesy of Oakland City University archives

Cockrum Hall today. about equality and against alcohol.

Cockrum and his son destroyed a saloon. As a result, their house was burned down.

Then they built Cockrum Hall in 1876.

Mills said the brick building was inspired by a mansion they saw in a magazine, and was built by the Cockrums.

“It has a three-story watch tower to let people know he’s never going to let them sneak up on him again,” he said.

Mills said people know Cockrum Hall is important, but they don’t know why.

The son William wrote about his father’s adventures with the Underground Railroad called in a work called “History of the Underground Railroad” created in the building.

“It was written in this house and this house represents the culture William Cockrum tried to keep memorialized, by writing the history of the

underground railroad,” Mills said.

“It’s one of the most important books in Underground Railroad literature,” he said.

“They represent a type of American art that’s been forgotten.”

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100 years and counting archive photo

Hansen Corp., Gibson County’s oldest continuously operating manufacturing company, operates in much more modern facilities than this 1920s chapter of the company’s history.

Founded in Princeton by Julius Hansen in 1907, the company makes DC motors, synchronous motors and clock movements.

Today, the manufacturing facility on Hansen HIll is a part of by Dover, New Hampshire-based ElectroCraft, Inc.

Gibson County

Fairgrounds The Gibson County Fair has always been a place for family and friends to make memories that last a lifetime. The amazing memories you make at the Fairgrounds does not only have to happen once a year.

Consider making more memories with us by hosting your next event at the newly opened 4-H Exhibit Hall. Whether you are hosting a fundraiser, family reunion, business meeting, or wedding, the 4-H Exhibit Hall has all the amenities you will need to have a wonderful event. Reserve your date today.

4-H Exhibit Hall Amenities Include: • Fully Finished Interior • Wraparound Patio • Dimmable Lighting • Catering Kitchen with Commercial Refrigerator, Food Warming Cabinet, Freezer, Ample Counter Space, and Serving Window • 43 Round Tables • 15 Rectangular Tables • 350 Chairs • Podium with Microphone and Speaker System Check out all of our facility options at

www.gibsoncountyfair.com

Thank You Gibson County for your continued support!

Currently making reservations for 2016 & 2017 Call 812-385-3445 or Email us at events@gibsoncountyfair.com

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After 95 years HMC’s gears are still turning HOPE DAWSON

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ighway Machine Corporation (HMC) makes large gears and sits in the middle of a corn field in Princeton.

It has been that way since 1921.

In 1921, Robert J. Smith Sr. and Henry P. Smith created HMC to serve the Princeton Mining Company’s Kings Mine.

One may ask how a company stays around for so long in this rural area of Indiana and remains successful.

Not to mention, doing all that without laying off a single employee in all 95 years.

HMC owners, the Smith family, have known how to diversify.

The Smiths established Princeton Farm, one of the biggest farming operations in Indiana in the 1930s.

Mostly, the business raised and packaged popcorn Visitors to HMC can still find a popcorn popping cart in their lobby.

HMC has experienced many changes throughout its history, but the Smith family has been HMC’s sole proprietors since day one.

Robert J. Smith III is currently

“...we have some

of the most high tech, crazy machinery

in the world.”

Ryan Parke HMC Marketing, IT Manager HMC’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and they have grown quite quite a bit since 1921.

HMC now ships worldwide, but they still serve many local companies: Duke Energy in Owensville and BMXT Technologies in Mt. Vernon.

HMC also supplies Heritage Environmental Services, which manages waste, and has locations in the Indianapolis area.

Of course, HMC still works with coal mines.

HMC is a one of a kind company, Ryan Parke, HMC’s Marketing and IT Manager, said.

“We do everything here,” Parke said.

What makes HMC different from their competitors is that they machine, weld, and build their highprecision gears without outsourcing along the way, and that they not only will be available to make the gears but

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older’s Furniture has been a cornerstone business in Owensville for over 141 years.

Monty and Debbie Lamey are the 3rd generation business owners.

Of course, things haven’t stayed the same over the past 141 years, or even the past 30.

Just like in the households across Gibson County and the Tristate, there have been changes, tough times and prosperous times.

“There’s been difficult times with the economy,” Debbie said, “we’re luxury.”

“We’ve prospered with the good times and survived the bad times,” Monty said.

“We enjoy the small-town atmosphere, but we’re much more than a small-town store,” Monty said.

provide repairs down the line, Parke said.

Parke would know, as he has been working at HMC since he was a high school freshman.

Parke said that HMC likes to employ locally.

“We work a lot with Vincennes University, University of Southern Indiana, and Rose-Hulman,” Parke said, “a lot of the guys here are from Purdue too.”

HMC is huge in its own niche market, but you would never know they are making what Parke would call, “the world’s best gears,” inside.

Drive by the headquarters just off of U.S. 41, and a motorist wouldn’t have an idea about the scope of the work under the HMC roof.

“It’s kind of boring looking, but we have some of the most high tech, crazy machinery in the world,” Parke said.

Parke points out that some of the

The Lameys added 5,000 square feet of showroom space onto the store in 1987.

Check out the Flexsteel furniture gallery when you visit to see the many styles of customized upholstery. “We’re starting to see colors come back,” Debbie said, “For a while there was a lot of brown, brown, brown.”

Try out some of the bedroom furniture or leather sofas. Wander through the showroom and plan your dining room or bedroom in solid oak or cherry. Mattresses of firm, plush memory foam entice the eye, and recliners tempt the feet. Hues of red, yellow, green, and classic patterns are throughout the store.

Their business base has doubled in the last 15 years, Monty said. They’ve expanded and

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One of the giant gears made at Highway Machine. machines they have, there are only one or two of in the world.

In 2011, the company invested $3.2 million in new equipment and $800,000 in expansion.

In 2007, HMC made a $6 million expansion that included addition of a cutting-edge gear grinding machine to the high-tech machine shop.

That work involved 7,500 square feet of additional space and a 50-ton crane to house a new gear grinder, one of only two in the world.

The new technology increased efficiency at the high-tech machine shop by 300 percent, completing projects in a matter of hours that would normally take days to complete.

changed with the times.

Building on the long standing tradition has always been part of the success of their business with the emphasis on quality product delivered with excellent customer service.

Gibson County’s Longest Running Business

Front Row L to R: Joe Lamey (Service Manager/Sales), Erika Lamey (Sales), Justin Lamey (Warehouse) Back Row L to R: Monty Lamey (Owner), Debbie Lamey (Owner) Since 1874 this family business has been built on the tradition of providing quality products and outstanding customer service.

Come in and see their large showroom of quality products that include La-Z-Boy, Flexsteel, Restonic, Tempur-Pedic, & Mohawk Flooring.

Delivery Available We are available to serve you Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

104 N. Main, Owensville • 812-724-3501 • www.holdersfurniture.net

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CATERING We will cater any event from small private dinners to large banquets and weddings. Stoll’s Country Inn invites you to enjoy our home style Amish Recipes, made from scratch in our kitchen.

We offer the finest catered foods using on the freshest ingredients available: real potatoes, fresh garden vegetables and prime cuts of meat. Stoll’s Country Inn will offer you a real peace-of-mind when catering your event.

Looking for a reliable caterer that you can trust? Stoll’s Country Inn has 27 years of catering experience.

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A LONG STANDING TRADITION Southern Indiana’s Oldest Amish Style Restaurant – Established 1989

27 Years In Business In The Tri-state Area

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toll’s Country Inn Restaurant, Bakery and Catering is celebrating 27 years in business in the Tri-State area.

Boasting a long tradition of Home Style cooking. Stoll’s Country Inn began in Linton, IN in 1989, and has amassed quite a group of loyal customers in their 26 years of existence.

This August, Rodney and Carla Miller, Owner-Operators, and their family, proudly will mark their 11th year anniversary at the Evansville, IN, location.

The Miller’s extend a warm invitation to you to enjoy a large selection of delicious foods, great service with wonderful southern hospitality.

Aside from the establishment itself, Stoll’s is renowned in the catering business ~ known for their drop off and full service catered events. They cater anything from small, intimate affairs to large, corporate events and excel at their wedding reception catering. More specifically, Stoll’s prides itself on using only the freshest of ingredients including real potatoes, prime cuts of meat and fresh garden veggies.

Stoll’s Country Inn offers you the peace-of-mind when choosing a caterer for your event. No shopping – Stoll’s provides all buffet food items, condiments, service ware and drinks. No cooking – food is fresh and ready to serve. No planning – Stoll’s offers experienced event coordinators. No clean up – Stoll’s will do all set-up and clean up. In choosing Stoll’s, they will do the work

for you on your special day, so that you can be the guest at your own party!

If you seek a banquet room, Stoll’s has that covered too. The Stoll’s event room holds up to 100 people. Dine with us and the room can be used at no charge. The facility boasts big windows, spacious interior and a heartwarming fireplace.

WIFI is available, along with a podium and large screen. Perfect for business meetings, rehearsal dinners, birthday, bridal showers or any family get together.

Stoll’s menu includes items such as fried chicken, mouth watering pork chops, cod fish, baked chicken, catfish fiddlers, BBQ ribs, country fried steak, kraut and sausage, ham and beans with cornbread, sliced turkey roast, chicken and dumplings, pulled BBQ pork, plus a bar full of delicious vegetables, salads, fruits, cobblers, cakes and ice cream!

Stoll’s offers a tasty breakfast buffet on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The buffet includes homemade biscuits and gravy, toast, bacon, ham, sausage patties and links, scrambled eggs, hobo breakfast, fried potatoes, tater rounds, apple crisp, pancakes, french toast, danishes, muffins and fruit. Order eggs anyway you like!

Now that you have an idea of the food offered at the restaurant, it is easy to see that if you want home style cooking the best choice, hands down, is Stoll’s Country Inn for your dining pleasure or catered event.

Stoll’s Country Inn’s newest addition

is a fabulous gift shop. The gift shop, known as CJ’s Home Décor and more, is located within the restaurant facility. Stop by and check out our beautiful line of candles, primitives, quilts, popcorn, Americana, canvases, home décor, plush, yard flags, spring decorative items, and so much more.

Rodney and Carla Miller and the entire Stoll’s family invite you to dine with us.

Stoll’s Country Inn Evansville location is on Highway 41, just off I-64, exit 25A. Our address is 19820 Castle Creek Drive.

We can be reached at 812-867-7730.

Whether it’s a special event or just needing a great meal, let Stoll’s take care of you. Here at Stoll’s, you are always our special guest.

Owners – Rodney & Carla Miller

Stoll’s Country Inn’s Restaurant offers you a unique dining experience. Our tradition of excellent customer service and our Amish/Mennonite recipes will keep you coming back for more. We always use the freshest ingredients available: real mashed potatoes, fresh garden vegetables and prime cuts of meat to satisfy every taste. So, whether you are planning a family night out or a group meeting, we look forward to making your time with us an enjoyable experience.

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lashback 20 years to 1996, as the ground began to thaw and it was time to plant.

Nearly 1,200 acres of local farmland in Patoka and Union Townships were designated for a drastically different crop, started with the turn of several shovels before the biggest planting party the county has likely ever witnessed.

But it’s likely that few in attendance for that planting party had any idea just how big the crop would be.

Originally billed as a $700 million investment to build a plant that would create 1,300 good paying jobs at $13 per hour, Toyota’s crop has morphed into a $4.2 billion and counting investment in Gibson County, creating more than 4,700 jobs with an annual payroll that tops $300 million, as a regional economic engine.

A state impact chart from the company shows Toyota’s direct impact in Indiana is 4,900 jobs. Count suppliers, and that grows to 13,630 jobs statewide.

The local plant was created to build the Toyota Tundra pickup, but now serves as mother plant to San Antonio production of that vehicle, and produces Gibson County-made Highlander and Sequoia Sport Utility Vehicles and Sienna minivans.

A year ago, the company marked a milestone in production as the 4 millionth vehicle rolled off the assembly line just south of Princeton.

Many of those vehicles are sold in the U.S., but the local plant also exported more than 42,00 vehicles to more than 20 countries in 2014.

Last year the company expanded the Gibson County plant’s 4 million square feet footprint by 70,000 square feet, investing another $100 million to boost production of Highlanders, which are manufactured exclusively in Gibson County. The latest expansion created 300 more jobs at the plant.

Toyota’s groundbreaking 20 years ago just east of U.S. 41 spurred growth in employment by suppliers

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Students plant trees at Toyota’s groundbreaking ceremony in 1996 as the last of millions of pieces of confetti float to the including Toyota Boshoku, Toyota

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Former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh greets Toyota Motor Corp. President Hiroshi Okuda at the December 1995 announcement ceremony at Princeton Community High School.

Toyota President Hiroshi Okuda joints children and local leaders in breaking ground at the site of the Gibson County manufacturing plant in May 1996.

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ew this year at the Gibson County Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics is a Paramedic Refresher Course. It is just one more way that the Center is serving the employment training needs of this area.

This 48-hour course complies with the requirement to recertify as Paramedics, meeting both State and National Registry requirements, including ACLS Certification.

Planned for the convenience of

persons in the field, the class schedule is designed for persons working a Kelly shift schedule.

Classes are set for a schedule of 8 hours per day over 6 days to provide the 48 hour recertification requirement. Class times for each day will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. The cost is $450 per registration and lunch is provided along with all equipment and instructional materials. Participants will receive certification verifying attendance and completion.

For more information go to http://www.vinu.edu/gibson or contact John Tooley, Coordinator, at 812-888-2870 or by email at jtooley@vinu.edu

The classes are taught by certified instructors who bring “real-world” work experience and insight to the training. The overall class effort is under the supervision of Ed Hauenstein (BS, NREMT-P) our VU Emergency Medical Services Program Chair who is providing the training plan and certifying the class.

The 2016 class dates are March 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9, April 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20.

Also new to the VU Gibson Center is crane certification. By November 2017, OSHA requires all crane operators to be certified by a nationally accredited organization. Vincennes University hosts crane operator training classes the week of March 7 and April 4, 2016. Courses include classroom training, written exam, and practical exam.

NCCCO license holders can be recertified also.

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Vincennes University Gibson County Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics

The VU Gibson County Center helps students and workers excel in a variety of career fields with major area employers — such as mining and manufacturing — that offer excellent wages.

Students can complete general education requirements at the Center, saving hundreds of dollars due to VU’s low tuition rates. Studies can continue on the Vincennes Campus or transfer credits to another college.

A Truly Unique Facility

VU’s $12 million commitment, with additional backing from Indiana business and industry partners, has created a 57,342 squarefoot facility strategically located on U.S. 41 near Toyota and other regional manufacturers.

“VU is excited to have this outstanding facility and its talented instructors and staff that provide wonderful opportunities for students, workers, and our industrial and educational partners,” said Robert Hudson, Director of Business and Industry Training.

College Classes Offered

Complementing the vocational and technical training are general education courses in subjects such as economics, sociology, communication, composition, first aid, psychology, and math. Additional courses focused on community and employer needs are introduced as required to assist community development.

Heavy Equipment Program

VU’s Heavy Equipment Program offers great opportunities for those seeking valuable industry skills for a promising career. VU’s revolving class schedule can prepare students for the workforce in as little as three weeks. www.vinu.edu/heot VU is Indiana’s designated recipient of federal funding from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

This program serves as the primary source of reliable mine safety and health training for Indiana’s miners and mining contractors in industries including coal, sand and gravel, cement, crushed stone, dimension limestone, gypsum, shale and clay.

new underground miners and the first 24 hours of required training for new surface miners. MSHA also requires an 8-hour annual refresher class which can be delivered by VU’s MSHA-certified instructors. All instruction has been approved by and adheres strictly to the requirements set forth by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30. Training is accomplished through classroom instruction as well as at mine sites located throughout Indiana.

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) and training for crane operator, rigger, and signal person is available (OSHA recognized and NCCA accredited). www.vinu.edu/crane Day and evening classes and summer classes make it easy to schedule training around busy lives!

The VU Gibson Center is available for your next company or organizational event including: training sessions, retreats, meetings, or job fairs.

Call 812.888.2888 to schedule your event today.

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College Classes and Vocational Training Offered at the VU Gibson Center!

The VU Gibson Center is ready to train and equip you for the next step of your career.

College Classes - Complete general education

classes before starting college in the fall with our variety of academic courses, and save money with VU’s low tuition rates.

Career Training - Looking for a new career?

Consider heavy equipment operation. Our constant schedule of classes means you can be ready to start your career in as little as three weeks.

Register and pay for non-credit classes online at www.vinu.edu/mining.

For more information call 812.888.2888 or go to www.vinu.edu/gibson.

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Toyota Indiana team member Lee Judge inspects a 2015 Highlander Hybrid for proper door fit as it nears completion of assembly. The local plant marked production of its 4 millionth vehicle in the spring of 2015. The first vehicle produced in Gibson County was a Tundra pickup, on Dec. 10, 1998.

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Above, Gibson County Fair Board Assistant Project Manager Charles Woodruff hands out hard hats to members of the ground breaking crew at the ceremonial start to construction on the 4-H building at the fairgrounds. About 30 people attended the ceremonial start to the multi-million dollar, multi-phase project to revamp the grounds with new facilities.

Left, the building was completed in time for the 2015 Gibson County Fair, and plans are under way for the next phase of the project.

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Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation Chairman Stanley Madison speaks at a dedication ceremony for the donated cabin at the museum property.

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Students visit Lyles Station get a lesson on local agriculture from Stanley Madison.

From First Bank, you’ll get more than a loan decision… you’ll receive data-driven ideas on growing your revenue, improving your margins, and controlling your expenses.

And, we realize time is money. Sometimes your best deals arise outside of “bankers’ hours,” so we’ll make certain you can always get in touch with us, day or night.

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Drifter’s BBQ owner Donnie Morris prepares rib tips for the annual Lyles Station New Beginnings celebration.

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The annual corn maze and activities for children is a fall event at Lyles Station.

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Lyles Station aims to spread history around the world QUICHE MATCHEN Staff writer

LYLES STATION—Lyles Station Historic School and Museum has a lot going. Artifacts from the local cultural historic site are displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture —a Smithsonian Institution museum, Indiana State Museum display and back in Gibson County, renovation is under way on a cabin moved to the property.

Lyles Station spokesperson Stanley Madison said the main goal is to spread the history of Lyles Station to areas outside of Gibson County.

A Smithsonian display should be revealed in late September.

It will include soil, pictures, a quilt and farming tools from the African American pioneer colony.

Madison said Lyles Station artifacts will be a permanent fixture at the Smithsonian, and believes this will bring more tourists to Gibson County to learn about one of the few African American pioneer colonies prior to 1860 that still remains.

He said this a way to tell the stories about Lyles Station outside of their area so that people from other states will come there.

Gibson County residents may also get the chance to view the display in Washington, D.C. Madison and his board are working on getting transportation for the public are interested in visiting the exhibit via charter bus.

“We will try to take people from all around who have an interest in this trip,” Madison said.

Madison had been in talks for more than four years with Paul Gardullo of the Smithsonian Institution, who was looking for an interesting exhibit for the institution’s African American museum.

Lyles Station will also have a display in the Indiana State Museum from mid June to January 2017 among the 200 objects in Indiana’s bicentennial celebration display at the museum.

One artifact the state museum will display is a post hole digger from Lyles Station.

The other items in the display will be similar in theme as those in the Smithsonian’s museum of early pioneer settlements.

While Lyles Station is displaying artifacts in museums, volunteers are also preserving history in their back yard.

Madison said they have been renovating a log cabin since last fall, and it is almost complete.

He said they still have a 10 foot porch to put onto the cabin and they’ll readdress the porch in the spring.

The interior of the building is still in the works as well, to achieve the early 1800s historic look and replicate the original.

He said they have received donated chairs and are looking to acquire a table.

“We’re getting real close,” he said.

The cabin came to Lyles Station in pieces and was reassembled with help from volunteers. It was originally built at the corner of County Road 50 North and 275 West, according to research done by the Scott family.

The research says the house was possibly built before it was deeded in

1804 to William Miln or possibly after, then owned by Robert McCurdy and heirs after Indiana officially became a state.

After McCurdy died in 1861 and his son died three years later, the property was sold and changed ownership several times during the next 50 years.

Since the cabin was built where there were no sawmills, it was carved out of the forest with a broad-ax.

The cabin was rebuilt in the 1970s near Wheeling with ceiling beams from the remodeled Wheeling Bridge.

It remained at that site until it was purchased by Scott family heirs and donated, to be reassembled at Lyles Station.

With Lyles Station having so much

going on with museum displays, cabin renovations and annual events like Juneteenth Celebration, night at the museum and other events, they are still in need of volunteers and donations.

“This year we take the next step in finalizing what we started in 2015,” he said.

Madison said they have a lot of projects in the works, but not nearly enough people to help.

“To keep these projects up, we need donations and volunteers,” Madison said. “We can’t do this on our own.”

Donations can be made on their website or through PayPal.

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Above, A farmer sprays his crops in a field on County Road 800 South in Fort Branch Left, Princeton Community Intermediate School fourth graders listen to C.J. Sauer as he explains the importance of a blacksmith during a Fourth Grade Farm Fair at the annual Gibson County Fairgrounds.

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The sun sets behind the Gibson County Courthouse on a Sunday evening.

The structure of county government in Indiana diversifies power among officeholders to create a system of checks and balances.

This diversification of power places the ultimate authority in the hands of voters as important positions are elected rather than appointed by other elected officeholders.

Today, county government impacts economic development, public safety, health, the transportation system, judicial system, administration of the property tax system and much more.

The legislative power of the county is divided between the board of county commissioners and the county council. As a rule, the council has jurisdiction over fiscal matters and the commissioners have jurisdiction over matters concerning either the exercise of regulatory or administrative powers. They have the power to pass ordinances in several broad areas, including those related to managing county property, county roads and bridges, solid waste, housing standards, incorporation of new townships and developing Economic Development programs.

Gibson County Government

Auditor Sherri Smith - 385-4927

Ambulance Service Jim Allen - 385-8967

Treasurer Mary Key - 385-2540

Solid Waste Mike Stilwell 385-3136

Assessor Kim Minkler - 385-5286 Recorder Tonya Thompson - 385-3332 Clerk Jim Morrow - 386-6474 County Commissioners Stephen E. Bottoms Gerald Bledsoe Alan Douglas 385-8260 County Highway Chuck Lewis - 385-4887

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Volunteers across the community take part in the annual United Way of Gibson County Day of Caring.Tyler Brengman helps Sandy Greubel by providing her with refreshments by the gazebo on the square.

Sheriff Tim Bottoms - 385-3498 Surveyor Michael Stevenson - 385-4853 Prosecutor Robert Krieg - 385-5497 Superior Court Judge Earl Penrod - 386-6237 Circuit Court Judge Jeff Meade - 385-4885 County Extension Office Hans Schmitz - 385-3491

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Princeton Community 9-year-old fourth grader Riana Slay plays a ring toss game during the Princeton Community Middle and Intermediate School block party hosted each year. Games, food and prizes were some of the activities available while parents and students could meet with staff members from both schools.

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JBI Construction workers lay concrete at the roundabout at the Second Avenue extension. The road connects via McCarty Road to U.S. 41.

Shop Where Experience Will Save You Time And Money F&M Building and Home Supplies Inc., 2001 E. Broadway Princeton, has been helping “build” our community since 1977.

From repairs and rebuilds, to design and decor, we work to get you what you want by supplying quality products.

The business, owned by Mac Ford, Pat and Charlene McConnell, offers a full-service lumber yard, hardware and home center featuring Andersen windows and doors, Tamko roofing, Mohawk carpet, Flexitec vinyl flooring, Berry/Alloc click vinyl, Delta faucets, Formica and

Wilsonart laminate counter tops as well as quartz and granite counter tops.

We enjoy getting to know our customers on a first-name basis and helping second-generation customers, being a source of knowledge that the “box stores” can’t provide.

“Get in, Get Help and Get It Done!”

Our customer service is unrivaled.

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Oakland City University sophomore Michael Wilson of New Albany works on removing residue tile in the Habitat for Humanity House in Haubstadt on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Several dogs are barking, almost in unison. While Swan approaches the front door, Wood goes around back to see if someone comes creeping out.

When no one answers, they see the neighbor crossing the street. She says no one has been there in a couple of days, even though the lights are on.

Wood says one of his main objectives is to get drunk and impaired drivers off the street.

“There are so many unnecessary deaths relating to drunk driving every year,” he said.

“One of the main indicators of an impaired driver is someone who is swerving left of center. When we notice someone driving left of center, or when a car is swerving going left of center or going off the roadway, they could be on their phone, falling asleep or be an impaired driver.”

“An alcohol level of .08 is what we look for alcohol level for drinking and driving. It can be under. If they are obviously impaired and can’t operate a vehicle, we will take appropriate measures, but .08 is the standard we go by unless they are a minor.”

Aside from the obvious risk of putting themselves and others in danger,

Wood says tickets are an unnecessary expense, especially when so many are avoidable.

“People also forget it’s illegal to text and drive. Even a seatbelt violation is a $25 fine.”

It’s 12: 45 a.m.

Wood and Swan respond to a call less than a block away concerning suspicious characters around a car.

Police case the premises, finding no one. The caller says he’s still seeing people outside chatting when officers arrive. They check the premises and still no one. But police must respond to every call, big and small.

When the weather warms up, PPD officers will also be on two wheels in bike patrols during the summer and events like Heritage Days and the Fair.

Riding with officers, all of the scanner jargon starts to make sense.

“Anything from breaking up a fight before punches get thrown or someone gets hurt,” Wood said.

“I think people assume [police officers] are always just looking to arrest people,” says Wood. “If I can come into work every day and not take someone to jail and prevent something terrible from happening, it’s a good thing.”

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The lights shine bright on the refurbished Princeton Theatre and Community Center marquee after a lighting ceremony and ribbon cutting last summer. The theatre restoration is part of the multi-million dollar Stellar Communities grant. The structure was built in the 1940s and originally hosted live performances until owners converted it into a motion picture theater.

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Gilliatte General Contractors stacks pre-fabricated pieces of the Main Street Cottages building on South Main Street in Princeton. The building was completed in 26 pieces, completely assembled with plumbing, electricity, carpet, paint and blinds for the windows stacked and secured together.

The completed senior living community stands three stories tall on South Main Street.

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Holy Cross Quilters (from rear right to left) Sylvia Sensmeier, Ann Georges, Peg Hall, Melba Pohl, Ann Mercer and Rita Hirsch, all of Fort Branch, work on a quilt for Georges.

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Members of the Princeton Tiger travel football team get a drink of water after practice as the sun sets.

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t’s 11 p.m. on Wednesday and while many people in Princeton are in bed, Princeton Police Sgt. Bobby Wood is getting ready to hit the streets.

Wood says a typical shift for him begins by catching up on what’s been going at the station during the day.

“Depending on what happened on the previous shift, we might do extra patrol around a certain area or street, take care of warrants things of that nature,” Wood said.

“After that we are basically out patrolling. We hit a lot of the side streets, not just Main and Broadway, we check buildings for doors unlocked parking lots, check for suspicious vehicles — for instance, parked in a business parking lot after hours that’s not supposed to be there — a lot of businesses, we get alarms at 3 a.m.”

They make those checks in case there have been break-ins in the area.

“We take calls, stop cars. On the weekends is when you get a lot more traffic in town and a lot of times, we will stop vehicles and try to get DUI’s off the street and drunk drivers over the weekend.”

There are many things police look for when stopping a car, which can sometimes lead to an arrest.

But you can’t stop a car just because you don’t like the color; you have to have a little something called “probable cause.”

“If they have a license plate light out, head light out, that is probably cause enough to stop a vehicle,” he said.

Wood works the midnight shift from 11 p.m. – 7 a.m. and says calls can range from fights to abuse, thefts, break-ins, accidents and domestic disputes.

“One of the things I hate seeing, as an officer, is domestic violence and unfortunately we see it a lot and consistently — or there’s children involved.

Seeing children put in harm’s way, whether through a car accident and or something else, troubles police Scary moments are literally around every corner.

“You end up seeing it all, we have people having heart attacks while driving — wrecked semi into a house — we’ve also had a lot of close calls

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Patrolman Jason Swan and Sgt. Bobby Wood cover Princeton’s midnight shift from 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. with house fires — people trapped in cars, medical emergencies — as a first responder you are always wanting to get that person help.”

It’s 11:30 p.m. There’s a report of a trespass on Water Street, and Wood checks it out.

He gets the dispatch to respond to a 911 call from a person who says a guy from out of state going through a separation, is drunk and harassing via text.

They are checking windows side doors, questioning the man about whether he had been drinking after smelling alcohol .

“Keep your hand out of your pockets sir,” police tell the man.

Officer Jason Swan reminds him, “Your wife wants nothing to do with you based on my texts, just block her number.”

Police said the caller is a familiar to them, they dealt with drunken disorderly contact last week. Wood said if the property owner had made a complaint, the man would have gone

to jail.

The most dangerous and unknown situation an officer can encounter is the standard traffic stop.

“When you pull a car over, one of the things I want to do is want to make sure my feet hit the ground before theirs....one of the ways an officer gets killed is they are over here running the plates—when I pull a car over, basically dispatch wants the license plate and your location. I want to make sure I give them all that information before we come to a complete stop and then I get out of the car. And you keep your gun side away from them and you always keep your gun hand free.”

He said whether it’s a tactical or straight line approach, they always have to have an eye on those inside the car.

“I want to make sure I’m not fumbling with the radio over here and messing around and I go to get out of the car and they are already out of the car getting a jump on me and firing at

me.

“When I walk up there, it really is the most unknown situation because you don’t know the guy you’re pulling over,” he said. You could be thinking ‘Man, I pulled this guy over ‘cause he’s got a headlight out, but you don’t know if he has a handgun next to him.

There are so many scenarios: Did he just kill somebody and I don’t know about it and now he thinks I’m stopping him for it and he might try to kill me?’ Or does he have a warrant and is supposed to go back to prison, and he’s thinking ‘I’m going to kill this officer first’?”

Something as simple as slamming the police car door can alert a perpetrator.

It’s 12:07 a.m.

He’s headed to Sandy Acres, where Wood says there’s someone there with a warrant.

The speedometer hits 45, 55 and climbing.

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Upcoming projects for the City of Princeton...

Parks and Rec The new Director of the Parks and Recs, Waylon Schenk, has wasted no time improving the quality of life in town with putting together community activities. We have listed just some of the events that will be taking place over the next year, some of which will fund the parks department. Local groups and business are already lining up to sponsor and take part. If you are interested in volunteering or sponsoring an event, you can contact Waylon Schenk at 812-664-1830 or the Communications Director, Rachel Beloat, at 812-677-7024. Summer Explosion will have new exciting activities for the kids to participate in. Anyone interested in helping should contact Waylon Schenk or Karen Summers.

March 19th Paint with a Twist March 26th Easter Egg Hunt at the Courthouse April 30th Whiffle Ball and Corn hole Tournament May 13th Movie at the Park May 20th Movie at the Park May 28th Human Foosball Tournament June 10th Movie at the Park June 17th Movie at the Park June 25th Zombie Run 5k Challenge July 1st Movie at the Park July 8th Movie at the Park Dec 23rd Polar Express and PJ party at the Theater Carriage rides through the park at Christmas time, along with a few visits from Santa.

Adult sports leagues (softball, basketball, and volleyball and flag football) Extended Pool hours

Indy 500 celebrating the 100th running This May will be the 100th running of the Indy 500. The organization is celebrating in a big way. Looking for partnership with Mayors and local governments, they are creating meaningful events in all 92 counties. Our turn to impress will be April 22. We will merge the event with the “Cruise In at the Square”. Details of the event will be release as they come about.

The Stellar Projects Adjustments have been made to the bump outs to allow for five additional parking spots. Construction on the bump outs and the cityscape is on schedule and due to wrap up this Fall. You are currently seeing the new stop lights going up around the square. The final phase will include the walking trails that will connect from Lafayette Park to the new Tiger Trail and East on Brumfield.

Water/ Sewer/ Street Department Integration between the departments has been a rather smooth transition. Some of the focus of the city utilities going into 2016 involves working on storm water inlets.

The waste water treatment will be upgrading the bio filter which should help improve the odor out on that side of town. One of the most important focuses for the water department is to locate, repair and/or replace water lines that are leaking. Our goal is to be more efficient with our water supply, thus reducing the amount of chemicals and energy needed to produce water.

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Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016

Introducing those making a difference in your community

Mayor Brad Schmitt and the City of Princeton Team

Janelle Wood Mayor’s Administrative Assistant

Rachel Beloat Communication Director

David Kennard Purchasing

Clinton Smith Building Commissioner

Waylon Schenk Parks & Recreation

Mindy Brines Treasurer

Mike Pflug Fire Chief

Michael Cochren City Attorney

Derek McGraw Chief of Police

JB Brines Water & Sanitation Superintendent

Bill Eubanks Waste Water Plant Superintendent

Lynn Elpers Waste Water & Street Superintendent